Hope Said Psychiatry

01/29/2026

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Shoutout to all you beautiful moms out there.

As I was putting Honey to bed last night, she leaned over and whispered in my ear, “You’re the heart of this home, Mom.”

I couldn’t tell if I heard her right, so I asked her to say it again. Again, she said, “You’re the heart of this home.”

She paused and said, “Just like Judy Hops is the heart of Zootopia… remember when the Lion said that about Judy?”

😭😭😭

Wow. You don’t always feel like you’re crushing it as a mom…

I can get too busy, the house is messy, I can get impatient and lose my cool, but to hear that despite all my weaknesses, my four-year-old thinks of me when she sees Judy Hops… and that she sees me as the heart of our home, is ALL that matters. ❤️

It makes me think of God choosing David to be king. He didn’t look at the outward appearance - he looked at the heart.

You might not feel “the best for the job” because maybe you're looking at others and thinking everyone else is crushing it on the outside.

But you are not chosen to be your little one’s mom because you’re crushing it all the time with the house, the healthy meals, and all of the extra - you’re chosen because of your heart.

You are the heart of the home. ❤️

01/17/2026

Just an FYI… I am a PMHNP-BC. I can provide medication management as well as therapy all around a natural, relaxing environment.
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01/13/2026

2026 plan: control the controllables 🤍

01/13/2026

I’ve been told:
– Don’t say “trauma”
– Keep this work inside mental health
– Stop overselling trust
– It's too 'soft'
– Make it more palatable 🙃

My response: I hear you and no.

If trauma is universal, then trauma-informed leadership belongs everywhere: business, policy, education, tech, philanthropy, healthcare.

Eight days into 2026, with authoritarianism rising, burnout normalized, and collective harm accelerating, I don’t have any patience left for bypassing what we already know works.

Using the language without doing the work causes harm.

Dancing around this approach by trying every other corporate program is just wasting time.

Waiting for CEOs to catch up hasn’t worked.

This work has to be lived, not labeled.

Choosing to be trauma-informed right now is a courageous, countercultural act.

As we wake up to another day with many of us asking, "what can I do?"

I'm here to tell you: trauma-informed leadership is the antidote.

Not someday. Not perfectly. Not better conditions. Now.

If you're with me, let me know.

We need to see each other and build this groundswell of people choosing a to disrupt the status quo.
Katie Kurtz

01/06/2026

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