Join clinical psychologist and mom of three Dr. Becky Kennedy on her weekly podcast, as she takes on tough parenting questions and delivers actionable guidance—all in short episodes, because we know time is hard to find as a parent. Her breakthrough approach has enabled thousands of people to get more comfortable in discomfort, make repairs after mistakes, and always see the good inside. You'll gain the tools to embody your authority while developing a stronger parent-child connection, helping you become the parent you want to be and helping your child develop the skills necessary for life success.
Join Dr. Becky and acclaimed journalist and fellow author Tamron Hall for a special live conversation from New York City to celebrate the launch of Dr. Becky’s debut children’s book, That's My Truck!: A Good Inside Story About Hitting . Dr. Becky shares why she chose to focus on the challenging moment of hitting, the importance of separating a kid’s behavior from their identity, and how the core principles of the Good Inside approach are brought to life in this powerful and compassionate story. ...
In this episode, Dr. Becky shares a vulnerable moment at home when her son confesses his schoolyard transgressions—just as she prepares for his parent-teacher conference. She walks us through a play-by-play of what happens next, offering valuable insights into how to navigate these conversations with our kids and their teachers. Do you also have a kid who is 0% people pleasing? Then you won't want to miss "Why Is Everything a Battle?" Dr. Becky's Live Workshop on Power Struggles, Defiance, and S...
In this follow-up to last week’s Calling All “Good Girls” episode, Dr. Becky dives deeper into embracing the role of the “inconvenient woman.” What begins with a simple “I want my coffee my way” moment evolves into a powerful realization: Identifying, owning, and articulating our desires as women can be incredibly uncomfortable. Dr. Becky encourages all self-identifying “Good Girls” to reflect on what they truly want for themselves and to embrace the inconvenience that comes with pursuing it. Do...
As adult women, why is it so difficult to answer the question, "What do I want for myself?" Why does it feel uncomfortable to claim our desires? In this episode, Dr. Becky explores the good girl conditioning we've been taught since childhood and challenges women to break free from these constraints. She inspires us to embrace being inconvenient, and put ourselves first. Do you want to learn more about how we're celebrating being an inconvenient woman at Good Inside? Check out the link here: http...
This is a repeat of an earlier episode. Going out to dinner is not what it once was if you are bringing your kids. What used to be an easy book a restaurant and go, is a bit more complicated when it's a party bigger than two. But we all need a break! We all deserve dinner out with or without our kids. This week, Dr. Becky talks to a parent about the public shaming she recently received when she took her kids out for an early sushi dinner. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/3WbI...
Comedian and actress Ilana Glazer joins Dr. Becky to talk about motherhood, boundaries, and being a millennial parent. Together, they explore navigating modern parenting with boundaries, love, and challenges. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4fSxbzk Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Good Insider: https://www.goodinside.com/newsletter Order Dr. Becky's book, Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You...
Dr. Becky addresses parental burnout, emphasizing its normalization and the importance of self-compassion. She explores the impact of past invalidation on current self-perception and provides actionable strategies for managing and preventing burnout, including self-care, reframing mindsets, and rediscovering joy. The episode also touches on the significance of repairing relationships after reactive moments, promoting a cycle of compassion and validation.
This is a repeat of an earlier episode. Motherhood often feels all-consuming. And it's easy to lose yourself in it. But you can find your way back to yourself with self-love. The first change you make is the new thought you take. Author and poet, Cleo Wade, joins Dr. Becky to talk about reclaiming yourself when you feel lost in motherhood and her newest book Remember Love . Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/3C1m7Cc Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbec...
When your kid yells “I hate you” or acts out in some other way, it’s hard enough to deal with that situation, but when you and your partner disagree on how to respond, it makes it that much harder. Parenting with a partner who is skeptical or disagrees with your approach is hard and tiring. It's also common. This week, Dr. Becky addresses the challenges of parenting with a skeptical partner and gives tools for how co-parents can learn to speak the same language. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Be...
Connection is everything when it comes to parenting. When we're connected to our kids, so many things become easier. And when we're disconnected, almost everything feels harder. Today on the podcast, Dr. Becky tackles the very important topic and talks us through ways you can increase connection with your kid. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/428u0QW Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Good Insider: https:...
This is a repeat of an earlier episode. Deeply Feeling Kids just feel things more intensely and when you throw their siblings into the mix, and sprinkle in some jealousy, ooh boy! This week, Dr. Becky talks with a couple about Deeply Feeling Kids, birth order, and sibling dynamics all at once. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/408MNJh Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Good Insider: https://www.goodinside....
Parents have lots of different questions for Dr. Becky. How do I help my kid sleep independently? When is the right time to potty train? How do I teach frustration tolerance? But the number one parenting question Dr. Becky gets asked is this: Why won't my kids listen to anything I say? Today on the podcast, Dr. Becky tackles this very popular question. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/40ANTzb Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up...
There are no adequate words to express the horror of the ongoing LA wildfires. It’s completely understandable if you feel worried, out of control, or stunned. Parenting is hard enough on a “normal” day, but in times like these—when a natural disaster adds an emotional and mental toll—it can feel almost impossible. Dr. Becky recently held a virtual event for parents affected by these wildfires - this episode is the recording of that event. Together they connect, hold space for one another, discus...
If you've lost your cool with your kids and fallen into yelling, threats, timeouts, or other punishments, you’re not alone. This week, Dr. Becky explores the complex topic of punishment in parenting, and addresses the skepticism surrounding the idea of raising well-behaved children without resorting to taking their dessert or iPad away. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/3XcKIus Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly ...
