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A Mindful Teen

Helping Today's Teenagers Thrive through Gratitude, Acceptance, Intention, and Nonjudgment
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A guide for parents to help teenagers use mindfulness in their everyday lives. The teen years have always been stressful—a time of rapid development of the mind and body, constant downward pressure on self-esteem, and increased fear and anxiety. Added to these age-old issues are the... Read More
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This book addresses the challenges that teens face and provides tools for parents and caregivers to help their teens recognize and diminish their underlying stressors and symptoms. With this guide, teens and caregivers will explore mindfulness essentials and learn how to become more compassionate, confident, and resilient.

This book addresses the challenges that teens face and provides tools for parents and caregivers to help their teens recognize and diminish their underlying stressors and symptoms. With this guide, teens and caregivers will explore mindfulness essentials and learn how to become more compassionate, confident, and resilient.

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A guide for parents to help teenagers use mindfulness in their everyday lives.

The teen years have always been stressful—a time of rapid development of the mind and body, constant downward pressure on self-esteem, and increased fear and anxiety. Added to these age-old issues are the new stressors of social media, smartphones, the internet, school violence, and more. How are teens to deal with this stress? And how can parents support them?

In A Mindful Teen: Helping Today’s Teenagers Thrive Through Gratitude, Acceptance, Intention, and Nonjudgment, parents and other “first responders”—teachers, coaches, counsellors, and relatives—are provided with invaluable coping strategies for their children. Each chapter takes a deep dive into the challenges and pressures teenagers face and offers solutions based on mindfulness practices that parents and teens can work through together. It also includes a discussion of various parenting styles and points to ways to improve relationships through understanding, empathy, and healthy attachment.

Grounded in the GAIN methodology, which emphasizes gratitude, acceptance, intention, and nonjudgment, A Mindful Teen offers a simple yet effective message: we can all learn to be more mindful and aware of our experiences to become happier, confident, and more fulfilled.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798881806118

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 1 table

Contributors:

  • With Eric Wentworth
  • With John Rettger, PhD

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 760g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Greg Hammer, MD, is a physician, best-selling author, and mindfulness expert. He was a Stanford University School of Medicine Professor for more than 25 years, a member of the Stanford WellMD initiative, and Chief of the Wellness Task Force for the California Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Hammer has given workshops on physical, mental, and spiritual well-being across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries.

Eric Wentworth was an award-winning creative director at major advertising agencies in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. He has also worked for several internet startups, was a marketing advisor to the world’s largest angel investor organization, and is a serial entrepreneur. Eric is the co-author of A Mindful Career, a guide to successfully managing a career by using mindfulness principles. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

John P. Rettger, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, author, and expert on mindfulness-based approaches for mental health and well-being. He is in private practice in the San Diego area. Dr. Rettger previously directed mindfulness programming and engaged in mindfulness research at the Stanford University Early Life Stress & Pediatric Anxiety Program.

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