1KHO 669: Happiness Lives in the Present Moment | Dr. Greg Hammer, The Mindful Teen

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve been feeling the pressure—burnout for you, overwhelm for your teen, and a constant sense that everyone is behind—this conversation with Dr. Greg Hammer (Stanford physician, mindfulness teacher, and author) is a deep exhale. Ginny Yurich and Dr. Hammer talk about why teens are carrying stress we never had (smartphones, comparison, eco-anxiety, school fears), and why his simple GAIN practice—Gratitude, Acceptance, Intention, and Nonjudgment—isn’t “floofy,” it’s a practical way to rewire the brain toward steadiness and joy. You’ll hear why gratitude is the foundation of happiness, how “small bites” change family culture, and why nature itself can bring us back to the present where happiness actually lives. Listen and share this with a friend who needs hope, and if the show has encouraged you, leaving a review truly helps other families find it. Get a copy of The Mindful Teen here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:02.6	My name is Ginny Earch, I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside.
0:05.5	And I'm so excited and honored to have Dr. Greg Hammer with us.
0:10.0	He is the author of a mindful teen and also Gain Without Pain, a physician, best-selling author
0:15.4	and mindfulness expert, and also a Stanford University School of Medicine professor for
0:20.0	more than 25 years. Welcome,
0:22.4	Dr. Greg Hammer. Great to be with you, Jenny. So can you kind of talk through the process
0:28.7	of nearing down? Like as a physician, you're dealing with all sorts of people, as a professor,
0:33.3	you're dealing with all sorts of people in all sorts of topics. The world of medicine is a
0:36.9	very large one and people specialize in all sorts of different areas. What was your path, you're dealing with all sorts of people in all sorts of topics. The world of medicine is a very large one and people specialize in all sorts of different areas. What was your path and you have
0:41.9	this approach called gain and you really focus on mindfulness and now this new book is called
0:46.8	a mindful teen helping today's teenagers thrive through gratitude, acceptance, intention, and not
0:52.1	judgment. That's gain, that's the acronym.
0:54.4	How did you narrow your focus down to the topic of mindfulness?
0:59.0	That's a good question.
1:00.6	Back in around 2012, Stanford convened a group called WellMD in response to what was
1:09.2	perceived to be a rising incidence and prevalence of burnout among physicians.
1:14.7	And it turns out it's quite costly if Stanford loses a physician.
1:19.4	And burnout is associated with physicians retiring early, leaving, doing something else, whatever.
1:27.2	So we convened this group and came up with a rubric for
1:32.5	burnout, which is really physical and mental exhaustion due to chronic stress, which to some
1:38.0	extent I think we all experience, especially teens these days. And one of the areas of focus was on personal resilience, which has been an area that I've
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