Good Inside with Dr. Becky

By Dr. Becky Kennedy

Society & Culture Education Kids & Family

What's Good Inside with Dr. Becky about?

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.

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You're Not The Boss of Me!

06.06.2023

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.

Good Inside with Dr. Becky episodes:

06.06.2023 You're Not The Boss of Me! 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.
05.23.2023 Have a Little Self-Compassion Dr. Kristin Neff sits down with Dr. Becky to teach us all how to show ourselves a little self-compassion that is both tender and fierce.
05.16.2023 We Are Bigger Than Our Mistakes Luvvie Ajayi Jones joins Dr. Becky to talk about how the things we needed to hear as kids are still the things we need to tell ourselves today.
05.09.2023 Reparenting With the In-Laws Dr. Becky talks with a mom about the dilemma of raising kids differently when other people are intimately involved in the raising of your children.
05.02.2023 Repeat After Me With Jazmyn Simon & Dulé Hill Actors Jazmyn Simon and Dulé Hill talk to Dr. Becky about their new book, Repeat After Me, and the importance of positive affirmations for children.
04.25.2023 Your Body Is Not a Problem to Fix Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith 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.
04.18.2023 One & Done 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?".
04.11.2023 Your Kid's Non-Negotiable Needs This week, Dr. Becky sits down with physician and author Gabor Maté to talk about the four non-negotiable needs of every child.
04.04.2023 When Only One Parent Will Do Dr. Becky hears from a mom who feels she's doing something wrong when her kids prefer their father.
03.28.2023 Clean Plate Club This week Dr. Becky and Megan McNamee of Feeding Littles get real and deep about feeding small children and everything it can bring up.
03.21.2023 Revisit - How To Stop Doing It All Eve Rodksy talks about the myth of “doing it all” and the importance of adults finding – and carving out – their own unicorn space.
03.14.2023 Joy in Parenting Dr. Becky sits down with designer and author Ingrid Fetell Lee to chat about ways that everyone can bring more joy into their lives.
03.07.2023 What You Need To Know About The Emotional Lives of Teenagers Dr. Lisa Damour joins Dr. Becky to talk about how parents can navigate the teenage years and raise connected, capable, and compassionate adolescents.
02.28.2023 Navigating Your Kids' Friendships On today's episode, Dr. Becky talks with a parent about how to handle tricky friendship dynamics.
02.14.2023 Right, But Should We Be Scheduling Sex? Esther Perel Answers All The Questions This week, Esther Perel is back to answer all of your relationship questions.
02.07.2023 Sex? After Kids? Tell Me More, Esther Perel This week Dr. Becky consults with the renowned couples therapist, Esther Perel, to talk about what parents can do to rekindle their desires.
01.31.2023 Trying to Be Everything This week, Dr. Becky sits down to talk to two dads of twin toddlers about letting go of the idea that we, as parents, can be everything to our kids.
01.24.2023 We Can Do Hard Things Crossover Dr. Becky brings all your parenting questions to the podcasting trio behind We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle.
01.17.2023 A Plate of Shame Dr. Becky talks to a mom about what happened when she braved taking her young kids to a restaurant and it didn't go so well.
01.10.2023 Bedtime Battles This week, Dr. Becky speaks to a mom about how to handle her daughter's bedtime battles and how to advocate for her own needs with her partner.
01.03.2023 Pendulum Parenting Dr. Becky talks with Amanda Doyle about holding clear boundaries while raising kids in a family where it's important that all feelings be allowed.
12.27.2022 You Can't Change the Hard But You Can Change the Alone This week Dr. Becky talks through some of the things left unsaid in 2022 as she looks ahead to conversations she wants to have in 2023.
12.13.2022 Make Believe Doesn't Have To Be A Lie Dr. Becky sits down with illustrator and author Oliver Jeffers to talk about magic, fantasy, and the power of make believe.
12.06.2022 Kids! Parenting When They're Not Just Like Us Dr. Becky speaks to a mom who’s struggling with how best to support her son while still honoring who he is as a person.
11.29.2022 Reclaim The Holidays For YOU Dr. Becky sits down with Priya Parker to discuss gatherings, boundaries, and how we can create meaningful moments together.
11.15.2022 Revisit - What No One Tells You About Parenting This is an edited version of an earlier episode. Myleik and Dr. Becky get real about the challenges of parenthood and the truths they wish people told them early on.
11.08.2022 The Poop Episode It's time to drop some poop truths: Everyone poops. Everyone prefers to poop in their own home. And, whether we want to talk about it or not, pooping matters! In fact, as Dr. Becky explores in this episode, our comfort ...
11.01.2022 Wait, What? You Used to Love This! One day, your two year old loves taking a bath. They love playing with bubbles and bringing in all of their different toys. And then all of sudden... they hate the bath. No amount of encouragement or cajoling will get ...
10.25.2022 Essential Labor: Mothering As Social Change Parents and caregivers are undervalued in the US. The pandemic made that painfully clear. But it doesn't have to be this way. In today's episode, Dr. Becky talks to author Angela Garbes about how parents can lead a revolution to ...
