It’s Not Your Fault

Help Your Teen Open Up

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.

Supporting Your Teen’s Mental Health: Helping Them Build Healthy Boundaries

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.

Helping Teens Avoid Substance Abuse Through Gaming

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.

The Power of Rest: How Sleep Transforms Adolescent Well-Being

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.

How to Help Adolescents Deal with Online Embarrassment

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.

How Parents and Caregivers Can Support Teens Struggling with Self-Harm

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.

The Power of Community-Based Therapy in Adolescent Mental Health

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.

How Parents Can Support and Collaborate with Youth Workers

There is a natural gap between parents/caregivers and the youth workers that are a major part of the child’s life. In this episode, Brandon talks about how to bridge that gap.

The Weight of Modern Parental Stress

Recently, Brandon had a conversation with the founder of the podcast network where they talked about the stress of modern parenting, among other topics. In this episode, Brandon talks about a number of the aspects of being a parent or care-giver in today’s world.

Using the GROW Model to Help Adolescents Achieve

In this week’s episode, Brandon talks about the GROW Model, which is a coaching framework that involves four steps: Goal - define clear objectives. Reality - assess the current situation. Options – explore possible solutions. Will (or Way Forward) – commit to act.