Changing Minds with Owen Fitzpatrick RERUN - How to Change Your Mindset and Change Your Life
Sep 8, 2025
Dive into the fascinating world of mindset as belief effects reveal how expectations shape our experiences. Discover the brain's prefrontal cortex role in interpreting situations and physiological reactions. Owen shares eye-opening studies on how our perceptions of exercise, food, and sleep can drastically alter outcomes. Explore the growth mindset concept, and learn actionable strategies to cultivate positive change. Plus, find out how culture influences our mindsets and the surprising power of the placebo effect.
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Mindsets Shape Body And Brain
- Mindsets are the core beliefs that shape expectations, explanations and goals for experiences.
- Changing those stories changes your brain's interpretation and can produce physiological effects.
Housekeepers Lost Weight By Reframing Work
- Housekeepers told their daily work counted as exercise lost weight, body fat, and lowered blood pressure more than controls.
- Simply reframing existing activity as valuable exercise changed measurable biomarkers within weeks.
The Milkshake That Changed Hunger
- Participants drank the same milkshake twice but were told different calorie labels and showed different ghrelin responses.
- Believing a shake was indulgent kept hunger hormone ghrelin lower longer despite identical drinks.
