Change Your Mindset, Your Health, Your Life | Dr. Ellen Langer | EP 381

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and “The mother of mindfulness,” Dr. Ellen Langer discuss her latest book, The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way To Chronic Health. From this they explore how intentioned awareness paired with humility allows for a healthier mindset and body, how the perception of time impacts the effects of disease and age, the way to view tragedy and suffering so that we may conquer it through faith and hope, and the immense benefits found in carefully considering to what, where, and who you direct your attention. Ellen J. Langer was the first woman to be tenured in psychology at Harvard, where she is still professor of psychology. The recipient of three Distinguished Scientists awards, the Arthur W. Staats Award for Unifying Psychology, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Liberty Science Genius Award, Dr. Langer is the author of eleven other books, including the international bestseller Mindfulness, as well as The Power of Mindful Learning, Counterclockwise and On Becoming an Artist. Her trailblazing experiments in social psychology have earned her inclusion in The New York Times Magazine’s “Year in Ideas” issue. She is known worldwide as the “mother of mindfulness” and the “mother of positive psychology”. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Peterson's extensive catalog is available now on DailyWire+: https://bit.ly/3KrWbS8 Sponsors: Birch Gold: Text "JORDAN" to 989898 for your no-cost, no-obligation, FREE information kit. Hallow: Try Hallow for 3 months FREE: https://hallow.com/jordan PreBorn: Help save 11,000 babies from abortion: https://preborn.com/Jordan ExpressVPN: Get 3 Months FREE of ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/jordan Shopify: Get a $1/ month FREE trial with full access to Shopify's entire suite of features: https://shopify.com/jbp - Links - For Dr. Ellen Langer: Order your copy of “The Mindful Body” today https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705365/the-mindful-body-by-ellen-j-langer/ - Chapters - (0:00) Coming up (1:03) Intro (2:03) Mindfulness defined (5:39) The role of art in subverting perception (8:21) When you write about your future (18:07) Willful exposure, maintaining novelty (21:12) Is there a use for mindlessness? (22:45) Two forms of reward, studies on mindfulness (28:29) Be goal driven (32:08) Don’t turn down singular opportunities (38:24) What the Egyptians figured out (40:37) Facing yourself, differing perspectives (47:00) You must live with your contradictions (48:50) Reconnecting mind and body (52:08) The chambermaid study (53:08) Wound healing study, perceived time (54:30) The kidney and the pancreas (58:13) The power of the mind to surpass bodily limits (1:03:55) The arbitrary limitations we set on ourselves (1:05:16) How long would you choose to live? (1:07:47) The state of the university, how Harvard holds up (1:16:50) Review committees place current sensitivities over science (1:22:17) Cost/benefit analysis in research (1:26:06) How those suffering can take responsibility (1:31:09) Suffering and the book of Job (1:33:02) Assuming your worst fears are correct… (1:35:49) Narrow your time frame (1:37:21) The borderlines in diagnoses (1:40:28) A placebo for depression? (1:44:33) No one is one way all of the time (1:48:00) The importance of coming to your own conclusion (1:51:41) The vast difference in minor perceptions // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/jordanbpeterson.com/youtubesignup Donations: https://jordanbpeterson.com/donate // COURSES // Discovering Personality: https://jordanbpeterson.com/personality Self Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.com Understand Myself (personality test): https://understandmyself.com // BOOKS // Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: https://jordanbpeterson.com/Beyond-Order 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning // LINKS // Website: https://jordanbpeterson.com Events: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog // SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Instagram: https://instagram.com/jordan.b.peterson Facebook: https://facebook.com/drjordanpeterson Telegram: https://t.me/DrJordanPeterson All socials: https://linktr.ee/drjordanbpeterson #JordanPeterson #JordanBPeterson #DrJordanPeterson #DrJordanBPeterson #DailyWirePlus