Every parent wants their kid to be happy and to grow up into a happy adult. But sometimes, a parent's intervention in the short term can lead to their kid becoming an unhappy adult in the long term. Yale professor, scientist, and podcast host, Dr. Laurie Santos, joins Dr. Becky to talk about happiness and the difference between optimizing for happiness in the moment and optimizing for happiness in the future. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4gjmUOc Follow Dr. Becky on Instag...
This is a repeat of an earlier episode. What happens when you want to do things differently than how you were raised and yet the people who raised you are intimately involved in raising your children? Is it more important to hold boundaries with your extended family or should you focus on other strategies? In this conversation, Dr. Becky talks with a mom about this exact situation. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/3zfUxQm Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.c...
Some kids are just more. More emotional. More resistant. More reactive. Just more. Dr. Becky thinks of them as Deeply Feeling Kids and author and parenting activist, Debbie Reber of Tilt Parenting, thinks of them as Differently Wired. Today, Debbie joins Dr. Becky to discuss different frameworks and strategies for parents of kids who are just more. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4doK9nF Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/4c6w9y7 Good Inside's Back to School Toolkit...
What do you do when you give your teen a phone and everything you were worried about comes true? They stopped reading books like they used to. They never leave their room without their phone. Their grades slip. They're getting into trouble socially. Can you take the phone away? Should you? And if you do, how should you go about it? This week, Dr. Becky fields a few phone concerns and questions from her producer, Jesse Baker. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/3WKwGjF Follow Dr....
Social psychologist and author, Jonathan Haidt, joins Dr. Becky to discuss his new book The Anxious Generation. In this powerful episode, they talk about the impact of phones, social media, and the decline of play on our kids' mental health. But Jonathan also offers hope that we can end the epidemic of mental illness, end phone-based childhood, and restore a more humane childhood. For Jonathan Haidt's new book, The Anxious Generation, and more information please visit anxiousgeneration.com. To d...
As our kids grow up and pull away, it can feel like they're breaking up with us. This week, Dr. Becky talks to a mom wondering why her son feels so distant as he begins middle school. He seems to have plenty of time to play video games and talk to his friends but she feels like she doesn't know anything about his life anymore. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4d45xiu For information on parenting your teen with Good Inside and the Teen Foundations Workshop: https://bit.ly/4ckb...
The Good Inside approach to parenting is many things but gentle is not one of them. Good Inside parenting is sturdy. And sturdy parenting does not need consequences or punishments. In this episode, Dr. Becky hears situations from several parents where they aren't sure how to be the sturdy pilots their children need them to be. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4doeeE6 Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Goo...
Most parents want to raise kids who are confident, kind, hard-working, empathetic... And exactly no one is hoping their kid grows up to be an entitled a-hole. Yet it occupies so many conversations about parenting with friends. This week, Dr. Becky fields a few of those concerns from her producer, Jesse Baker. Listen in for insights that will reframe how you approach these conversations with your own kids. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4c2muIM Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram:...
Parenting Deeply Feeling Kids and kids with ADHD can be challenging. These kids really do have more intense escalations and reactions. But there is a path forward where we can help our kids build the skills for regulating their emotions, tolerate frustration, learn to focus, and learn to manage sensory sensitivities. Dr. Becky is joined by clinical psychologist, Alex Reed, to discuss the overlap between ADHD, neurodivergence, and Deeply Feeling Kids. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https:/...
Everyone loses their temper from time to time — but the stakes are dizzyingly high when the focus of your fury is your own child. Clinical psychologist and renowned parenting whisperer Becky Kennedy is here to help. Not only does she have practical advice to help parents manage the guilt and shame of their not-so-great moments but she also models the types of conversations you can have to be a better parent. (Hint: this works in all other relationships too.) Bottom line? It’s never too late to r...
Dr. Becky sits down with Reese Witherspoon to discuss her newest children's book Busy Betty and the Circus Surprise, and the power of letting kids struggle, resilience, creativity, and the true definition of confidence. Order Reese Witherspoon's book: https://bit.ly/3t8gX2s Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4dneTFI Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Good Insider: https://www.goodinside.com/newsletter Order...
Talking about illness or other hard topics with kids can be daunting. So it's understandable that you might want to put it off. But information doesn’t scare kids. It’s the lack of information that feels scary to them. In this conversation, Dr. Becky sits down with a mom who is struggling with how to have a hard conversation with her kids. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/3LKlQou Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our week...
Developing good habits is hard. Whether it's for us as parents or for our children. This week, author James Clear joins Dr. Becky to talk about the four things you and your kids need to do in order to develop good habits. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/3YsJiOx Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Good Insider: https://www.goodinside.com/newsletter Order Dr. Becky's book, Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming t...
It's time to reframe defiance. When our kids don't listen to us or are being "defiant" by doing the complete opposite of what we've asked them to do, it's important to remember that they are still good kids. They are good kids who need firm and loving boundaries, connection, and to feel a little powerful on occasion. This week, Dr. Becky chats with a mom struggling with her son's "defiant" behavior and who's looking for a way to reconnect and repair with him. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky...
Kids today face a near-daily onslaught of body shame from their peers, school, diet culture, the media, and even the most well-meaning parents themselves. Virginia Sole-Smith, journalist and author, joins Dr. Becky to discuss why it’s critical that we change the way we talk to kids about fat, weight, health, and self-worth. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/3Sw5IdX Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Good I...
Truth: Feeding small children is hard and stressful. But here's another truth: You are a good parent even if your kid is only eating crackers right now. You are a good parent even if your kid hasn't touched a vegetable in months. And you are a good parent if you are bottle feeding instead of breastfeeding. What your child eats or doesn't eat isn't an indication of your parenting. This week Dr. Becky and Megan McNamee of Feeding Littles get real and deep about feeding small children and everythin...
