About this podcast

Join Mel Robbins in a captivating conversation with the legendary Dr. Ellen Langer, a pioneering Harvard psychologist and global mindfulness expert with over 50 years of groundbreaking research. This episode delves into the revolutionary idea that your mind possesses an incredible power to heal your body, challenging conventional beliefs about health, stress, and aging.

Dr. Langer shares fascinating scientific studies, from people recovering faster based on a clock's speed to elderly men reversing aging by embracing a younger mindset, and housekeepers losing weight simply by perceiving their work as exercise. Discover how your beliefs and attention are powerful tools that can boost your health and well-being. Learn practical mindset shifts to enhance immunity, alleviate pain, speed up recovery, and reframe regret. Uncover how mindfulness can help navigate chronic illness and stressful decisions, ultimately empowering you to live a healthier, happier, and more mindful life. This episode reveals that you are far more powerful than you think, and your beliefs truly shape your biology.