Book · 2026 · Psychology
The Mindful Body
Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health
Why people recommend it
The Mindful Body by Ellen J. Langer explores the profound connections between mindfulness, psychological framing, and physical health outcomes. On an episode of Huberman Lab titled Using Your Mind to Control Your Physical Health & Longevity | Dr. Ellen Langer, published on February 3, 2025, Andrew Huberman discussed the insights shared by Dr. Ellen Langer regarding her extensive scientific research. Following the conversation, Huberman directed listeners to check the episode's show note captions to find direct links to Dr. Langer's books, workshops, and other supplementary resources. He expressed his hope that the audience found the exploration of Langer's pioneering work on the mind-body connection to be as fascinating as he did. The recommendation encouraged listeners to engage further with Langer's published literature to deepen their understanding of longevity and health optimization through psychological awareness. By highlighting the book in the show notes, Huberman ensured that audience members had convenient access to practical guides rooted in decades of psychological science. The mention served as a bridge between the podcast's detailed interview and actionable resources for personal health improvement.
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“I hope you found it to be as fascinating as I did to learn more about Dr Langer's work to find links to her books and workshops and other resources please see the show note captions”
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“so in the mindful body which started off as a memoir I have lots of stories that show the leading up to this idea”
“one of the earlier titles of the mindful body was who says so love it and you know realizing that everything that is was at one point a decision made by people with different motives”
“and you know a slide that I put on, but I give some of these talks in my view that virtually I don't really mean virtually I have to say because I'm an academic right all I believe all of our ills all of them Andrew personal interpersonal professional Global are the indirect or direct effect of our mindlessness”
“and the people I'm with you know there's a lot in the mindful body that deals with language and only a fraction of the Sensitivity I seem to have”
“did you read the mindful body? I talk about a mindful Hospital which would be different from uh the ground up”
“so a checklist um and even the checklist well better than no checklist there's a better than better way we talk a lot about that in in the mindful body that the checklist needs to be a mindful checklist”
“and experience new things um I feel like um I've just combined 12 different areas here masterfully and masterfully masterfully”
“and as I talk about in the mindful body if you understand it obviates the necessity for blame”