The evidence behind langer s ideas comes from a revolutionary experiment she carried out in 1981. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Jennifer aniston helps mindful health study go hollywood. Mindful learning takes place with an awareness of context and of the everchanging nature of information. Among other honors, she is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship and three distinguished scientist awards, the world congress award, the nyu alumni achievement award, and the staats award for unifying psychology, and has authored eleven books and over 200 research articles on. Langer seemed to take the counterclockwise results as further confirmation of her theories about the power of the mind. Counterclockwise research the langer mindfulness institute. Each of the oneliners in this book has been derived from this research and paired together with original artwork created over the past 17 years. Ellen langer is a professor in the psychology department at harvard university.
Thinking counter clockwise to beat stress psychologist ellen langer has spent 30 years researching mindfulness, which she describes as the process of letting go of preconceived notions and. In this audiobook, ellen langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in her influential earlier book, to dramatically enhance the way we learn. Shes published over 200 research articles, six academic books, and won numerous academic honors. Her message in counterclockwise is that we can always improve our health by being more mindful. Counterclockwise retreat the langer mindfulness institute. Her most influential work is counterclockwise, published in 2009, which answers the questions of aging from her. The art of noticing is the culmination of research on mindlessness and mindfulness conducted by dr. For more than thirty years, awardwinning social psychologist ellen langer has. For more than thirty years, awardwinning social psychologist ellen langer has studied this provocative question, and now. She is the author of eleven books and more than two hundred research articles written for general and academic readers on mindfulness for over 35 years. Langer is the author of eleven books, including the international bestseller. After long and careful research, langer psychologyharvard univ.
Counterclockwise is a mindblowing collection of positive outcomes that trump dire predictions. She is a fantastic storyteller, and counterclockwise is a fascinating story about the unexpected. Psychologist ellen langer has spent 30 years researching. In the power of mindful learning, ellen langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in. In counterclockwise, harvard psychology professor, ellen langer, presents powerful evidence showing just how true that is. When i started the counter clockwise book, i looked at chronic versus acute. Ellen langer s work has been an inspiration to me for years.
Langer the power of mindful learning a merloyd lawrence book by ellen j. For more than thirty years, awardwinning social psychologist ellen langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in counterclockwise, she presents a conclusive answer. Take a smart, creative social scientist, without any respect for conventional wisdom and you get ellen langer. Counterclockwise makes a strong case for the influence of expectation and belief on how our bodies function, on how we heal, and even how we age. Theres no way to turn back the clock or to fight the inevitable. She argues that, as we grow older, our physical limitations are largely determined by the way we think about ourselves and what were capable of. As harvard social psychologist ellen langer discovered in her now famous counterclockwise study, the key is the human mind. Heres a quick look at 5 of my favorite big ideas from counterclockwise by ellen langer. She is a fantastic storyteller, and counterclockwise is a fascinating story about the unexpected ways in which our minds and bodies are connected. However, it is not exactly the kind of mindfulness that you read about in meditation tutorials and spiritual books. Mindful health and the power of possibility is to be made into a major motion picture starring jennifer aniston as langer. Opening our minds to whats possible, instead of presuming impossibility, can lead to better healthat any age.
Participants will be instructed and helped to relive their younger selves, acting as i f they are living in the year 1989. Counterclockwise retreat add more life to your years and learn how to live the ordinary life extraordinarily. In the landmark counterclockwise study, mature adults lived for a week as though they were their younger selves and became younger psychologically and physically now this transformation is possible for you or your parent at ellen langer s counterclockwise retreat in a relaxed. Ellen langer, the longestserving professor of psychology at harvard, says that the root of good or bad health is within your own brain. In the 1970s, langer and her graduate students embarked on a quest to discover the biological impact of acting as if it were twenty years earlier on a group of elderly men.
Counterclockwise adds convincing evidence to the rapidly growing bodies of research on the mindbody connection and the power of optimism. A hopeful and groundbreaking book by an author who has changed how. Ellen langer eloquently describes how becoming more aware of our beliefs and expectations allows us to powerfully transform our lives for the better. Take a brilliant, creative social scientist, without any respect for conventional wisdom and you get ellen langer. Mindful health and the power of possibility by ellen j. Langer radical in its implications, this original and important work may change forever the views we hold about the nature of learning. Shes published over 200 research articles, six academic books.
Tedxcollegehill catherine kerr mindfulness starts with the body. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Langers life work is on illusion of control, aging, decisionmaking, and mindfulness theory. Ellen langer, yale phd, harvard professor of psychology, artist. Ellen langer once said that virtually all the worlds ills boil down to mindlessness. Ellen langer is one of the worlds leading research scientists, a professor of psychology at harvard, a painter, and a brilliant human being.
Langer studies the illusion of control, decisionmaking, aging, and mindfulness theory. Ellen langers reversing aging experiment business insider. The book chronicles numerous studies langer, her colleagues, and other researchers have done to show how we can change our physical health by changing our minds. For more than thirty years, awardwinning social psychologist ellen. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Ellen langer pursuit of happiness happiness is understandable. Counterclockwise, her latest book, will change the way you think about your health for the better. A wonderfully thoughtful and thoughtprovoking followup to the authors earlier study mindfulness 1989, this time exploring the ill effects of mindlessness in education. In counterclockwise, ellen langer, a renowned social psychologist at harvard, suggests that our beliefs and expectations impact our physical health at least as much as diets and doctors do. Learning without this awareness, has severely limited uses and often sets on up for failure. Counter clockwise by ellen j langer, 9780345502049, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ellen langer talks about her amazing book counter clockwise. Counter clockwise if we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically. The power of mindful learning a merloyd lawrence book.
Christiane northrup, md, author the secret pleasures of menopause and the wisdom of menopause awarenessmindfulnessis the first step in healing. Learn more about ellen s new book counterclockwise. The power of mindful learning by ellen langer kirkus. Ellen langer presents fascinating scientific data to support this view and argues convincingly that we should learn to take greater control of our health through the practice. Langer gives a steady stream of reversals of everything from stage 4 cancer, hearing, vision and memory loss, paralysis, cardiac problems and more, when we keep a mindful. The goal of this book is to convince you to open your mind and take back what is rightfully, sensibly, importantly yours. What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.
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