https://youtu.be/UW46Hhoeg3I?si=Yx0W2WuqdqOfkJeu

Vagus Nerve Reset - 3 Ways To Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve (Proven By Science)

If you are looking for a safe, no-cost way to manage stress during this holiday season, check out this video about vages nerve breathing and other effective ways to quickly bring calm and reduce stress in the moment.

December 2025

Dr. Becky Kennedy: Overcoming Guilt & Building Tenacity in Kids & Adults

https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-becky-kennedy-overcoming-guilt-building-tenacity-in-kids-adults?timestamp=5166

In this episode, my guest is Dr. Becky Kennedy, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and renowned expert on parent-child relationships and emotional processing. Dr. Kennedy is also the founder of Good Inside, an educational platform for parents and parents-to-be. We discuss how to learn, embody, and teach better emotional processing, leading to healthier relationships—not just in the context of parent-child dynamics but also in the workplace, romantic partnerships and friendships.

Dr. Kennedy shares practical strategies for managing guilt, building frustration tolerance, nurturing emotional intelligence, and being a sturdy parent or person in general. We also explore the impact of technology on emotional processing in both kids and adults and discuss ways to foster greater feelings of capability and confidence. This conversation applies broadly to all types of social connections and aims to empower listeners to cultivate more resilient, loving and supportive relationships.

by: Amy McCready

November 2025

If you are looking for a parenting blog to help you with positive and proactive solutions to parenting dilemmas, this is a great resource.

https://www.positiveparentingsolutions.com/parenting-blog

by Michelle Icard

October 2025

Middle School Makeover is a guide for parents and educators to help the tweens in their lives navigate the socially fraught hallways, gyms, and cafeterias of middle school. The book helps parents, teachers, and other adults in middle school settings to understand the social dilemmas and other issues that kids today face. Author Michelle Icard covers a large range of topics, beginning with helping us understand what is happening in the brains of tweens and how these neurological development affects decision-making and questions around identity. She also addresses social media, dating, and peer exclusion. Using both recent research and her personal, extensive experience working with middle-school-aged kids and their parents, Icard offers readers concrete and practical advice for guiding children through this chaotic developmental stage while also building their confidence.

The SECRET to RAISING STRONG, CONFIDENT, and COMPASSIONATE GIRLS

by Katie Hurley LCSW

September 2025

Once upon a time, mean girls primarily existed in high school, while elementary school-aged girls spent hours at play and enjoyed friendships without much drama. But in this fast-paced world in which young girls are exposed to negative behaviors on TV and social media from the moment they enter school, they are also becoming caught up in social hierarchies much earlier. No More Mean Girls is a guide for parents to help their young daughters navigate tricky territories such as friendship building, creating an authentic self, standing up for themselves and others, and expressing themselves in a healthy way.
     The need to be liked by others certainly isn't new, but this generation of girls is growing up in an age when the "like" button shows the world just how well-liked they are. When girls acknowledge that they possess positive traits that make them interesting, strong, and likeable, however, the focus shifts and their self-confidence soars; "likes" lose their importance. This book offers actionable steps to help parents empower young girls to be kind, confident leaders who work together and build each other up.

by: Cecilia Hilkey (Author), Jason Hilkey (Author), Anita Sawyer

July 2025

In a world of picture-perfect parenting posts curated family moments, this book offers something far more valuable: truth.

Parenting has never been easy, but today's challenges—from screen time battles to anxiety epidemics, from digital pressures to academic stress—can make it feel impossible to get it right.

What if you didn't have to?

Inside these pages, a diverse group of experts, therapists, educators, and parents share their most powerful insights on:

How to shift from a "power over" to a "power with" paradigm in parenting

Creating meaningful connection in a distracted world

Building resilience when perfectionism is the cultural norm

Setting boundaries that are respectful to you and your kids

Raising children who feel seen, heard, and capable of navigating today's unique pressures

Trusting your own intuition and finding self-compassion amid the chaos

Through personal stories, evidence-based strategies, and practical tools, you'll discover liberating news: research confirms children thrive without perfect parenting, and the "perfect" family is a myth. Because it is in the messy, beautiful reality of family life that growth and connection happens.

No more guilt. No more comparison. Just real solutions for real families.

Your perfectly imperfect family journey starts here.

by: Dr. Lisa Demour

June 2025

Have you tried to get your child to be more independant? Use summer as Independence Bootcamp! Dr. Lisa & Reena explore game-changing strategies to empower kids with life skills, from doing laundry to riding public transportation to managing personal appointments. Discover the powerful "doing for, doing with, standing by to admire" technique that turns chores into confidence-building moments. Lisa also shares a strategy that instantly shuts down negotiation battles. This episode is your roadmap to raising self-sufficient, resilient kids who actually want to help around the house.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/222-the-summer-of-building-independence/id1525689066?i=1000710977109

by Robyn Gobbel

May 2025

"All behavior makes sense"
'"It most certainly does not!", is probably your first reaction.

Parenting and neuroscience expert Robyn Gobbel is here to reveal how all behavior, no matter how baffling, can be explained and remedied. You just need to look past the behavior and understand what's going on inside.

