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Ellen J. Langer asks how thought can shape our health. She argues that mind and body work as one. She uses studies and tasks that ask readers to think. These ask readers to rethink their views on illness. One such view holds that stiff knees can only worsen. The same view holds that failing sight must grow worse.

This book gives readers ways to use psychology in daily life. It is for those with an interest in health and well-being. It shows ways to question thought habits and fixed beliefs. Langer sees mindfulness as the act of taking note. This means looking past what we have known or done. It also means looking past views that most people accept. She argues these shifts can help us feel healthier and happier.

The book draws on her decades of work on the mind’s role in health. Andreea Vrabie translated this edition from English.