Mindfulness made practical and humane.
Untangle pairs measured conversations with guided mindfulness episodes and wellness-adjacent teaching. Guests translate abstract ideas like purpose, courage, nervous-system regulation, and relationship stress into practices that can be used in ordinary days.
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Untangle is a calm, interview-led show about mindfulness, emotional health, and the practices people use to steady themselves. It rarely rushes. The typical episode gives one guest enough space to explain a framework, trace its origins, and describe how it works in the body or in daily life. Recent conversations move through meditation retreats, emotional resilience, chronic stress, breathwork, relationship stress, fear, regret, courage, sleep, and flow. The show is especially interested in the point where a big idea becomes a usable practice. Naming an emotion matters here. So does releasing physical tension, turning toward a partner, using breath intentionally, noticing fear before it takes over, and learning what patterns of mind tend to create suffering. Untangle’s tone is warm and sincere, with an emphasis on explanation rather than host-centered performance. The interviewer often frames a guest’s idea, reflects it back, and asks how someone might apply it outside a retreat, therapy room, or meditation session. That gives the show a practical spine. It is contemplative without becoming inaccessible. The vocabulary includes nervous-system regulation, neuroplasticity-adjacent ideas, emotional hijack, values, purpose, and self-awareness, but the surrounding conversation usually keeps the listener oriented. Some episodes are standard interviews. Others are Meditation Monday installments built around guided calm, bedtime relaxation, or optimal flow. Several recent episodes are encore selections, presented as evergreen material. The show also carries a visible wellness-product ecosystem, and some excerpts include long sponsor sections before the editorial material begins. For listeners who prefer fast pacing or sharp debate, Untangle may feel too soft. For people looking for steady, thoughtful conversations about how to live with more peace, less reactivity, and better emotional tools, it offers a deep archive with a consistent sensibility.
Made for: For listeners drawn to meditation, emotional resilience, relationship stress, and reflective wellness conversations. It fits people who prefer patient interviews and guided practices over fast advice or entertainment-first chat.
What sets it apart: Untangle stands out by letting guests develop ideas at length, then bringing those ideas back to ordinary stress, sleep, partnership, fear, and daily self-regulation. The mix of interviews, encore conversations, and Meditation Monday sessions gives it both depth and practice.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Untangle turns interviews on stress, relationships, breathwork and brain health into practical questions about how wellbeing works in daily life.
Patricia Karpis builds Untangle around interviews that turn broad ideas about wellbeing into questions about daily practice. Conversations move between emotional regulation and physical health, with guests addressing neuroplasticity, relationship conflict, breathwork, meditation…
A bad mood may need rest before reframing; Untangle gives you permission to test that.
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A calm, practical case for mindfulness as everyday purpose.
Mellie O'Brien's conversation on Untangle takes a measured, grounded look at meditation as more than a route to calm. Patricia Karpis keeps the exchange on how practice lands in ordinary life, and Mellie answers with a plainspoken account of mindfulness helping people notice…
Emotional health is framed as a practical base for stress regulation, relationships, and longevity.
Untangle frames emotional health as the base layer of wellness and uses Patricia Karpis and Elisha Goldstein to unpack Tiny Shifts, a book about how small changes can ease stress, steady relationships, and support longevity.
A patient meditation conversation that treats change as something to practice.
Patricia Karpis spends this encore with Dr. Joe Dispenza on meditation, healing, and the idea that inner state can come before outer change. The conversation keeps circling the same point: stress narrows attention, while gratitude, self-love, and repeated rehearsal can make…
Breathwork is treated as practice and puzzle, with just enough skepticism to keep it grounded.
Breathwork is treated here as something sturdier than a wellness fad, and the strongest stretch is the one on holotropic breathwork. The piece walks through where it came from, what happens in a session, and why the explanation seems to lean more toward carbon dioxide than a…
Practical relationship guidance that helps couples turn conflict into something they can handle together.
Stan Tatkin keeps the advice grounded in what couples can actually do when stress is already high. He favors simple habits over abstractions: face each other, hold eye contact, take turns, stay orderly, and deal with one issue at a time.
A grounded case for small, kind changes that actually stick.
Dr. Shauna Shapiro makes a plain, workable case that mindfulness and self-compassion help change stick, instead of sitting off to the side as nice extras.
A calm, practical conversation about brain aging that favors habits over hype.
