Harvard’s “Mother of Mindfulness” on the Unbelievable Mind-Body Connection

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  Fact of the matter is, nobody knows.

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  You can't know because everything is changing.

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  Hey everyone, it's Rosie here.

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  Welcome back to Radio Headspace.

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  Today I'm joined by Dr. Ellen Langer,

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  a Harvard psychologist who spent decades studying the mind-body connection.

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  It's an incredibly fascinating theory that thoughts don't just influence your body,

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  they are your body.

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  And trust me, I had many questions and she answered all of them.

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  We talk about why healing isn't just physical,

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  how shifting your perspective can lead to real change in your mind and body,

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  and why embracing uncertainty might be one of the healthiest things you can do.

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  This was a very eye-opening conversation for me, and I hope you enjoy it.

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  So one of the one of the things that I wanted to discuss with you today,

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  you've said that changing your perspective is teachable, right?

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  But being uncomfortable with uncertainty is definitely easier said than done.

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  So how do you encourage people to follow this idea of like questioning everything?

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  Okay, well, first of all, people want to be happy.

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  And if you ask yourself, can a robot be happy?

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  The question is silly, right?

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