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Book · 2022 · Parenting

Good Inside

by Dr. Becky Kennedy · Recommended by 9 people on 8 podcasts

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Yeah, and and yeah, full circle. If you can accept that your kids are good inside even when their behavior demonstrates otherwise, you also deserve the same treatment {slash} gift, which is you were not always the parent you wanted to be or the person that you would like to be, but inside you are good.
Ryan Holiday · The Daily Stoic · Dec 2023 Listen at 1:06:27

What they say about it

Grouped from 26 mentions
  • Links in show notes“linked to her book, Good Inside”
    4
  • Calls it a favorite“one of my favorite parenting books”
    3
  • Bestselling book“number one New York Times bestselling book”
    3
  • Gives it as a gift“a book I've given to a lot of dads”
    2

The best things said about it

6 of 26 · every mention
Recommended
She's a founder of Good Inside, the host of the Good Inside podcast, the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Good Inside, one of my favorite parenting books.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Sep 2026
Recommended
Dr. Becky's Good Inside is a book I've given to a lot of dads and and parents across the board.
Ryan Holiday The Book Review · Jun 2026
Recommended
What's the book you recommend constantly? Good Inside.
Ryan Holiday The Jordan Harbinger Show · Oct 2024
Discussed
It's obviously a parenting book, but I got to say something that affected me the most in it, and my wife and I noticed that we need it perhaps more than our kids.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Dec 2023
Discussed
In addition to your book good inside a Guide to Becoming the parent you want to be which has been recommended to me by multiple close friends even though I don't have kids.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 2024
Discussed
So many of the things I talk about Good Inside yes, the immediate application is for parenting, but our kids need what we need, what other adults need, what our colleagues need.
Becky Kennedy The Daily Stoic · Dec 2023

Where and when it comes up

Mentions per year

Counted mentions by episode date. Our archive is deeper for recent years; 2026 so far.

How it comes up

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Most mentions, by podcast

8 shows

9 people who brought it up

Most recommendations first

Why people recommend it

Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy is a popular parenting guide that offers an empathetic, connection-focused framework for understanding child behavior, emotional regulation, and family dynamics. The book received enthusiastic praise across multiple podcast appearances. Ryan Holiday repeatedly championed the title on The Daily Stoic, The Book Review, and The Jordan Harbinger Show, calling it one of his favorite parenting books and mentioning that he frequently gives copies to fellow parents and dads to help them maintain composure and connection. Jay Shetty recommended that listeners grab a copy of the book during an episode of On Purpose with Jay Shetty featuring Dr. Becky Kennedy as a guest. On The Dr. John Delony Show, the host linked directly to the book in the show notes while wrapping up an in-depth conversation about modern parenting challenges. Jordan Harbinger also noted on his show that the title was a book Ryan Holiday recommended constantly. Throughout these discussions, hosts and guests alike emphasized the transformative nature of Dr. Becky's approach, encouraging parents everywhere to read her work for practical guidance on emotional regulation and raising resilient children.

