3098: The Nocebo Effect: Are You (Unknowingly) Thinking Your Way to Failure by Nia Shanks

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🗓️ 6 April 2025

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3098: Nia Shanks explores how the nocebo effect, the harmful counterpart to the placebo, shows up in everyday life when we believe negative outcomes into existence. She reveals how self-limiting beliefs, reinforced by fitness myths and personal narratives, can derail progress and offers a mindset shift that empowers lasting change. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://niashanks.com/nocebo-effect-thinking-your-way-to-failure/ Quotes to ponder: "Your thoughts and beliefs can act like a nocebo, leading to poorer outcomes simply because you expect them." "Being told you’re 'broken' or have to train a certain way can plant seeds of doubt that sabotage your progress." "You are not fragile, and your body is not a ticking time bomb waiting to explode if you move 'wrong.'" Episode references: The Nocebo Effect: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6534344/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	The nocebo effect. Are you unknowingly thinking your way to failure?
0:38.8	By Nia Shanks of Niashanks.com.
0:42.1	And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Merriam.
0:46.4	Hello and welcome back to a bonus episode.
0:50.0	On Sundays, I like to share an article from one of our other podcasts.
0:56.6	And today's comes from Dr. Neal over on Optimal Health Daily. As you'll hear, the article today applies to many different areas of
1:03.0	life, financial as well. So with that, let's get right to it as we optimize your life.
1:13.0	The Nocebo effect.
1:15.1	Are you unknowingly thinking your way to failure?
1:18.1	By Nia Shanks of Niashanks.com.
1:21.4	A patient taking part in an experiment is told her new medication
1:25.3	may have symptoms such as nausea, stomach pains, and loss of
1:28.7	appetite. Four weeks later, when she revisits her doctor for a checkup, she complains of
1:33.7	nausea, stomach pains, and loss of appetite. The side effects from this medication are terrible,
1:39.4	she groaned. When the doctor reports that the quote-unquote medication she's been taking
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