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With the rise of the teen mental health crisis and loneliness epidemic, back-to-school season may look a little different for today’s youth than it did for their parents. Stanford University physician and mindfulness expert Greg Hammer, MD, author of the new book "A Mindful Teen: Helping Today’s Teenagers Thrive through Gratitude, Acceptance, Intention, and Nonjudgment", joined us to share strategies to ease back-to-school anxiety for teens.

The GAIN Method:

G: Breathe in Gratitude for the richness in your life, your loved ones, and even simply being alive this day.
A: Accept the painful experiences you cannot change. Open your heart and bring this pain closer and closer until you merge with it. We often find that the pain is less than we thought.
I: Use your Intention to re-wire your brain away from your negative bias and obsession with the past and future. Practice being present, which is where happiness lives.
N: Become more Nonjudgmental. The world around us does not have to be labeled as good or bad. This goes for the people around us and even ourselves. Dropping self-judgment is difficult, but we can learn to do this through daily practice with small, baby steps.