Robyn decodes the latest brain science into easy-to-understand principles and metaphors to help you become an expert in your child's behavior. She reveals simple ways to help you regulate and connect with your child, with brain-, body- and sensory-based strategies to overcome day-to-day challenges. She also provides you with the knowledge to understand and regulate your own brain so that you don't flip your lid when your child flips theirs.

To learn more or buy book, click link below.

https://a.co/d/hSNQpHB

Good Inside with Dr. Becky Podcast

April 2025

Connection is everything when it comes to parenting. When we're connected to our kids, so many things become easier. And when we're disconnected, almost everything feels harder. In this podcast, Dr. Becky tackles the very important topic and talks us through ways you can increase connection with your kid. Listen here.

Hidden Brain
Shankar Vedantam

March 2025

We’re often drawn to people who appear to be true to themselves. Yet showing our authentic selves to the world can be terrifying. This new series, “Wellness 2.0.” goes beyond New Year’s resolutions to take a deep look at how we can approach our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose. Listen here.

by Chelsea Clinton (Author)
Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator)

February 2025

She Persisted is for everyone who has ever wanted to speak up but has been told to quiet down, for everyone who has ever tried to reach for the stars but was told to sit down, and for everyone who has ever been made to feel unworthy or unimportant or small. Learn more or buy the book.

176: Encore:  My Child is Turning into a Teenager.  How Do I Handle it?
Dr. Lisa Damour

January 2025

When kids hit thirteen, they often become highly emotional. What happens in the brain and the body during this time? Dr. Lisa also explains and talks about the process of "separation-individuation," where young people seek to define their own identities - often by being hard on their folks.  Listen now.

Good Inside with Dr. Becky Podcast

December 2024 

Since 2021, Dr. Becky Kennedy has been engaging listeners in her Good Inside podcast. Check out her online community & any of her episodes that illustrate how to build skills in supporting our kids & ourselves! Learn more or find the podcasts here.

by Jonathan Haidt

November 2024

The Anxious Generation became an instant NYT #1 bestseller in March of this year. Steeped in facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that the author attributes to what he deems the "great rewiring of childhood", Haidt provides 4 suggestions that might help us, help our kids get back to a better place- collectively. Learn more or buy the book.

by Dr. Becky Kennedy

September 2024

Dr. Becky provides well-researched & realistic guidance on how parents can provide confidence and sturdy leadership for their kids and families. Based on attachment theory and Internal Family Systems (IFS) ideology, Good Inside, is a comprehensive resource for parents looking to set their kids up for self-regulation, confidence, & resilience. Parents come away with skills to feel good (& less stressed) about parenting amongst our current societal challenges. Learn more  or buy the book.

by Carla Naumburg, PhD

June 2024

Practicing Mindfulness with your Children for Fewer Meltdowns and a More Peaceful Family (for children ages 3-10).

A practical book that provides real solutions to help you and your child deal with everyday challenges and difficult emotions mindfully! Full of fun games, activities, and exercises to help build the skills kids need to better manage stress, hard feelings and attention problems. Learn more or buy the book

October 2024

Since 2021, Dr. Becky Kennedy has been engaging listeners in her Good Inside podcast. Check out her online community & any of her episodes that illustrate how to build skills in supporting our kids & ourselves! Learn more or find the podcasts here.

by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman

May 2024

This is a great book that girls can read alone or with a parent to learn the important art of confidence. Packed with graphic novel strips, fun lists and quizzes, and stories from real girls, this book will reveal the code for confidence- how to make it and how to use it. The authors show the reader how to become a girl of action and howto tackle risks that lead to big adventures, as well as taking on challenges that they may never even imagined before.

Have your daughter bring some of her favorite pens and pencils to write, doodle, etc... Learn more or buy the book.

by Michele Icard

April 2024

Icard has been studying & writing about middle school kids and their development for over a decade. Author of one of our other favorite books, Middle School Makeover, Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen engages the reader immediately and provides sound advice as to how we can effectively keep kids interested and emotionally connected to their parents and family. She shows us how we can keep kids open and engaged in conversation, as well as, how to exit these chats in a way that keeps kids wanting more. Lastly, she shares the best places, times and situations in which to initiate these 14 important talks. 

This book is best read over time, chapter by chapter (with a pencil)! Learn more or buy the book

by Julie Koon

March 2024

This is a must-have picture book for any reader struggling with new experiences and figuring out how to manage emotions. Incorporating her experience as an elementary school counselor, Koon uses the accessible theme of vehicles to make this social-emotional concept perfect for the early elementary crowd. Struggle Bus offers a lot: self-discovery, tips for problem-solving, and, most importantly, an acknowledgement that we all struggle sometimes, but we shouldn't get stuck on that bus. Learn more or buy the book.

by Michele Borba Ed. D. 

January 2024

From one of our favorite parenting and child experts, Dr. Michele Borba's book Thrivers is an excellent resource for parents wanting actionable advice on how to help their kids build emotional resilience and happiness. We highly recommend reading this particular book in chunks, chapter by chapter and having a pencil nearby!  Learn more or buy the book.

by Pragya Tomar 

February 2024

Best suited for kids in grades 1st-6th, Mindful Affirmation and Activities by Pragya Tomar is a helpful interactive journal type book that helps kids get to know themselves through specific exercises designed to help them manage emotions, build a growth mindset and feel good through mindfulness techniques. This is a great starter journal to help get kids engaged in mindfulness. Learn more or buy the book.