In this episode of You Only, we explore the science and soul of music theory—from frequency and vibration to how sound directly affects the human brain. Drawing inspiration from legends like Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones, this conversation breaks down how music can heal, elevate mood, unlock creativity, and connect us on a deeper neurological and emotional level.

This episode is also a moment of gratitude. Thank you to the self-help communities, support groups, and listeners around the world who continue to show up and share this journey. Because of you, the podcast has reached 100,000 total listens and welcomed 100 new listeners just this past week.

Music is more than sound—it’s frequency, memory, healing, and connection. And this episode is a celebration of all of it.

Healing doesn’t happen all at once—and it doesn’t happen the way we expect. In this episode, we explore The Four Stages of Healing, unpacking how emotional wounds form, why we resist facing them, and what it truly takes to move forward. Through psychological insight and real-life reflection, this episode speaks to anyone navigating grief, trauma, abandonment, or emotional neglect. Healing isn’t about forgetting the past—it’s about learning how to live honestly with it. You Only Followers are awesome!

In this episode of You Only, host Low Jackson explores American Family by Catherine Marshall-Smith, a powerful novel that dismantles the myth of the “perfect” American family and replaces it with something far more honest: a story about love, judgment, silence, and the roles we assign to one another in order to survive. Drawing from Marshall-Smith’s exploration of custody, identity, addiction, and belonging, this episode examines how families often mistake quiet strength for absence, intelligence for laziness, and unconventional care for failure.

Blending the book’s themes with personal reflection, Low Jackson shares a defining story about misjudging his stepdad—an experience that reveals how easily inherited narratives become accepted truth. Through psychological insight, attachment theory, and family-systems thinking, the episode unpacks archetypes like the hero and the mascot, showing how these roles form, why they persist, and how they shape adult identity long after childhood ends. This conversation isn’t about rewriting the past or assigning blame—it’s about seeing clearly. American Family becomes a lens for understanding how perception shapes memory, how misunderstanding becomes legacy, and how healing often begins when we learn to look again at the people who raised us and recognize the unseen work they were doing all along.