We all have tendencies. Adults. Kids. Every last one of us. And understanding our tendencies as well as our kid's is a useful parenting tool. Author and host of the podcast Happier , Gretchen Rubin, joins Dr. Becky to discuss the four different tendencies people have and how to use them in everyday ways. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4doK9nF Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/3WoIHLh Good Inside's Back to School Toolkit: https://bit.ly/46yGEsw Follow Dr. Becky on ...
Jun 25, 2024•37 min•Ep 158•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jun 18, 2024•37 min•Ep 157•Transcript available on Metacast This episode contains discussions of a death by suicide. Please take care listening. Today on the podcast, Dr. Becky talks to a dad about fatherhood, his relationship with his dad, repair, intergenerational change, what success really means to him, and the legacy he wants to pass on to his sons. To listen to Dr. Becky on A Slight Change of Plans : https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/a-slight-change-of-plans/a-game-changing-strategy-for-better-relationships Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https...
Jun 11, 2024•32 min•Ep 156•Transcript available on Metacast Once you have kids, vacations aren't vacations anymore. They're trips. And traveling with kids, big and small, can be a challenge. As we head into summer, Dr. Becky shares some tips and small shifts to help get you through stressful travel moments while creating core memories for your family. Good Inside's Guide to Traveling with Kids: https://bit.ly/4biF0MP Upcoming DFK Workshop on June 5th @ 12pm EST: https://bit.ly/3wCYrBH Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4doK9nF Join Good...
Jun 04, 2024•24 min•Ep 155•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the podcast, we're releasing an episode of A Slight Change of Plans with Maya Shankar where Dr. Becky joins Maya to talk about how shifting to a mindset that children are “good inside” can improve parent-child relationships and make for long-lasting behavior change. Dr. Becky explains why her approach can help us navigate all kinds of relationships in our adult lives—with our co-workers, friends, and family members—thanks to simple practices like the "most generous interpretation." To l...
May 28, 2024•41 min•Ep 154•Transcript available on Metacast This is a repeat of an earlier episode. Parenting small children is a full-body sensory experience. They're loud. They're grabby. They make messes everywhere. Personal space isn't a concept they fully understand yet. And as a parent, it's a lot. Occupational therapist Larissa Geleris joins Dr. Becky to give parents tips and tools for sensory and emotional regulation so they can go back to enjoying parenthood. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https://bit.ly/4doK9nF Join Good Inside Membershi...
May 21, 2024•26 min•Ep 153•Transcript available on Metacast Actor and producer Jessica Biel joins Dr. Becky to talk about the link between shame, body confidence, self-trust, and her new book A Kids Book About Periods . Because we don't talk enough about periods. Even though half of the world menstruates, there is still so much shame around it. But the cycle of shame can stop now. It's time to change the messages girls get about their bodies and change the narrative. She also gets Dr. Becky's advice on how to get her son to eat more than just grilled che...
May 14, 2024•51 min•Ep 152•Transcript available on Metacast As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. But we're often not taught financial literacy in schools. And few families talk about money openly with their kids. Today, Alexa von Tobel, author of Rebel Girls Money Matters: A Guide to Saving, Spending, and Everything in Between joins Dr. Becky to help break down how we should be talking to our kids and teaching them about money. For new members only, use code MOM25 for 25% off of Good Inside Membership. Mother's Day Membership Sale: https:/...
May 07, 2024•39 min•Ep 151•Transcript available on Metacast This is a repeat of an earlier episode. Even though the myths about only children have been debunked, the stereotypes remain. Only children are more selfish. Only children are spoiled. Only children are lonelier. In this conversation, Dr. Becky talks with a one and done mom who is tired of answering the question "Are you going to have another?". Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/3PzGzh6 Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly ...
Apr 30, 2024•36 min•Ep 150•Transcript available on Metacast One of Dr. Becky's favorite parenting mantras is choose truth over comfort. And when talking to kids about difficult subjects this is especially true. Whether it's substance use disorder, illness, or death, prioritizing truth over comfort is key. Clinical psychologist, Nicole Kosanke, joins Dr. Becky to help us understand how to talk to kids about substance use disorder. For more information about the CMC non-profit: Foundation for Change please visit https://cmcffc.org/. They offer resources li...
Apr 23, 2024•39 min•Ep 149•Transcript available on Metacast 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....
Apr 16, 2024•24 min•Ep 148•Transcript available on Metacast American kids are struggling. And there's a lot of discussion around the reasons why. Is it smartphones? Is it social media? Is it a hyper-fixation on feelings and therapy? Economist, author, and host of ParentData , Emily Oster, joins Dr. Becky to discuss the latest book making the rounds in parenting circles, Bad Therapy . They delve into what parental authority is and what it isn't, how minimization of risk is not a life strategy for kids or adults, and how we can hold the idea that two thing...
Apr 09, 2024•50 min•Ep 147•Transcript available on Metacast Rejection is something we get a lot of practice in. And yet, rejection from our own kid isn't something as a parent that we're ready for. And it cuts deep. This week, Dr. Becky hears from a mom who feels she's doing something wrong when her kids prefer their father. Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/3xbrZWR 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...
Apr 02, 2024•31 min•Ep 146•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Mar 26, 2024•53 min•Ep 145•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Mar 19, 2024•31 min•Ep 144•Transcript available on Metacast Even if you don't consider yourself an anxious person, once you become a parent, it is easy to start worrying about the health and well-being of your child. But parents need to learn to manage their anxiety for themselves and their kids. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of his book, 10% Happier, Dan Harris joins Dr. Becky to dispel some of the myths about meditation and to show parents how meditation can be a practical strategy in their everyday lives. Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.l...
