Redefining Strength Podcast
Redefining Strength Podcast
Cori Lefkowith
Train the System, Not Just the Body (The Mindful Body w/ Dr. Ellen Langer)
46 minutes Posted Jan 29, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
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We spend hours in the gym training our bodies...but what if most of us are training like robots? In this episode I sit down with Dr. Ellen Langer, Harvard psychologist and pioneer of mindfulness research, whose work over the last 45+ years has fundamentally changed how we understand the relationship between mind, body, and performance. In this conversation, Dr. Langer shares her groundbreaking work, including why "trying harder" can actually make progress harder and how noticing is your most...