Social psychologist and author Dr. Ellen J. Langer gave a free webinar as part of the Alan Hu Foundation Mental Health Lecture Series on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, from 4:30 – 5:30 PM PT via Zoom. Dr. Langer’s talk was based upon her latest book, “The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health”, where she shows that “the mind and body are a single system, and if we embrace the idea of mind-body unity, new possibilities for controlling our health become available to us.” The webinar included 15 minutes for questions and answers following Dr. Langer’s presentation.
3:21 Plan
4:11 Play
10:21 The costs of mindlessness
11:29 The benefits of mindfulness
15:40 What is mindlessness
16:27 What is mindfulness
24:49 Roadblock: the fear of mistakes
36:51 Mind/body unity
47:11 Attention to symptom variability (ATV)
54:27 Q&A
Dr. Langer is widely known as the “mother of mindfulness” and the “mother of positive psychology”. She has authored hundreds of research articles and thirteen books. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, three Distinguished Scientist Awards, the Staats Award for Unifying Psychology, and the Liberty Science Genius Award. She is a member of the Psychology Department at Harvard University, and a gallery exhibiting painter.
Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities (MHACC) https://www.mhacc-usa.org collaborated with Alan Hu Foundation to provide instant Chinese interpretation.
We were honored and privileged that Dr. Langer shared the concept of mindfulness and mindful body. We were grateful to our audience for tuning in across United States as well as from Australia, Canada, China, and New Zealand. Thank you, MHACC Founder and President Elaine Peng. Thank you, Ida Shaw, for simultaneous Chinese Interpretation.