Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Ellen Langer says every time you give an answer based on absolute certainty, you're emulating a robot 🤖
So here's a simple challenge to help us actually experience our own lives:
Try noticing three new things about a place you've lived for years, three new things about a friend, or three new things about the room you're sitting in right now.
Every time you do this, you're proving to yourself that there’s more to learn about what you thought you knew. And that's where everything starts to open up.
🎧 Find the full episode wherever you get your podcasts: “How to Stop Letting Your Own Thoughts Make You Sick, Stressed, and Stuck with Dr. Ellen Langer)”
Dr. Ellen Langer says every time you give an answer based on absolute certainty, you're emulating a robot 🤖
So here's a simple challenge to help us actually experience our own lives:
Try noticing three new things about a place you've lived for years, three new things about a friend, or three new things about the room you're sitting in right now.
Every time you do this, you're proving to yourself that there’s more to learn about what you thought you knew. And that's where everything starts to open up.
🎧 Find the full episode wherever you get your podcasts: “How to Stop Letting Your Own Thoughts Make You Sick, Stressed, and Stuck with Dr. Ellen Langer)”
