Good News Mental Health with Dr. Uejin Kim, MD

“God as your Parent” Lay Care Ministry TrainingCommunity Bible Church, San Antonio, TXApril 25, 2024 It is always a privilege to share what is on my mind and heart. This is the follow-up talk to my last one, God and Your Parents: Why Your Childhood Matters.” This time, I analyze how God models perfect parenting while he guides Moses to face his core beliefs. I also describe Exposure therapy, a the...

Sometimes what society requires of us is... too much. Be more and do more mantras are taxing to our mind, body, and soul. The result is a cluttered, depersonalized, and chaotic mess. Enter "Marie Kondo." She revolutionized the concept of home organization. What if we apply that to our personal life and our mind life? Instead of "what sparks joy," can I ask you: What grounds you? What brings you to...

Whether you acknowledge it or not, you are carrying mental health inheritance and debt from previous generations—habits, preferences, coping skills (or lack thereof). I have wise and insightful patients who say "My parents did that because of their upbringing. But I want to deal with mine so I don't pass it to my kids." Wow. Dealing with your mental health debt takes sacrifice, effort, and uncomfo...

My first meeting with a financial advisor was an earthquake. I was stunned and discouraged at the consequences of my past/current choices. However, the numerical and clear goal provided comforting guidance for my future choices. Now, I view myself as a mental health "retirement" advisor. I can look at your past and current habits and see if it is giving you the best "return on investment" for you....

I am starting an easy-peasy short episode series called Mental Health Hacks! I use these insights or tips and suggest them to my patients. I hope you find them helpful! Dump list is a great hack for people (like me) who can't keep the to-do list straight... and the brain reminds me ALL the time, EVERY time... especially when I lay down to sleep. When my body is not busy, my brain gets busy. Our br...

“God and Your Parents: Why Your Childhood Matters” Ask the Doc Event, January 9, 2024Community Bible Church, San Antonio, TX It was an honor to speak again at the CBC Ask the Doc event. In this talk, I relate mental health concepts under Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment theory with our life timeline. I also utilize the concepts to understand Moses, a biblical character, and study how Go...

My husband Nathan and I cannot be more opposite. I am living for the future and always planning. He is in the present enjoying the ride. I am a realist and a pessimist. He is a dreamer and the ultimate optimist. We were and are so polar opposites that our mutual friends were SO surprised when we started dating! Well, how do opposites work (and not work) when they are parenting together? In this ep...

Each chapter of life teaches us different lessons but can different chapters work together? Nathan and I have been married for 10 years with almost 6 years of parenting. There were a lot of ups and downs. There were fights and celebrations. Even though it is difficult, we believe that parenting and doing life together as a couple brought out (and continues to) the best in each of us. In the next f...

In this episode, I am sharing the conversation I had with my older son after he punched his brother: creating a safe and accepting environment where he and I can explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors together... and the risk if you don't do this as a parent. Parenting is hard as it is and this will be an example and a guide for you to use in sticky situations. Love, Dr. Kim#parenting #children...

Most people say "Oh, I had good parents." Then I ask, "Oh, did you tell your parents about you getting bullied?" They laugh and say, "No, I can't tell them anything like that." WHY NOT? Because it wasn't the place for that. But, guys, isn't that sad? This started my life-long journey to know what it means to be a parent that gives my children a childhood where they can be children. In this episode...

This is the FIRST episode of the series "Parenting like you should've been parented." I am so excited to sit down and talk with you about the concept that you should be familiar with from Season ONE Episode TWO: Cognitive Triad. Did you know that we can use the same Triangle to explain the CRAZINESS in the parent-child relationship!? Such a simple concept but has so much depth. If you learn to "de...

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In this episode, we go through the process of healing after trauma. This process can start within days or years of traumatic events. You might have heard many different ways to "heal" from traumatic events, but how do you "do" it? What can help or hurt the healing process? Let's talk about that. **Disclaimer: This site's content is not intended to diagnose or treat any disorders but rather for inf...

