The Tell: A Conversation About Healing and Re-Parenting Oneself with Amy Griffin

Raising Good Humans

Voicing Change Media

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Amy Griffin for a deeply personal conversation about what it means to re-parent yourself—and how that inner work quietly transforms your parenting. We talk about the pressure to be perfect, the role of control and trust in family relationships, and how healing your own story can create more safety for your kids. Amy shares how telling the truth, setting boundaries, and staying in the light reshaped the way she shows up as a mother, partner, and person—and why parenting isn’t about having the answers, but about doing the work with honesty and compassion. I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK! Order your copy of The Five Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans Here: https://bit.ly/3rMLMsL Subscribe to my free newsletter for parenting tips delivered straight to your inbox: https://dralizapressman.substack.com/ Follow me on Instagram for more: @raisinggoodhumanspodcast Sponsors: Monarch: Use code HUMANS at monarch.com in your browser for half off your first year Skims: Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at SKIMS.com Suvie: Go to Suvie.com/Humans to get 16 free meals Avocado Mattress: With code humans, you’ll save an extra $25 on Crib and Kids Mattresses on top of their holiday sale! AvocadoGreenMattress.com with the code humans. Jones Road Beauty: Use code HUMANS at jonesroadHUMANS.com to get a Free Cool Gloss with your first purchase! These sell out fast so get them while they last! #JonesRoadHUMANS #ad Bobbie: If you want to feel good about what’s in your baby’s bottle, get 10% off with code humans at hibobbie.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:08.0	Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman. And first, let me just say,
0:16.0	happy, happy holidays, happy New Year, happy all of it. I'm so excited to step into the new year with all of you.
0:24.6	Today's episode is with my dear friend, Amy Griffin, who's actually an American venture capitalist,
0:30.6	but you might know her as the massive bestselling author of the book The Tell, which was an Oprah book club pick.
0:41.2	And here's the thing.
0:44.0	Just a warning.
0:45.1	This episode is heavy because this is about her experience remembering abuse from her adolescence.
0:55.7	So we had this conversation and I also am going to have an article on Substack
1:02.2	that kind of goes through prevention and protection for kids when it comes to predators
1:08.7	because that's something that I often get asked about
1:12.7	and I want to make sure that I provide you with information.
1:16.5	But this is a different kind of conversation.
1:18.7	It's about her experience and naming what she's gone through so that she can help other people
1:25.9	do the same.
1:30.0	Of course, you can find me on Suback, Dr.alisa Pressman.substack.com. I'll definitely write this article and obviously I do
1:37.5	articles every week that try to summarize the show and the main points or pull out something
1:43.7	that I've really been wanting to talk about.
1:45.8	It's also a place where you can ask me questions and I can write articles that are more along the
1:52.7	lines of Q&A, which I can also do when you DM me questions on Instagram at Raising Good
1:58.5	Humans podcast. So hopefully in this new year I'll be getting
2:02.5	lots of questions answered. In the meantime, I really hope you enjoy this episode and I recognize
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