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 you 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 try it for free and explore a starter series plus a sample of some of our favorite

guided meditations in the Discover

collection. You may also want to check out our new meditation collections this year. Mindful

eating, work, authentic leadership, and a special collection just for college students. There's also

a new mindful work and sleep basics course.

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 aid-free meditations on Alexa.

Just ask her to enable Meditation Studio.

Today's guest is Elise Bellew, an Australian entrepreneur and doctor trained in psychiatry.

She's also the best-selling author of a book called The Happiness Plan, and she's founder of Mindful in May, an online mindfulness program, starting

May 1st, that teaches thousands of people around the world to meditate. It's a one-month online

program that brings together top meditation teachers, mindfulness experts, and neuroscientists

to help people kickstart or deepen their meditation practice.

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