Forgiveness isn’t about forgetting, it’s about freeing yourself. In this episode of the It's Not Your Fault podcast, host Brandon Jones dives into how forgiveness positively impacts mental health, especially for teens and parents navigating tough emotions, miscommunication, and old wounds. Whether it’s forgiving others or yourself, we explore why it’s not forgetting what happened, but how it can help rebuild trust, ease anxiety, and improve your emotional well-being. This episode is a must-listen for anyone carrying the weight of past hurt.

On this week's episode of It's Not Your Fault, a teen mental health podcast, Brandon Jones offers tips on how parents can help their teens open up.

Offen, it comes up in conversations with parents and caregivers the idea of respecting your adolescent’s boundaries. In this episode, Brandon talks about what this means and how to help the young people in your life develop healthy boundaries, and how to then respect them.

A recent study shows that video games can be used as a way to help reduce other substance abuse—an interesting take when screen addiction can be a serious issue as well. Listen in to hear all about it.

In this episode, Brandon is talking about sleep and why it’s so important to get enough sleep, especially for adolescents. Listen in to hear all about it.

There is a lot of social pressure in a social-media-dominated world, and this can lead to a lot of social fallout and subsequent embarrassment. In this episode, Brandon talks about the emotional response that adolescents face in this environment and how to help them deal with it.

In this week’s episode, Brandon dives into the topic of self-harm and talks about ways parents and caregivers can support teens struggling with this often sensitive and difficult topic.

In this week’s episode, Brandon dives into the topic of community-based therapies and how they can be implemented to help with the mental health of adolescents. Listen in to hear all about it.