Untangle settles into a calm, thoughtful discussion of how the brain may stay adaptable with age, with Dr. Majeed Fatouhi drawing a clear line between neuroplasticity, memory, and the habits that help neural systems keep going.
A reflective conversation about course correction, with rest treated as the first fix for a bad mood.
The piece treats feeling stuck as a signal, not just a mood to push through. It links that mismatch to purpose, low moods, physical pain, strained relationships, career trouble, and sometimes addiction, then lands on a simple rule: do not reach for a quick fix before asking what…
Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.
Three hosts and psychologist Dr Emily talk vulnerability, therapy, and imperfection with guests.
Fearne Cotton interviews guests like Boy George and Bryony Gordon about mental health and identity.
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford pairs therapy insight with Black TV recaps, maternal health, and history.
Patricia Karpis talks with Mellie O'Brien, the Australian meditation teacher known as “Mrs.
Patricia Karpis welcomes back psychologist and best-selling author Elisha Goldstein to talk about emotional health, stress, and longevity.
This episode features Cara Bradley discussing meditation and achieving an optimal flow state for improved energy and mental clarity.
Joe starts with feeling first.
Journalist James Nestor, author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, joins the Untangle podcast to explain why nasal breathing, not mouth breathing, is fundamental to health.
This episode introduces a guided meditation session from the Meditation Studio app, focusing on relaxation before bed as part of the Meditation Mondays series.
Untangle's Throwback Thursday episode pairs Arielle Garten with Stan Tatkin, the founder of PACT and author of Wired for Dating and Wired for Love, for a COVID-era conversation about relationship stress.
This episode explores how fear creates a 'courage gap' that holds people back from their potential, featuring leadership advisor Margie Warrell discussing tools to overcome regret and move forward with bravery.
A guided meditation exploring the gifts of a growth versus fixed mindset, with reflection on reacting outside one's comfort zone.
This throwback episode features an interview with Dan Harris discussing anxiety, meditation, and his book '10% Happier'.
Amy Lennecker discusses her method to reduce stress and increase joy in work and life.
This episode features Dr.
This episode explores the neuroscience of revenge with James Kimmel Jr., examining how revenge activates the brain's reward system like a drug and discussing strategies to overcome this addictive emotional response.
Learning takes practice.
Psychiatrist Judson Brewer discusses his book 'The Hunger Habit' and how mindfulness can help break addictive eating patterns.
The host discusses feeling stuck and introduces coaching and quality wardrobe staples as solutions for clarity and well-being.
Mark Coleman discusses how mindfulness and compassion can free us from our inner critic and promote peace.
Brain change is possible at any age, at least in the way this excerpt frames it.
A guided meditation episode helping listeners find focus and calm amidst daily distractions.
This episode features sponsor ads for Quince and Strawberry.me, then introduces the topic of feeling stuck and the value of coaching to gain clarity and take the next step.
Interview with a fear technician about understanding and transforming fear into a tool for personal growth.
A guided meditation episode from Untangle's Meditation Mondays, helping listeners find calm and inner peace through breath awareness.
Purpose can disappear in a way that hurts.
Clinical psychologist Dr.
A guided meditation session aimed at helping listeners find calm and inner peace through mindfulness and relaxation techniques.
The host discusses feeling stuck and introduces coaching and quality-focused lifestyle choices to improve clarity and well-being.
A former Navy commander turned medium discusses consciousness, the afterlife, and how connecting with loved ones can transform grief into growth.
This episode features a sponsor segment for Quince clothing and Strawberry.me coaching, then introduces the theme of feeling stuck and the value of coaching to gain clarity.
An interview with sleep psychologist Shelby Harris about overcoming insomnia without medication, focusing on behavioral strategies and sleep quality.
Neurologist Chris Winter discusses why we are a culture of poor sleepers and offers five actionable tips to improve sleep quality.
The host asks how a calmer, less reactive awareness can make it into ordinary relationships, and Stephen Batchelor answers by pulling mindfulness out of the private relaxation corner.
This episode features Anese Cavanaugh discussing her proprietary approach to showing up with intention, energy, and presence to be your best self.
This episode features a sponsor segment for Quince clothing and Strawberry.me coaching, then introduces the theme of feeling stuck and the value of coaching to gain clarity.
An interview with Ingrid Fetell Lee about how our physical surroundings can cultivate joy and happiness.
Interview with therapist Michelle Chalvont about her Adult Chair model combining psychology and spirituality for personal transformation.