She is a fantastic storyteller, and counterclockwise is a fascinating story about the unexpected ways in which our minds and bodies are connected. Her message in counterclockwise is that we can always improve our health by being more mindful. Each of the oneliners in this book has been derived from this research and paired together with original artwork created over the past 17 years. The only publication of this finding is in a chapter of a book edited by langer. The book cites the evidence of studies done by ellen langer and colleagues as well as others and starts you on the road towards being mindful. This study replicates in large part the original 1979 counterclockwise experiment by ellen langer and will involve a.
How does our belief in physical limits constrain us. Langer studies the illusion of control, decisionmaking, aging, and mindfulness theory. Ellen langers work has been an inspiration to me for years. Ellen langer eloquently describes how becoming more aware of our beliefs and expectations allows us to powerfully transform our lives for the better.
Counterclockwise will change the way you think about your. In counterclockwise, ellen langer, a renowned social psychologist at harvard, suggests that our beliefs and expectations impact our physical health at least as much as diets and doctors do. Ellen langer s work has been an inspiration to me for years. Thinking counter clockwise to beat stress psychologist ellen langer has spent 30 years researching mindfulness, which she describes as the process of letting go of preconceived notions and. Ellen langer once said that virtually all the worlds ills boil down to mindlessness. It is a book based on experiments with real people that draw meaningful conclusions. While longrecognized, the clinical significance if any of clockwise and counterclockwise rotation has not been well defined. Take a smart, creative social scientist, without any respect for conventional wisdom and you get ellen langer. For more than thirty years, awardwinning social psychologist ellen langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in counterclockwise, she presents. Mindful health and the power of possibility unabridged by langer, ellen j. If a group of elderly adults could produce such dramatic changes in their lives, so too can the rest of us.
She is a fantastic storyteller, and counterclockwise is a fascinating story. Mindful health and the power of possibility ellen j. Her most influential work is counterclockwise, published in 2009, which. What is the difference of counterclockwise and clockwise. Ellen jane langer is a professor of psychology at harvard university. Counterclockwise definition, in a direction opposite to that of the normal rotation of the hands of a clock. The art of noticing is the culmination of research on mindlessness and mindfulness conducted by dr.
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