Mar 12, 2024•39 min•Ep 143•Transcript available on Metacast What do you do if your co-parent parents very differently than you do? What if they can’t tolerate your kids' pushback and hold boundaries in the same way as you? And how do you stop feeling resentful in your marriage? This is such a common parenting problem. Dr. Becky talks to a mom struggling to get on the same page as her partner. Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/3UXVDsm Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Good ...
Mar 05, 2024•30 min•Ep 142•Transcript available on Metacast This is a repeat of an earlier episode. Self-care is everywhere but what is it really? Real self-care is not a bubble bath or a massage or a yoga class. Real self-care is an inside job. Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, author of Real Self-Care, joins Dr. Becky to talk about how women and parents can discover what caring for yourself really looks like. Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/3UgYcp9 Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, ...
Feb 27, 2024•33 min•Ep 141•Transcript available on Metacast 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. To learn more about the DFK workshop: https://bit.ly/3uvV0vq Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/49aVztv Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our weekly email, Good Insider: https://www....
Feb 13, 2024•36 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast Parents are stressed. And often how we deal with it has a bigger impact on our body than whatever is stressing us out in the first place. Clinical psychologist, Jenny Taitz, joins Dr. Becky to discuss her new book Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Mind and Body in Minutes . Listen in as they go over the tools you need to lead a less stressful life. For more on Jenny Taitz and her book Stress Resets visit https://drjennytaitz.com/books/stressresets/ Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/48Q...
Feb 06, 2024•34 min•Ep 139•Transcript available on Metacast This is a repeat of an earlier episode. We all have voices inside ourselves and while it might seem that some of these voices are trying to hold us back maybe they're actually trying to help us. By popular demand, on today's episode Dr. Becky sits down with the founder of Internal Family Systems, Dr. Dick Schwartz to help us learn to speak to the voices inside ourselves and become intentional rather than reactive parents. Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/42gT6uR Follow Dr. Becky on In...
Jan 30, 2024•33 min•Ep 138•Transcript available on Metacast Parenting feels hard because it is hard. And all of the different emotions that come up can make parents feel like they're on a roller coaster. But that doesn't mean we can't find humor and have a little fun on the ride. Caitlin Murray, the brain behind the very entertaining Instagram account Big Time Adulting, joins Dr. Becky to talk about mom rage, mom guilt, and just about all the feelings in between. Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/48kdyx9 Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://w...
Jan 23, 2024•35 min•Ep 137•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jan 16, 2024•28 min•Ep 136•Transcript available on Metacast 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:...
Jan 09, 2024•30 min•Ep 135•Transcript available on Metacast This is a repeat of an earlier episode. When your child is being rude it's easy to fall into the trap of yelling, issuing timeouts, or threats. But behavior is not identity and as parents, we have a choice. We can choose to see it as our kids disrespecting us or we can choose to see it as our kids having a hard time and needing us to show them the emotion regulation skills they need. Myleik Teele joins Dr. Becky this week to talk about disrespect and rudeness. Join Good Inside Membership: https:...
Jan 02, 2024•49 min•Ep 134•Transcript available on Metacast We want to close out the year with some truth-telling from a very funny mom, author, and comedian, Jessi Klein. This week, she joins Dr. Becky to talk about how this s**t is hard. Jessi's book I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood is a bedside table must for a brand new parent and a not-so-new-to-this parent. Listen in and fill in this sentence for yourself, "I am a good parent who _______." Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/3RucNuz Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https...
Dec 19, 2023•40 min•Ep 133•Transcript available on Metacast Becoming a parent can feel like a dance. Especially when you're a step-parent. A dance of closeness, then of distance, of bonding with a kid only to be rebuffed later. In this episode, Dr. Becky sits down with a man trying to figure out how to be a supportive and stable figure to his girlfriend’s daughter without overstepping and crossing boundaries. Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/3GsdRtA Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside Sign up for our we...
Dec 12, 2023•28 min•Ep 132•Transcript available on Metacast Being thirteen today is a pretty different experience than when we were thirteen. But there is one important similarity. Thirteen is when kids usually get their first taste of freedom. Dr. Becky is joined by journalist Jessica Bennett, teenager London, and her mother Dekeda to talk about what it's like being a thirteen-year-old girl today and what it's like to parent one in this age of phones and social media. To check out the interactive Being 13 piece visit https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Dec 05, 2023•36 min•Ep 131•Transcript available on Metacast Pantsuit Politics podcast hosts, Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart Holland join Dr. Becky to help us get to the bottom of how to talk to our kids about politics. From the intricacies of party politics, to the importance of voting and civic discourse, to the most important lesson of all: how to teach our kids to be lifelong learners. For more Pantsuit Politics visit: https://www.pantsuitpoliticsshow.com/ Join Good Inside Membership: https://bit.ly/496wnoz Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: https://www.i...
Nov 28, 2023•41 min•Ep 130•Transcript available on Metacast This is a repeat of an earlier episode. The holidays are a magical time of year and they can feel fraught for so many of us. From tricky family dynamics, to managing your kid's meltdown when Santa doesn't bring them everything on their list, to attending too many holiday parties. On today's episode, Dr. Becky sits down with Priya Parker to discuss gatherings, boundaries, and how we can create meaningful moments together. Check out Priya's New Rules of Gathering Guide: https://www.priyaparker.com...
Nov 21, 2023•55 min•Ep 129•Transcript available on Metacast 
