About It's like this Podcast with Dr. UeJin Kim, MD
Dr. Uejin Kim, MD is a Christian psychiatrist who cares about what's right with you than what's wrong with you. She is passionate about everyone finding their sense of worth and value via story telling, wisdom sharing, and inner child healing. She owns her psychiatric private practice, Restore Psychiatry MD PLLC in Texas & her personal brand, Uejin Kim LLC, where she offers public speaking, courses and training, and media resources. https://linktr.ee/druejinkim **Disclaimer: these episodes do not constitute patient-physician relationship**
Why do I feel responsible for everyone? Christian Psychiatrist answers
What happens when being responsible stops being something you do—and starts becoming who you are?
For many high achievers, helpers, parents, and “responsible children,” caring about something can quietly become feeling responsible for it. Other people’s disappointment. Their emotions. Their outcomes. Keeping the peace. Making sure everyone is okay.
In Episode 60, psychiatrist Dr. Uejin Kim explores four ideas we often confuse: responsibility, identity, worth, and calling.
We’ll talk about why boundaries can feel surprisingly threatening, why achievement can never permanently settle the question of worth, and how to distinguish what you genuinely care about from what is actually yours to carry.
You don’t have to become less responsible. The work is learning to carry responsibility without asking responsibility to carry your identity.
And perhaps the deeper question is:
Who are you when your hands are empty?
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3 Sept 2026
Why Responsible People Burn Out: When Responsibility Becomes Your Identity
Have you ever finished work—but your brain just keeps working?
You're replaying conversations. Thinking about who you might have disappointed. Anticipating problems that haven't happened yet. Coming up with solutions before anyone even asks.
Maybe you're not simply "bad at resting."
In this episode, psychiatrist Dr. Uejin Kim explores a pattern she sees in many high achievers, helpers, physicians, parents, and leaders: responsibility can slowly stop being something we do and become part of how we know we're okay.
Dr. Kim shares her own experience of becoming the family planner, developing what she calls "hyperactive burnout," and eventually realizing that planning wasn't simply her personality—it had become a way her nervous system created safety.
You'll learn:
• Why some highly responsible people struggle to turn their brains off
• How responsibility can become tied to identity and safety
• Why slowing down, resting, and saying no can feel surprisingly uncomfortable
• Why burnout doesn't always look like lying in bed exhausted
• How healing doesn't require becoming less responsible
Responsibility is a gift. But it was never intended to become your identity.
In the next episode, we'll go deeper into childhood attachment and explore how the nervous system learns where "home" is in the first place.
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6 Aug 2026
5 Mental Health Myths Christians Still Believe (Christian Psychiatrists Respond)
Many Christians have heard messages like:
"Just pray more."
"You shouldn't be depressed if your faith is strong."
"Therapy isn't biblical."
But are those actually biblical?
In this episode, I sit down with fellow Christian psychiatrist Dr. Sabrina Gunn to have an honest conversation about faith, mental health, church culture, trauma, emotional regulation, therapy, medication, and the role of the Church in healing.
We discuss:
Common mental health myths in Christian communities
Why shame keeps many believers from seeking help
Church hurt and emotional healing
How leaders can care for their own mental health
The difference between emotional struggles and spiritual failure
Why emotional health is part of spiritual maturity
Our prayer is that this conversation brings both grace and truth to anyone navigating faith and emotional health.
If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe and share it with someone who may need hope today.
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Find Dr. Uejin Kim here: www.restorepsych.com (http://www.restorepsych.com) and www.uejinkim.com (http://www.uejinkim.com)
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