About Kathie Melocco
Hi, I’m Kathie Melocco, writer, spiritual care practitioner, moral injury educator, and emerging filmmaker. I’m a cultivator of hope even in systems collapse, and the voice behind Take Back The Frame, a weekly letter for helpers, healers, and hope-holders seeking meaning and transformation.
I started Take Back The Frame to make sense of my own journey through workplace trauma, systemic failure, and healing and to build a community committed to reclaiming our stories and rewriting broken narratives together.
Why Substack?
Because it’s a space where creators connect directly with readers, away from the noise and algorithms, to build meaningful, values-driven communities. Here, I share stories, insights, and strategies on moral injury, leadership, and the systemic change we urgently need.
You can subscribe for free or support this work through a paid subscription. Every subscription helps sustain independent storytelling and grow a movement for healing and justice.
A Bit About Me
With over 20 years leading award-winning health campaigns, including work that influenced Australia’s National Breast Screening Program and won a United Nations Award for Communicating Priority Issues. I now focus on helping leaders and organizations face the invisible wounds caused by toxic workplaces and systemic harm.
My own experience includes surviving workplace bullying, a flawed workers’ compensation system, and breast cancer. Retraining as a spiritual care practitioner helped me find purpose in this struggle: to educate on moral injury, to inspire courageous leadership, and to help rebuild workplaces and systems that honor dignity and healing.
My story is featured in The Safety Net Is a Lie, a training film created to help leaders understand psychosocial hazards and make workplaces truly safe.
What You’ll Find Here
💥 Weekly editorials that pull no punches, mixing soul, systemic fire, and hope
🧘♀️ Healing journals with prompts and rituals to restore your frame (paid subscribers)
🕵️♀️ Systemic exposés that unmask what breaks us and what heals us
❤️ A sacred space for survivors, disruptors, and those committed to inner and outer work
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Whether you’re here to heal, learn, or lead change, Take Back The Frame offers real talk, sacred rituals, and practical strategy for navigating and transforming collapse.
If you want deeper engagement, I offer one-on-one sessions, workshops, and speaking engagements for communities and organizations ready to confront moral injury and reclaim dignity.
Subscribe today for weekly healing, real change, and a little fire in your inbox.
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