In this episode, we are going to break down Trauma. 60% of men and 50% of women have had at least one traumatic experience in their lives. 1 in 7 children have experienced abuse or neglect last year. So I know this episode will hit home with a lot of you guys. It affects everybody, not only just the victim but the perpetrator and the families and friends involved. But I want to kind of focus on tr...

This episode was supposed to be launched in early 2023 but I thought it was fitting to release it early due to another loss of a public figure due to suicide. As a mental health provider, sometimes stories and cases confuse me and throw me off. Why? How? What? Psychiatrists, more than other medical field physicians, are supposed to be more familiar with and an expert at understanding suicide. But,...

Trauma can happen anywhere... but what if it happened in your home. What if this was "just the way it was" for generations? What if calling it trauma risk losing the world you knew: your family? Today Jenny and I talk about cultural and generational trauma: how to differentiate toxic to non-toxic cultural traits and how you can move forward sensibly and re-write the narrative. We are both Korean A...

What if I told you it was possible to know your purpose, your worth, and your meaning in life while you live on this earth? What if I told you that you can know that in 8 weeks!? Knowing your purpose, meaning, and worth sound like a divine pursuit that takes a lifetime to learn... too bold to claim that you can know all of that... but what if it is simpler than the world make it out to be? What if...

In this episode, I am working with Dr. Ted Williams. I met Dr. Williams during my training and he became my mentor in psychiatry in many ways, in private practice and incorporating faith with work. As I am “growing up” as a baby attending psychiatrist, he was amazing at being vulnerable and encouraging. My husband and I continue to benefit from his mentorship. Dr. Ted Williams is the founder and a...

In this episode, I present you an inspiring woman that continues to support and inspire me in my journey as a person and as a provider, Dr Kirleen Neely. Dr. Neely has worked in the mental health field for over 25 years. She is a founder and CEO of Neely Behavioral Health, host of Drop the BS podcast, educator, researcher, counsellor, and public speaker. In this episode, Dr. Neely and I will talk...

I always struggled with a series of dieting and poor body image issues my whole life. I recently stumbled upon Intuitive Eating/Healthy at Every Size and Kelly Neilson! In this episode, Kelly and I talk about what is disordered eating, how normal it is in our society, what it does to our mental health, and how intuitive eating could be the solution to this craziness. The ultimate goal in this jour...

This is our first collaborative episode. I am very excited to share my discussion with Rev. Katie O'Dunne. She is an ordained minister, OCD champion herself, and a strong advocate for OCD and evidence-based treatment. We tackle all the topics of mental health and spirituality, including medications, missed diagnoses in faith and culture, how OCD can look like a "devout" religious practice, and mor...

Now that we know why and how we are almost programmed to think worse of ourselves, I continue the real estate analogy to explain how we can view ourselves differently. I want to emphasize that you are unique, you are worthy, and you are deserving of attention and care. I share my own struggle in finding my worth in this world and hope you find it encouraging. **Disclaimer: This podcast's content i...

Almost 20% of US adults suffer from depression and we really don't have real cure. In this episode, we will break down the spiritual aspect of depression because depression tries to answer one of our core spiritual question of life: what is my worth? First, we will discuss how our world is programmed to "measure" our worth and how it is really not in our best interest. Our world is programmed to p...

In this episode, we are going to talk about the TWO most problematic and dynamic out of the FOUR steps in anxiety. This is when anxiety takes over your life... and the lives of your loved ones. Mental health rarely just affects one person. We are relational beings. In the name of love and freedom, I offer a few questions to inspire you to change your perspective and destination on your mental heal...

In this episode, we are going to understand ANXIETY! This is a mental health issue that is so close to my heart. I feel like I just started to tackle it and am learning a lot! This is first part of a series and we are going to break down anxiety into 4 parts and understand that anxiety, in itself, is not BAD! It's GOOD! I just want you to know that you are not alone and we are definitely in this t...