Welcome to Untangle, the podcast from 5-star app meditation studio and Muse, the brain-sensing headband.

I'm Patricia Carpice, your host, along with my co-host every other week, Muse co-founder, Ariel Garden.

With this new year, we just launched a new muse called Muse S, which features a comfortable, soft, fabric, headband.

It gives you real-time feedback on your brain, heart, breath, and body during meditation, and also includes new features designed to help lull you to sleep.

You can check it out at choosemuse.com.

In today's episode, I interview bestselling author and change expert M.J. Ryan.

MJ's most recent book is called Habit Changers, 81 game-changing mantras to mindfully realize your goals.

If you've ever made a list of New Year's resolutions, only to drop them in week

three, you'll want to hear this interview. M.J. is chockful of ideas and proven methods for

turning negative habits into positive ones. Her 81 game-changing mantras are intended to inspire

new ideas and behaviors. The book itself is a game changer and one

that you'll want to have on your bedside if you want to make positive changes in your life this

year. Now here's MJ. MJ, welcome to Untangle. I'm so happy to be with you, Patricia.

Very excited to have you here and to talk about your new book called Habit Changers,

81 Game Changing Mantras to Mindfully Realize Your Goals.

I love this book.

I loved reading it.

And I especially love it because I know how hard it is for people to change.

And I know that this has been a huge, huge piece of your business as an executive coach

and as part of many of the books that you've written.

And can you talk a little bit to start about how you got into,

first of all, being an executive coach and then why working on changing our behaviors is so

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