Wednesday, January 14, 2026
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT Registration is required for this
free live private Zoom event.
Please join UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind program featuring Kathryn Goetzke, MBA, author of The Biggest Little Book About Hope in conversation withElizabeth Bromely, MD, PhD. Hopelessness is a powerful predictor of adverse mental health outcomes, including suicide, self-harm, addiction, and violence. At a time when hopelessness is reaching unprecedented levels worldwide, The Biggest Little Book About Hope offers practical, research-informed skills to help individuals intentionally integrate hope into their daily lives.In this program, Ms. Goetzke will guide participants on a journey of personal growth and discovery toward a more hope-filled future. She will share how her lived experiences—including the loss of her father to suicide and her own recovery journey—shaped her mission to ensure that people understand hopelessness and are equipped with proactive tools to manage it. Drawing from her work as Chief Hope Officer of the Shine Hope Company, she will also highlight global initiatives she has launched, including Hopeful Mind, Hopeful Cities, and Hopeful Mindsets.Speaker BiosKathryn Goetzke, MBA is the Chief Hope Officer of the Shine Hope Company and host of The Hope Matrix podcast. She serves as a representative to the United Nations for the World Federation for Mental Health and was instrumental in the establishment of the International Day of Hope, now observed globally on July 12. Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur, BBC, CBS, PBS, Psychology Today, InStyle, and Scholastic, among others, and her research on hope has been published in peer-reviewed journals worldwide.Elizabeth (Beth) Bromley, MD, PhD is Professor in Residence in the Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Anthropology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Health Services and Society at the Semel Institute. Her research focuses on public mental health systems, implementation science, and provider wellbeing. Dr. Bromley leads statewide initiatives to advance person-centered care for individuals with severe mental illness and has served veterans at the Greater Los Angeles VA for over two decades.We hope you will join us for this meaningful conversation on hope, resilience, and mental wellbeing.To watch videos of our past Open Mindprograms,
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