It’s Not Your Fault

Supporting Adolescents in Setting New Goals and Resolutions for 2025

A new year comes new year’s resolutions and goals. In this episode, Brandon talks about ways to help teens survive, thrive, and push forward into 2025.

Supporting Adolescents After a School Shooting

What are the mental health ramifications and impacts from fear and isolation for adolescents after a school shooting? Listen in to this week’s episode where Brandon talks about this important topic.

Helping Adolescents Deal with Bullying

Bullying is not anything new, but the way it happens now-a-days is different than in the past. As hurtful as ever, it is something that we need to talk about and learn how to notice it and address it. Listen in to learn more.

Destigmatizing Youth Mental Health

Brandon recently came across a mental health initiative in Boston that piqued his interest and prompted the topic for this episode. Listen in to learn more.

Four Ways Adolescents Can Cope with Change

As we get closer to the end of the year, people are thinking about resolutions and things they want to change, but sometimes changes happen whether we want them or not. In this week’s episode, Brandon talks about ways that adolescents can cope with changes in their lives. Listen in to hear all about it.

Dealing with Grief, Forgiveness, and Emotional Pain during the Holidays

Many times, the holiday season can be that of joy and connection, but at other times, we might find ourselves dealing with grief, issues with forgiveness, and other emotional pain. Listen into this week’s episode to hear some helpful tips on how to better manage difficult emotions during the holiday season.

Managing Family Stress During the Holidays

Believe it or not, the holiday season is already here, which brings a lot of joy and connectivity, but also a lot of stress. Listen into this week’s episode to hear some helpful tips on how to better manage the stress of the holiday season.

Supporting Teens Through Loneliness

Winter is coming and it becomes easy to stay inside and isolate, and it has become increasingly more prevalent that teens have been isolating purposefully after the pandemic. In this episode, Brandon discusses ways that parents and caregivers can support teens struggling with loneliness.

The Benefits of Mental Health Services in Schools

Both school-based and school-linked mental health services are very important. In this week’s episode, Brandon talks about what the difference is between these two services and why both are important. Listen in to learn more.

The Mental Wellbeing of Firstborn Children

In this week’s episode Brandon discusses unique challenges that first-born children face. He shares information from a recent study that has found some surprising stats regarding birth order. Listen in to learn more.