Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be

by Becky Kennedy

First, we are evolutionarily wired with a negativity bias, meaning we pay closer attention to what’s difficult with our kids (or with ourselves, our partners, even the world at large) than to what is working well.

“I am here because I want to change. I want to be the pivot point in my intergenerational family patterns. I want to start something different: I want my children to feel good inside, to feel valuable and lovable and worthy, even when they struggle. And this starts . . . with re-accessing my own goodness. My goodness has always been there.”

So if you remember nothing else from this book, remember that. You are good inside. Your child is good inside. If you return to that truth before you begin all your attempts at change, you will be on the right path.