hi, i'm Dr. Linda Kim!

I'm a sports psychiatrist and sports mom, teaching you everything I know about mental and sports performance.

I've been exactly where you are!

Sitting in the stands with my stomach in knots. Replaying the car ride home and wondering if I said the wrong thing. Trying to figure out how much to push, when to step back, and whether my kid was okay.

I’ve watched a bad loss follow my daughter through the whole week, and I’ve stood frozen at the kitchen counter, not sure if she needed a pep talk or just a hug. I’ve second-guessed every decision about schedules, coaches, and specialization, and I’ve worried about whether all of it was worth it.

I’m a sports psychiatrist, but I’m also a sports mom of three daughters, and I found out fast that medical school doesn’t prepare you for parenting your own athletes.

but it wasn't always that way...

When I first started, it looked like this:

I was guessing. I kept my oldest in multiple sports, then changed course and had my younger two specialize earlier. One daughter walked away from her sport entirely. I worried I’d gotten it all wrong. A year later, she walked onto Harvard’s team on her own terms.

That was when I saw that what mattered most wasn’t the schedule or the strategy. It was how I showed up for her, and for all three of my girls.

Coaches come and go, teams change, seasons end, but we’re the ones who are there every single day. We spend the most time with our kids, and we’re among the biggest role models in their lives. They notice how we handle a tough loss, a bad call, or our own nerves in the stands.

When we feel steady and confident as parents, we can give them the support they need to grow, in their sport and beyond it.

but then everything changed.

And now I'm here to help you skip the guesswork.

I bring together what I know as a Harvard/MGH-trained, certified sports psychiatrist and what I’ve lived as a parent on the sidelines. My goal is to give you practical, research-informed tools that protect your athlete’s mental health and your relationship with them, so the game stays something they love.

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Some fun facts about me...

I pulled all 3 of my kids out of school to live in a tiny island in Malaysia for a year.
I thought I was going to become a surgeon until I fell in love with psychiatry.
I was an Oompa Loompa in my first play.