Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Mindfulness, 25th anniversary edition
Mindfulness, 25th anniversary edition | Ellen J. Langer
6 posts | 6 read | 1 reading | 3 to read
Ellen J. Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, determines that the mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life. In this thought-provoking book, her research has been "translated" for the lay reader. With anecdotes and metaphors, Langer explains how the mindless--as opposed to the mindful--develop mindsets of categories, associations, habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and throughout schooling. To be mindful, she notes, stressing process over outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens us to new information and perspectives. Langer discusses the negative impact of mindsets on business and social relations, showing special concern for the elderly, who often suffer from learned helplessness and lack of options. Encouraging the application of mindfulness to health, the author affirms that placebos and alternative, mind-based therapies can help patients and addicts move from unhealthy to healthy contexts.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
RinaBrahmbhattBarot
Mindfulness | Ellen J. Langer
post image
Pickpick

My CR!

Who here did find double 'the' in less than 20 seconds?

Are we all mindful, as we read?

#QOTD

SilversReviews I see it. 😊 6y
RinaBrahmbhattBarot @SilversReviews 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 6y
BarbaraJean I‘d like to say I caught it first time, but it wasn‘t till the parenthetical that I saw it! Should have put on my editor hat. 😏 6y
RinaBrahmbhattBarot @BarbaraJean get that hat! I was reading this page at night, and read twice before found double 'the' ;) 6y
43 likes4 comments
review
RinaBrahmbhattBarot
Mindfulness | Ellen J. Langer
post image
Pickpick

Usual #Friday night! After a prolonged reading slump and busyness, I'm getting into books again. Who else is reading tonight? #WeekendGoals

review
Jerame2999
Mindfulness | Ellen J. Langer
post image
Mehso-so

My first audiobook from the library. It was a quick and interesting listen. This book would be a great intro for people who find the spiritual aspects of mindfulness to hokey. I did got some insights but this book isn‘t really my thing.

blurb
Jerame2999
Mindfulness | Ellen J. Langer
post image

A very interesting look at the idea of mindfulness. #intricate #sterile #science This isn‘t really how I think of mindfulness but it is a great way to see another side to a guiding principle. This is my palette cleanser after finishing #campnanowrimo 👍👍 feeling really good about that. I realize the work has just started as far as getting to a finished product. I went for novella length instead.

review
Mystic.Archives.Of.Dantalian
post image
Pickpick

So many interesting ideas about how different perspectives limit us (premature cognitive commitments, expectations, education for outcome, a belief in linear time, CONTEXT!) and how challenging those perspectives (directly and indirectly) can effect our aging, struggles with addiction, health, and quality of life in general. I liked the insight that Langer gave into the way she developed her experiments.

review
Alwayscoolwb
Pickpick

Are you mindful of your actions? Do you reall think out your decisions? Over all enjoyable book if you like social psychology type books.