Kym is joined by Kristine Hoestermann, LICSW, mental health innovator, and founder of RARE., a brand built around rare, chronic, and invisible conditions. Kristine most recently served as Head of Mental Wellness at Cabana, where she led development of scalable mental health programming, including the Balanced Self™ framework, and helped build AI tools for clinicians. She also hosts her own podcast, You're Always Fine, and brings a rare combination of clinical expertise and lived experience with chronic illness to a conversation about what actually eases the pressure mental health professionals carry.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why treating clients like a blank slate can quietly damage the therapeutic alliance.

• Why she started disclosing her diagnosis in every discovery call.

• How spoon theory explains why some sessions cost more than others.

• How a health crisis led to a patented, accessible sweatshirt for infusion days.

• Where AI actually reduces cognitive load without replacing clinical judgment.

• Why discharging clients between hard seasons might not be the best model for continuity of care.

• How becoming an AI safety reviewer is turning into a new income stream for clinicians.

Connect with Kristine Hoestermann:
Website (RARE.): https://findyourrare.com
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-always-fine/id
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinehoestermann/
Instagram (RARE.): https://www.instagram.com/findyourrare 

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