Ellen Langer Interview on Mindfulness

Click here to listen to a fascinating interview with psychologist and author Ellen Langer. “Claudia Hammond presents a series looking at the development of the science of psychology during the 20th century. She re-visits Ellen Langer and Judith Rodin’s 1976 study, conducted in a New England nursing home, Arden House. When the two psychologists set up the experiment so that residents...

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The Sultans of Happiness

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I came across a little nugget of gold in the otherwise dross-filled YouTube recently. It’s a live discussion between Mihály Csíkszentmihályi and Martin Seligman on the Charlie Rose show on the subject of happiness. This is a little like overhearing a conversation between Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler talk about playing...

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