Sons Are Struggling. Here’s What They Need from Us with Psychologist Dr. Shefali

Sons Are Struggling. Here’s What They Need from Us with Psychologist Dr. Shefali

September 1, 2026 · 52 min · Episode 99

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Oprah and Dr. Shefali discuss the challenges boys face today and how parents can support their emotional development.

BUY THE BOOKS! Raising Conscious Sons https://amzn.to/4qHNVAk Raising Conscious Daughters https://amzn.to/4ydGaEU Oprah speaks with New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Shefali for a powerful two-part conversation about her new books, Raising Conscious Sons: Cultivating Purpose, Connection, and Inner Power in a Chaotic World and Raising Conscious Daughters: Building Confidence, Courage, and Inner Power in an Anxious World. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and her groundbreaking work on conscious parenting, Dr. Shefali explores the urgent challenges facing children today and offers a new vision for raising the next generation with emotional security, confidence and compassion. In part one, Oprah and Dr. Shefali discuss Raising Conscious Sons and the conflicting messages boys receive in today’s world: from the pressure to be tough, the expectation to suppress vulnerability to messages around identity and male sexuality. Shaped by a digital world she explains how we are experiencing a parental and cultural emergency. She believes we are in a crisis where our sons are losing the essential ingredients of what make a healthy…

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