The power of your mind
August 27 2024 | Last Updated: Nov 9 2024
Your mind is powerful. At any age, at any stage.
Ellen Langer, a pioneer researcher in the field of ageing and psychology, found that our mindset of age - how old we feel, the stereotypes about age that we carry - can have a huge impact on our physical cognitive and psychological abilities.
In fact, she found that when men in their 70’s spent just 5 days in an environment set up like 20 years prior, they improved on hearing, memory, grip strength, vision, joint flexibility, manual dexterity, IQ, gait, posture and decreased symptoms of arthritis. They were also rated as looking significantly younger in photos by observers. You can read more about her work here.
The bottom line: what you believe has a huge impact on what you can do.
This article starts with the basics of mindfulness, which is the first step in harnessing the power of the mind.
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