Mindfulness by Ellen J. Langer
7 min readAug 5, 2021
About the author: Dr. Langer is a professor of psychology at Harvard University. She has been described as the “mother of mindfulness” and has written extensively on the illusion of control, mindful creativity, mindful aging, stress, health, and Personal Success.
Ellen is the author of eleven books and more than two hundred research articles written for general and academic readers on mindfulness for over 35 years.
She is the founder of The Langer Mindfulness Institute and a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, with three Distinguished Scientist…
