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Recap: Can mindfulness improve physical health? | Prof. Ellen Langer

2025/3/18
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@主持人 : 本期节目探讨了正念对身心健康的影响,指出改善健康并非一定需要牺牲时间和金钱,改变思维方式也能增强健康。 @Ellen Langer教授 : 我研究表明身心应被视为一个整体单元,思维方式的改变会直接影响身体状况。例如,一项研究中,我们让老年人想象自己年轻20岁,结果他们的视力、听力、记忆力、力量等都得到了改善。另一项研究中,我们让清洁工将工作视为锻炼,结果他们的体重减轻,腰臀比和BMI下降,血压也降低了。这并非简单的安慰剂效应,而是因为改变思维方式让人们能够更好地享受运动的积极方面。正念的关键在于‘觉察’,大多数人大部分时间都处于‘无意识’状态。正念并非一种练习,而是接受‘不知道’的状态,并对事物保持关注。生活中‘1+1’并不总是等于2,我们对很多事情的认知都存在偏差,应该保持质疑。培养正念可以从观察周围事物,并注意其与预期之间的差异开始。享受乐趣的过程本身就是一种正念,遇到不愉快的事情时,应尝试从不同的角度看待问题。将负面评价转化为正面理解,可以改善人际关系和自我认知。通过重新解读负面特质,并关注其积极方面,可以改善自我认知和人际关系。正念并非传统医学的补充或替代,而是一种不同的思维方式,可以让人更积极地参与到医疗保健中。

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This episode explores the mind-body connection and the potential of mindfulness to improve physical health, challenging traditional medical views that disregard psychology's role in health. It questions whether it's possible to improve health simply through changing our thoughts.
  • Mindfulness is proposed as a way to improve health without requiring significant time or financial investment.
  • The episode features Harvard professor Ellen Langer discussing the mind-body connection.

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Today we’re considering mindfulness.

Improving your health often comes with certain sacrifices. You might need to sacrifice time to exercise or money for specialised equipment and food. But mindfulness is different. It doesn’t demand our time or cost money. Instead, it suggests we can enhance our health simply by changing the way we think.

So, is it really possible to think our way to better health? And if so, where do we begin?

In this episode, Harvard professor Ellen Langer joined me to delve into the magical connection between mind and body.

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