Welcome to Untangle, the podcast from 5-star app, Meditation Studio, and Muse, the amazing

brain-sensing headband that helps you meditate. I'm Patricia Carpus, co-founder of meditation

studio, and your host on Untangle. Join my collaborator, Ariel Garden, co-founder of Muse and

resident Brainiac, and me each week as we introduce you to authors, experts, and thought leaders who share their stories on how meditation and mindfulness practices have the power to change our lives.

To get started meditating on your own, you can download the Meditation Studio app in the app store

and explore Muse at Choosemuse.com. When you download Meditation Studio, you'll get over 400 original

and exclusive meditations by leading experts on everything from sleep, stress, anxiety to happiness,

confidence, leadership, relationships, and much, much more.

Some of our meditations are more inspirational, so it's like having a little coach in your

pocket just when you're facing any challenge. And if you've got Alexa, ask her to play our aid

free meditations. Just say, Alexa, 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. 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.

Dr. Hansen shares how these simple methods using the power of everyday experiences can really help to counter our natural negativity biases.

Now, here's Dr. Rick Hansen.

Rick Hansen, welcome to Untangle. I'm so happy to have you on our show today.

Patricia, really? It's a pleasure.

Aw. So I really, I loved your book. And I want to know what inspired you to begin researching how to hardwire happiness. I guess this

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