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

11477.616 - 11496.689 Dr. Becky Kennedy

Feelings, that's an urge. I teach my kids, an urge means you want to do something. My kids will say, an urge is not a behavior. Behavior is doing the thing. That's not okay. But the only reason your urge doesn't convert into behavior is because you have a skill to manage the urge. And you can't build skills if no one teaches you them. So I said, what could you do instead?