Dr. Ellen Langer

I go back home and I had a problem with my gallbladder. Really? Everything is everywhere. The problem is we don't have the technology to notice it. You know, so when you're happy, your skin is different from when you're not happy. But who can see such small distinctions? But it's there. All we do is look to see where the brain is different. It's all one.

I go back home and I had a problem with my gallbladder. Really? Everything is everywhere. The problem is we don't have the technology to notice it. You know, so when you're happy, your skin is different from when you're not happy. But who can see such small distinctions? But it's there. All we do is look to see where the brain is different. It's all one.

Anything, I believe, anything that's happening on any level is simultaneously, simultaneously, not sequentially, more or less happening on every level. So a teardrop of sadness biochemically is different from a teardrop of joy. And so it's all there. We just have to notice. I have no memory now of what it was you said that led to that on my part, but I'm glad I said it anyway.

Anything, I believe, anything that's happening on any level is simultaneously, simultaneously, not sequentially, more or less happening on every level. So a teardrop of sadness biochemically is different from a teardrop of joy. And so it's all there. We just have to notice. I have no memory now of what it was you said that led to that on my part, but I'm glad I said it anyway.

Anything, I believe, anything that's happening on any level is simultaneously, simultaneously, not sequentially, more or less happening on every level. So a teardrop of sadness biochemically is different from a teardrop of joy. And so it's all there. We just have to notice. I have no memory now of what it was you said that led to that on my part, but I'm glad I said it anyway.

I hadn't even considered the former, which is strange to me. No, I just assumed that she was seeing something. And... But your idea, but either way is fascinating, right? By somebody suggesting you have a gallbladder problem to have a gallbladder problem. That's wild.

I hadn't even considered the former, which is strange to me. No, I just assumed that she was seeing something. And... But your idea, but either way is fascinating, right? By somebody suggesting you have a gallbladder problem to have a gallbladder problem. That's wild.

I hadn't even considered the former, which is strange to me. No, I just assumed that she was seeing something. And... But your idea, but either way is fascinating, right? By somebody suggesting you have a gallbladder problem to have a gallbladder problem. That's wild.

I think everything is everywhere, although there's, you know, I teach health psych at Harvard and there's some data on it being mostly placebo. But, you know, and that sounds like a downer, but most of everything is placebo. What does that mean? That virtually everything is controlled by our thoughts. And we need to embrace that to make the changes that most of us desire.

I think everything is everywhere, although there's, you know, I teach health psych at Harvard and there's some data on it being mostly placebo. But, you know, and that sounds like a downer, but most of everything is placebo. What does that mean? That virtually everything is controlled by our thoughts. And we need to embrace that to make the changes that most of us desire.

I think everything is everywhere, although there's, you know, I teach health psych at Harvard and there's some data on it being mostly placebo. But, you know, and that sounds like a downer, but most of everything is placebo. What does that mean? That virtually everything is controlled by our thoughts. And we need to embrace that to make the changes that most of us desire.

So in other words, so going to an acupuncturist itself means I want to find the answers and seek and you are more likely to find. And then you're in a position to improve.

So in other words, so going to an acupuncturist itself means I want to find the answers and seek and you are more likely to find. And then you're in a position to improve.

So in other words, so going to an acupuncturist itself means I want to find the answers and seek and you are more likely to find. And then you're in a position to improve.

happened with your mom's mindset or life or psychological life that you think led to the um you know it's a an n of one you know uh it's very hard to know i knew that when she got sick i believed at that point that um being anything negative was going to um work in the opposite direction And so I wouldn't let anybody in to see her. It wasn't uplifting.

happened with your mom's mindset or life or psychological life that you think led to the um you know it's a an n of one you know uh it's very hard to know i knew that when she got sick i believed at that point that um being anything negative was going to um work in the opposite direction And so I wouldn't let anybody in to see her. It wasn't uplifting.

happened with your mom's mindset or life or psychological life that you think led to the um you know it's a an n of one you know uh it's very hard to know i knew that when she got sick i believed at that point that um being anything negative was going to um work in the opposite direction And so I wouldn't let anybody in to see her. It wasn't uplifting.

There's no way of knowing if any of that mattered or not. I went and got her a very expensive set of golf clubs. She wasn't a big golfer, but my reasoning was that I must believe she's going to be better or why would I have spent the money? Her reasoning was, my reasoning must be that if I get these, she'll think that, you So it didn't work, but we had these golf clubs that were never used.

There's no way of knowing if any of that mattered or not. I went and got her a very expensive set of golf clubs. She wasn't a big golfer, but my reasoning was that I must believe she's going to be better or why would I have spent the money? Her reasoning was, my reasoning must be that if I get these, she'll think that, you So it didn't work, but we had these golf clubs that were never used.

There's no way of knowing if any of that mattered or not. I went and got her a very expensive set of golf clubs. She wasn't a big golfer, but my reasoning was that I must believe she's going to be better or why would I have spent the money? Her reasoning was, my reasoning must be that if I get these, she'll think that, you So it didn't work, but we had these golf clubs that were never used.