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  • Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
  • Written by: Ellen J. Langer
  • Narrated by: Sandra Burr
  • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than 30 years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now has a conclusive answer: opening our minds to what's possible, instead of clinging to accepted notions about what's not, can lead to better health at any age.

Drawing on her own body of colorful experiments - including the first detailed discussion of her landmark 1979 "counterclockwise" study in which elderly men lived for a week as though it was 1959 and seemed to grow younger - and important works by other researchers, Langer proves that the magic lies in being aware of the ways we mindlessly react to cultural cues.

Counterclockwise shows how we can actively challenge these ingrained behaviors by making subtle changes in our everyday lives. Langer describes ways to reorient our attitudes and language in order to achieve better health: she shows us the ways in which our belief in physical limits constrains us; and she demonstrates how our desire for certainty in medical diagnosis and treatment often prevents us from fully exploiting the power of uncertainty.

Scientifically riveting and practically empowering, Counterclockwise holds enormously exciting implications for our general health - including vision, old age, cancer, weight, and heart health - as well as for our fundamental happiness.
©2009 Ellen J. Langer (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Health & Wellness Psychology Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Success Biological Sciences
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Brilliant perspectives, an eye opener

Ellen is wise beyond our time. Her insights and perspectives simplify one of the greatest challenges we have today, the abuse of the way we use our thoughts and words. I believe that most of us have MBD (Mental Blindness Disease) and infected with the Victim Virus. Ellen is a catalyst the could solve these problems before too long. Don’t just read her book, study it.

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Reinventing Perspectives

What a gift! These words really opened my eyes to the words I hear and the context I hear them. You have far more control over more then you could imagine.

Thank you for this gift!

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