![]() My breakfast is 5 percent Fage yogurt with Early Bird granola. I also do my best writing during that time. Sometimes I’ll make an early-morning video, even though I’m just there in my pajamas with my hair all over the place. I usually go to the Good Inside membership community and check out the conversation there and put in some thoughts. After that, I sit down at the table in my living room, in my favorite chair, and open up my computer. ![]() The first thing I do is go press the button on my coffee pot, where I have preset my coffee the night before. I generally wake on my own body clock around 5:30 in the morning. On her morning routine: I am an early riser. So many people “internalize the difference as ‘my fault,’ ‘something’s wrong with me,’ ‘I’m not a good parent,’” she says, “rather than in some ways feeling activated and almost enraged, like, ‘Who gave me this narrative?’” Kennedy spoke with the Cut about how she hopes to change that script, and how she gets it done. That’s also the name of her membership-based counseling platform, which she wants to help bridge the “massive gap” between the story parents are sold about what it means to raise kids and the reality. Those videos have now spawned a 1.2 million-follower Instagram account, a newsletter, a podcast, workshops, and, on September 13, a book - all under the banner of her new brand, Good Inside. Frazzled moms and dads report finding calm in Kennedy’s polished yet off-the-cuff videos, which typically advise them to regulate their own emotions and understand their own boundaries before attempting to do the same for their kids. Becky Kennedy - a clinical psychologist living in Manhattan and mother of three - has developed a reputation as the “ parenting whisperer ” of Instagram. Since launching a direct-to-follower counseling practice in early 2020, Dr. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut Photo: Melanie Dunea
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