Ellen Langer: Mindfulness & Intelligence | USIA Podcast #8
USIA Podcast
English - February 11, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSociety & Culture Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ellen Jane Langer is a professor of psychology at Harvard University. She became the first woman ever to be tenured in psychology at Harvard.
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - What is mindfulness?
4:28 - A revolution in consciousness
6:30 - The impact of social media on mindfulness
9:05 - The need to let go of absolute categories
11:40 - How can we become more mindful?
14:26 - Should we try to be mindful all the time?
17:34 - Mindfulness as a tool to get what we want
18:50 - Our relationship with aging
21:37 - Work-life integration
24:33 - Mindfulness during Covid-19
29:07 - The myth of mind-body dualism
32:03 - Further reading and resources
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