Becky Kennedy, clinical psychologist and mom of three, has launched a movement (and a bestselling book, a podcast and a mega-popular Instagram account) based on a simple but profound principle: We are good inside.
When your son exhibits jaw-droppingly bad behavior: He is still good inside. When your daughter says something truly awful to you: She is still good inside. When you respond in a way that makes you cringe the second the words have passed your lips: You are still good inside.
There’s bad behavior. There are poor decisions. There are words and moments and actions driven by hurt or fear or defensiveness or an unmet need. But those are things we do, Kennedy argues, not who we are. And none of them change our internal goodness.
