The Mindful Body
Categories: Health, Fitness & Dieting
The Mindful Body (2023) by Harvard psychologist Ellen J. Langer argues that the mind and body are a single system and that changing thinking can affect health. Drawing on decades of experiments, Langer describes studies in which expectations and attention altered physical outcomes, including vision, weight and recovery. She argues that paying attention to variability and questioning fixed beliefs about illness and ageing can improve well-being.