Welcome to Untangle, the podcast from Meditation Studio.

I'm Patricia Carpus.

In this series, we introduce you to real people with extraordinary stories and experts who share how meditation and mindfulness practices change our lives.

Our podcast is brought to by Meditation Studio, Apple's Pick as one of the 10 best apps of the year. Why download

the app? Because life is messy. We get stressed, anxious, have trouble sleeping. We work too hard.

We deal with conflict. Our hearts get broken. We worry about the state of the world. We meditate

because we're human. Our app gives you hundreds of

meditations from over 30 leading experts. It helps a lot. And if you haven't tried the app yet,

you can now download it for free and explore a starter series with Elisha Goldstein, plus a sample

of some of our favorite guided meditations in the Discover

collection.

And if you've already got the app, check out our new unguided meditation timer, where you can

create your own meditations with or without our brand new, pretty amazing music tracks.

And don't forget the eight free meditations on Alexa. Just ask her to

enable meditation studio. Today's guest is Dr. Rick Hansen, a psychologist and author of several

books, including his most recent New York Times bestseller, hardwiring, happiness,

the new brain science of contentment, calm, and confidence.

His work and research is at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and Buddhism.

In this interview, he shares practices that help us cultivate and experience the good

in our lives while growing compassion for ourselves and others.

This, he says, can actually help reduce negative thinking and hardwire our brains for greater

happiness.

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