Dr. Becky Kennedy: The One Thing You Can Say That Changes Everything

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Becky Kennedy shares the skills you need but didn't get taught on regulating emotions, setting boundaries, and the best sentence you can say when a partner tells you something difficult.

While there is an obvious focus on parenting, the most surprising thing about this episode was how much of what we discussed applies to EVERY relationship in your life.

Learn how to parent more effectively with less stress, repair after a disagreement, regulate emotions, and unlock the next level in all of your relationships. Listen and Learn

Dubbed the “The Millennial Parenting Whisperer” by TIME Magazine, Dr. Kennedy is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be. She also hosts “Good Inside with Dr Becky,” the top kids and family show on Apple Podcasts.

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0:00.0	You know, they're like explorers in the world. I mean, that's like how I think about teens like that's what their job is their job is to explore they're trying to figure out who they are their job is to go through this kind of identity formation phase and I also think a lot about like difference between an explorer and a nomad.
0:15.0	And I feel like the big difference is an explorer has a home base.
0:18.0	But what I always want parents of teens to know is like your teen still needs you in the most intense way, and they will come back.
0:27.0	They need to know you're there, right?
0:28.6	Like knowing when you're exploring that your home base is there, like I think we all know feels very different than
0:34.5	checking for a home base and feeling like it has dissolved, right? And that to me
0:38.8	says so much about the connection of teens and parents during these really tricky
0:42.1	years. Welcome to the Knowledge Project, the podcast about mastering the best of what other people have already
1:03.8	figured out so you can apply their insights to your life.
1:07.8	I'm your host, Shane Parish.
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1:45.0	Today, my guest is clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy.
1:49.0	She's simply known as Dr. Becky to the millions of people around the world.
1:53.2	She's the author of Good Inside, a guide to becoming the parent you want to be.
1:57.9	In this conversation, we discuss the eight most important words you can say to your
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