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 the fabulous Kristen Noel, founder of Best Self

magazine. The magazine was created out of Kristen's own personal journey and her belief that it's

always possible to rescript our lives to live a more

authentic, inspired life that truly gives us joy. She shares her own story and how she managed to

reinvent herself after some pretty challenging times. Her belief is that together we can have a larger

impact than any of us can have alone.

She considers best self a co-creation with other thought leaders who share her own goal

to keep striving, seeking, and serving with words and ideas that inspire us, empower us, and

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