10.18.2022 I Wish I'd Had That As A Kid So many of us grew up wishing we had more opportunities—to learn piano, speak another language, or try gymnastics. When we have kids, all we want to do is give them everything we didn’t have. But when our kids don't ...
10.11.2022 How to Keep House While Drowning When you have kids, caregiving tasks are never-ending. You have to make breakfast and pack lunches. Throw in yet another load of laundry. Answer snack requests. Pick up goldfish off of every surface in your home. Put away toys. Answer ...
10.04.2022 Tantrums Trigger Me Dr. Becky talks to a father of two young girls about the lessons of his own childhood...when it was okay to cry and when it was not.
09.27.2022 The Voices Inside Our Heads 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.
09.20.2022 Is It Okay To Quit? Whether it's a soccer team, piano lessons or sleep-away camp the decision to let your child just "quit" can be tough choice to make. You question - did you do the right thing? Should you have pushed them to stick ...
09.13.2022 Are We There Yet? What is it about car trips that are so triggering to us as parents? Is it the bathroom break just minutes into the drive? The need to pack every toy in the house? Or the ever-present threat of traffic? (If ...
08.23.2022 Emily Oster on the Real Data Parents Need You’re a good parent if you drink coffee while pregnant. You’re a good parent if you don’t breastfeed. You’re a good parent if you drag your kid to soccer practice… and then let them quit the team mid-season. This week’s ...
08.16.2022 The Inside Scoop on Dr. Becky’s Book Today’s episode brings you a totally new set-up: Dr. Becky in the guest seat. In anticipation of something very special coming to your shelves this September, Dr. Becky’s book editor Julie Will steps into the role of host to share ...
08.09.2022 How to Encourage Independent Play With Lizzie Assa Independent play isn’t just for our kids. It’s for us, too. Let’s be real: We all need a break from 24/7 caregiving to show up as the parents we want to be. But how do you actually help kids feel ...
08.02.2022 If I Don’t Punish My Kid, How Will They Learn? Time-out. Dinner without dessert. No screen time. If you’re like most parents, you’ve reached your wit’s end and threatened your kid with one (or all!) of these consequences. Then the next day… they’re back to throwing blocks. How many times ...
07.26.2022 Mom Rage With Anna Mathur Mom rage is real. Have you ever let out a primal scream in your kitchen? Felt the urge to drop everything and sprint out the front door? Dr. Becky and fellow psychotherapist Anna Mathur are right there with you. And ...
07.19.2022 Rethinking Bossy Raise your hand if you have a child who likes to take charge. Now keep your hand raised if you’ve ever snapped “Stop being so bossy!” Hand still up? Well, Dr. Becky’s is too. And here’s the thing: You’re not ...
07.12.2022 Addressing the Child Care Crisis With Gloria Riviera America’s child care system is broken. Parents are struggling to find care and centers are struggling to provide care, which means our kids are struggling, too. How did we get into this mess… and how do we fix it? In ...
07.05.2022 Missing Life Before Kids If you ever miss your life before parenthood, you’re not alone. And you’re not a bad parent. We gain so much when we have children and, at the same time, there’s also a lot of loss. Friendships change. Spontaneous plans ...
06.28.2022 Parenting Tweens and Teaching Consent With Hillary Frank Let’s be real: Middle school is tough. Whether you’re the parent of a tween or having flashbacks to 7th grade, almost all of us can relate to the trickiness of pre-teen years. Body changes, hormones, first crushes, rejection, bullying, friend ...
06.21.2022 It’s Okay If You Don’t Like to Play If you don’t like playing with your kids, here’s what that means: You’re human. There are so many parents who don’t feel playful, get distracted during kids’ games, or dread pretend play! And realizing that it’s okay to not like ...
06.14.2022 Setting Boundaries With Nedra Tawwab Boundaries aren’t selfish. They’re self-preservation. If this idea makes you uncomfortable, believe us, you’re not alone! So many of us grew up learning to tune out our own needs in favor of pleasing others. Here’s the thing: Now, as adults, ...
06.07.2022 Breaking Cycles and Doing Things Differently Parenting is hard—and parenting as a cycle-breaker is even harder. After all, if you’re raising your kids differently than you were raised, you’re carrying the weight of how generations before you were parented and acting as a pivot point for ...
05.31.2022 Raffi on Curiosity, Play, and Treating Kids with Respect Down by the Bay. Baby Beluga. Bananaphone. Any of these ring, ring, ring a bell? If so, it’s likely that this week’s podcast guest, Raffi, was the soundtrack to your childhood and might just be a go-to for your children ...
05.24.2022 How to Stop Being a People Pleaser It’s hard to say no. Really hard. If you were raised to be a “good kid,” to be agreeable, to make other people happy… well, then it makes complete sense that it’s hard for you to prioritize yourself as an ...
05.17.2022 Raising Anti-Racist, Anti-Bias Kids with Britt Hawthorne How do we talk to kids about race? Most parents are unsure when to start talking about it with their kids, what language to use, and how to unpack nuanced topics with candor. In this episode, Dr. Becky talks with ...

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