Good Inside with Dr. Becky

Good Inside 279 - Stop Asking "Why" - What an FBI Negotiator Teaches Parents Instead

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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Good Inside with Dr. Becky

Episodes

Stop Asking "Why" - What an FBI Negotiator Teaches Parents Instead

How Misty Copeland Turned Instability Into Ballet

A Different Take on Screen Time - Revisit

The Second Cutting of the Cord: What Actually Happens When You Go Back to Work

When Our Nervous Systems Hijack Our Parenting - Revisit

Why Am I Always on the Edge?

When Depression Doesn't Look Like Depression

Sex? After Kids? Tell Me More, Esther Perel - Revisit

Belle Burden: The Burden of Being the "Good Girl"

You Are the Technology That Builds Your Child's Brain

Great Dads Are Made, Not Born: The Neuroscience of Fatherhood

Are You Pushing Your Kid or Managing Your Fear?

Never Off Duty: Perfectionism and Motherhood

Stop Trying to Make Your Kids Creative

Two Parenting Styles, One Family, and Conflicting Boundaries - Revisit

What AI Could Be Doing to Our Kids

Why Some Couples Have Better Sex After Kids

EMERGENCY Squishy Drop

Why Your Kid’s Behavior Feels So Big

The New Fatherhood: “You Either Sort It Out or Pass It On”

Is It True? “Nobody Knows What They’re Doing”

The Thoughts New Parents Don’t Say Out Loud

Your Motherhood is Only as Powerful as Your Personhood - Revisit

The Funny Kid Becomes the Dad: How We’re Raised with Kenan Thompson

What’s Really Going On: Why Screens Never Satisfy Kids

It’s Not You. It’s Perimenopause.

Is It True? If I Don’t Punish, I’m Permissive (with Myleik Teele)

A Tween Parenting Shift for the AI Era (Introducing The In-Between Years)

My Number One Job as a Parent Is Not to Make You Happy

What We Learn About Love Before We’re 10 (How We're Raised with Will Guidara)

When Food Feels Scary: Eating Disorders in Kids & Teens (Early Signs & What Helps)

80% of Parents Feel Like This. Let’s Talk About Why.

Russell Wilson: Beyond the Scoreboard

Jordan Chiles: More Than a Moment

Tony Finau: Staying in the Swing

Sanya Richards-Ross: Running & Reinvention

Do I Have a DFK?

Screens without Shame: Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price

Parenting Is Leadership with Simon Sinek

When Your Kid Says “I’m Boredddd!”

Why Habits Feel Hard with Charles Duhigg

When Life Has Other Plans with Maya Shankar

Revisit: Surviving Holiday Travel with Kids

ADHD Beyond the Label with Penn and Kim Holderness

Helping Kids Through Loss with Grief Expert David Kessler

Vulnerability, Courage & Fatherhood

Broadway's Leslie Odom Jr. & Nicolette Robinson Talk Parenting

Raising Kids in a World of Smartphones & AI

The Cost of Compliance for Our Kids

Can We Really “Have it All”?