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Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence by Rick Hanson

Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Rick Hanson (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Mental Health & Psychologystore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 4,526 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Rick Hanson

Rick Hanson narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 77 hours in all.

  • Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and HappinessForrest Hanson · 8.2 hrs
  • Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest HappinessRick Hanson · 11.2 hrs
  • Resilient: 12 Tools for transforming everyday experiences into lasting happinessRick Hanson · 8.2 hrs
  • Neurodharma: 7 Steps to the Highest HappinessRick Hanson · 11.2 hrs
  • Meditations to Change Your Brain: Rewire Your Neural Pathways to Transform Your LifeRichard Mendius · 3.7 hrs

Other recordings

  • The 2015 recording read by Rick Hanson runs 4.1 hours shorter (3.5 hours).

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence is an audiobook by Rick Hanson: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Rick Hanson, released October 8, 2013, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Self-Development shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Rick Hanson
Released
October 8, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mental Health & Psychology, Self-Development
ISBN
9780804128148

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence audiobook?

Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is the Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence audiobook free?

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Who narrates Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence?

Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence is narrated by Rick Hanson.