I sit in my university advisor's office.

We're talking about where to do my final internship. He knows me well,

and he looks at my resume once more. Then he looks up and says, you should apply to Mill Creek

Youth Center. I shake my head, no. I can't do that. I don't know how to work with adolescence.

He tilts his head and says, well, you were one, right?

Don't you remember what it was like to be a teenager?

Hannah Cross is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people with emotional, social and

behavioural concerns. Her work uses evidence-based therapy, which is often effective, even

life-saving. But in today's meditative story,

she discovers that when the lessons from your textbooks fall short, it's our ability to show up

as a genuine, loving human being that's the first step towards healing others and yourself.

We'd also like to let you know in advance that this episode explores themes of addiction

and incarceration. Should these be sensitive subjects for you?

In this series we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music and mindfulness prompts,

so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories.

And that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.

From Wait What, this is meditative story.

I'm Rohan, and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed.

The body relaxed. The body breathing.

Your senses open. Your mind open.

Meeting the world. I flip on the car radio, keeping one hand on the car radio, keeping one hand on the steering wheel,

and I look up at the sky.

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