![]() ![]() Plus, we explore whether trauma really does make us stronger, and how to craft an apology.This week on Hidden Brain, how the way we understand the ups and downs of our lives can shape the ups and downs of our lives.As we make our way through life, it can feel as if we are buffeted by a swiftly moving series of events. We look at the nature of loss, and also a mind-bending idea about whether we should try to do away with grief altogether. The next year he released a CD, his first two-handed recording in over 40 years.Today, we kick off a month-long series that we are calling Healing 2.0. In 2003, Leon Fleisher made a triumphant return to Carnegie Hall. Eventually, a combination of Botox injections and deep-tissue massage started to help. So he reinvented himself, becoming a much-admired conductor and teacher.Meanwhile, he continued to try every available measure to heal his right hand. But Leon Fleisher still had so much music in him. Within a matter of months, his career as a concert pianist was virtually over.Leon Fleisher:As you can well imagine without becoming melodramatic, I was in a very despairing state of depression for about two years.Shankar Vedantam:If we were to take stock of Leon Fleisher's life at this point, we might say it was a tragedy. ![]() The pain and stiffness grew steadily worse. His fourth and fifth finger started curling under. But then, something unexpected happened.He started to notice an odd stiffness in his right index finger. ![]() He went on to perform with the world's top orchestras throughout the 1950s and early '60s.Pause this story here, and Leon Fleisher's life is a triumph. He was just 16 years old.A New York Times music critic said this performance established him as one of the most remarkably gifted of the younger generation of American keyboard artists. Leon Fleisher made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1944. That's when his mother realized Leon was the one who should study the instrument. But afterwards, little Leon would climb onto the piano bench and play note for note the pieces his brother had practiced. I'm Shankar Vedantam.When Leon Fleisher was a small child, his older brother took piano lessons. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Adler, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2012. Living Into the Story: Agency and Coherence in a Longitudinal Study of Narrative Identity Development and Mental Health Over the Course of Psychotherapy, by Jonathan M. Tracy, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2013. Sobering Stories: Narratives of Self-Redemption Predict Behavioral Change and Improved Health Among Recovering Alcoholics, by William L. Harmeling, and Ilana Walder-Biesanz, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013. Narrative Meaning Making Is Associated With Sudden Gains in Psychotherapy Clients’ Mental Health Under Routine Clinical Conditions, by Jonathan M. Adler et al., Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2015. Variation in Narrative Identity is Associated With Trajectories of Mental Health Over Several Years, by Jonathan M. Adler et al., Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2015. The Incremental Validity of Narrative Identity in Predicting Well-Being, by Jonathan M. ![]() Mason et al., Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2019. Stress Resilience: Narrative Identity May Buffer the Longitudinal Effects of Chronic Caregiving Stress on Mental Health and Telomere Shortening, by Ashley E. Adler et al., Journal of Personality, 2021. Identity Integration in People With Acquired Disabilities: A Qualitative Study, by Jonathan M. In the kickoff episode to our monthlong series on healing, psychologist Jonathan Adler shares how to tell our stories in ways that enhance our wellbeing.įor more on the power of stories, listen to our episode on how we make sense of the world. How we frame those stories can profoundly shape our lives. We all tell stories about ourselves, often without realizing we’re doing so. ![]()
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