The School of Greatness How to Rewire Your Mind and Heal Stress from the Inside Out with Dr. Ellen Langer
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Nov 14, 2025 
Dr. Ellen Langer, a Harvard psychologist and mindfulness pioneer, reveals powerful insights on how our thoughts shape our health. She shares groundbreaking findings from her counterclockwise study, where elderly men experienced significant improvements in health by changing their mindset. Langer emphasizes that stress is a major contributor to illness, more so than genetics, and offers practical tips for reducing it. By embracing uncertainty and practicing mindful awareness, we can reclaim our health and vitality, challenging age-old myths about aging and disease.
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Mind And Body Are Unified
- Mind and body are one integrated system rather than separate entities.
- Thoughts change bodily measurements in measurable ways according to Ellen Langer.
Belief Made Her Physically Ill
- Ellen Langer thought she ate pancreas and then became ill from thinking it was pancreas.
- Later she learned it was chicken, showing belief caused real physical reaction.
Counterclockwise Study Reversed Function
- In the Counterclockwise study elderly men lived as their younger selves for a week.
- They gained better vision, hearing, memory, strength and looked younger with no medical intervention.