Every mention

26 counted mentions · 2 passing or ad reads below
Ryan Holiday She's a founder of Good Inside, the host of the Good Inside podcast, the author of the number one New York… 14
Recommended
“She's a founder of Good Inside, the host of the Good Inside podcast, the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Good Inside, one of my favorite parenting books.”
Recommended
“And again, if you haven't read Good Inside, go read it right now.”
Recommended
“And then, um we're talking about keeping the fire and being the good guys. Dr. Becky's Good Inside is a book I've given to a lot of dads and and parents across the board.”
Recommended
“And you know, I'm reading like, what's the book you recommend constantly? Good Inside. Yeah, that's like the current play on my phone. She's...”
Recommended
“Have you read Dr. Becky's stuff? She wrote this book good inside. She's incredible.”
Recommended
“Well, I'm I'm very excited to do this cuz I I absolutely loved your book.”
Discussed
“You know, it's obviously a parenting book, but I got to say something that affected me the most in it, and my wife and I noticed that we need it perhaps more than our kids. It strikes me as a very Stoic concept.”
Discussed
“You say this in the book, like people want their kids to be happy. I would I would say most of us want to be happy.”
Discussed
“It strikes me as a reframing of how most people think about things. You say this in the book: people want their kids to be happy. Most of us want to be happy; that's what we sort of think we're aiming for.”
Discussed
“Cuz you know your kids are good inside, as you say in the book. You know your kids are good.”
Discussed
“As you say in the book, you know your kids are good. So you quickly look for a reason why they're behaving the way that they are, right? Because you know that they're good.”
Discussed
“You know, um it doesn't make it go away because even if you are right and their thing they are they have a an imagined memory or they were they were fed incorrect information, it ex- you're not going to be able to argue them out of their feelings.”
Recommended
“Yeah, and and yeah, full circle. If you can accept that your kids are good inside even when their behavior demonstrates otherwise, you also deserve the same treatment {slash} gift, which is you were not always the parent you wanted to be or the person that you would like to be, but inside you are good.”
Recommended
“have you read uh Dr Becky's book good inside I have not she she's amazing”
Mel Robbins Dr Becky Kennedy is the brand new number one New York Times best-selling author of good inside she says no… 3
Recommended
“Dr Becky Kennedy is the brand new number one New York Times best-selling author of good inside she says no matter what's going on your life there is good inside of you”
Discussed
“so I want to go to a particular part of your uh your number one New York Times best-selling book good inside page one you talk about how when you're in your Clinical Psychology PhD program at Columbia”
Recommended
“you're gonna have a bazillion questions so make sure you go to melrobbins.com we also have all kinds of resources there for you including Dr Becky's book we also have links to her website I've got a bunch of other resources linked there”
Andrew Huberman please see the links in the show note captions including the links to her best-selling book good inside and… 1
Recommended
“please see the links in the show note captions including the links to her best-selling book good inside and to the online learning platform for better parenting”
Dr John Delony We've also linked to her book, Good Inside, and all the other stuff we talked about. 1
Recommended
“We've also linked to her book, Good Inside, and all the other stuff we talked about.”
Jay Shetty Check out the platform. Go and grab a copy of the book. 1
Recommended
“Check out the platform. Go and grab a copy of the book.”
Jordan Harbinger You know what's the book you recommend constantly good inside 1
Recommended
“You know what's the book you recommend constantly good inside”
Becky Kennedy Well, I appreciate you drawing that connection cuz I do think that so many of the things I talk about Good… 2
Discussed
“Well, I appreciate you drawing that connection cuz I do think that so many of the things I talk about Good Inside yes, the immediate application is for parenting, but our kids need what we need, what other adults need, what our colleagues need.”
Discussed
“And so whether you're right, it was three days ago, three years ago, a pattern of things for the last twenty years, to go to your kid and, you know, in my, in the book and definitely in the TED Talk, there are the scripts like I think like having words like, oh here's how I could start that conversation,”
Tim Ferriss in addition to your book good inside a Guide to Becoming the parent you want to be which has been recommend… 2
Discussed
“in addition to your book good inside a Guide to Becoming the parent you want to be which has been recommended to me by multiple close friends even though I don't have kids”
Discussed
“of course the book good inside a Guide to Becoming the parent you want to be we'll link to the Ted Talk”
John Deloney I took your advice and started following Dr. Becky on Instagram. I also bought her new book. I think it's c… 1
Discussed
“I took your advice and started following Dr. Becky on Instagram. I also bought her new book. I think it's called Good Inside and me and my husband have been reading it together.”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“And today's guest is Dr. Becky Kennedy, clinical psychologist, best-selling author, and founder of Good Inside, a global parenting and mental health platform. Named by Time as the millennial parent whisperer, Dr. Becky is known for bringing practical, compassionate tools that help families and individuals thrive. Dr. Becky's bestselling book, Good Inside, has helped over a million people feel seen”
Passing
“she is the author of the bestselling book good inside a Guide to Becoming the parent you want to be”

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