Why Changing Your Mindset Can Change Your Health

The Wellness Scoop

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 10 January 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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We’re joined by Dr. David Hamilton, a leading expert on the mind body connection, about the latest research on the power of our mindset, how a change in thinking can exert physiological effects within the body and how we can harness the mind to improve our wellbeing. We talk about: Why the placebo effect is more than ‘just in the mind’ How can we harness the power of our mindset to create positive neurological and physiological change The relationship between psychological stress and our health Why kindness is so key to our health How to use kindness practices to support our brain and heart health The power of bringing together conventional and complementary medicine How different mind-body strategies can support different health conditions The power of visualisation and nature Why belief is central to the health benefits of alternative practices David’s books: How your mind can heal your body The contagious power of positive thinking And his latest book Why Woo Woo Works See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:32.0	Hi, I'm Ella Mills, the founder of Deliciously Ella and this is our podcast, Delicious Ways to Feel Better.
1:39.5	Each episode explores various aspects of our mental and physical health to help you make the
1:44.4	small, simple changes to your life that will hopefully help you feel happier and healthier.
1:49.6	And today we're looking at why changing our mindset can really change our health.
1:53.8	That your body is always responding to your mind. So if you change the direction you're
1:58.3	pointing your mind in, then you change the internal conditions inside your brain and inside your
2:02.8	body. I mean, for example, many of us do this all the time. We're thinking of something that
2:06.9	annoys us and the state of the brain and body is following us in real time. It's producing stress
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