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Well, hey, feel good, fam. I am so glad you're here for this brand new episode, all about creating more

happiness, calm, and confidence. Our guest today is Dr. Rick Hansen, who is, I will admit,

kind of a regular around here. So let me tell you about a little bit about Rick and then a little

bit about the backstory of why he is such an important return guest here.

So Dr. Hansen is a psychologist who really focuses on happiness and hardwiring happiness

and mindfulness kind of where the science and the ancient tradition of mindfulness meet.

His work has been featured everywhere from the BBC to CBS, NPR. He's a bestselling author of books like Resilient, which he's been on the podcast

before to talk about hardwiring happiness, which is a New York Times bestseller, Buddha's

brain, Just One

Things, among others. So as I mentioned, the first time I had Rick on the show was to talk about

his book, Resilient, which is still kind of, I think, in my top five go-to nonfiction books on my

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