Thought leadership,
not a fourth pillar.
Kathleen speaks on gratitude, healthcare leadership, human connection, and worthiness — from the bedside and the foundation table.
Gratitude as a strategy for philanthropy
Why honoring gratitude before the ask changes donor relationships, physician engagement, and the culture of a foundation.
Healthcare leadership
What it costs to carry a hospital, a unit, or a campaign — and how leaders stay human inside the load.
Human connection
The PICU taught her that presence is a clinical skill. She brings that into rooms that have forgotten it.
Resilience
Not grit as a demand. Replenishment as a practice — especially for the people who cannot put the work down.
Worthiness
You don't become worthy. You remember that you are. The feeling, spoken without turning it into a slogan.
Short bio
Kathleen Patrick, CFRE · Certified Nurse Life Coach · Healthcare Philanthropy Executive · Former PICU Nurse. Kathleen helps healthcare leaders reconnect with themselves, lead with clarity and compassion, and build cultures where people know they matter. She is the founder of The Grace & Gratitude Group.
Long bio
Kathleen Patrick began as a pediatric intensive care nurse and spent the next twenty-five years in healthcare philanthropy, raising more than $100 million by treating every relationship as a continuation of care. She has held senior development roles across academic and healthcare institutions, taught at the AHP Madison Institute, and now coaches executives, holds clinicians at the ocean through Sea for the Soul, and advises foundations on grateful-patient programs. Her framework — Gratitude as a Strategy for Philanthropy — is the through-line of her speaking.
Formats: 60- or 90-minute keynotes · half-day and full-day workshops · no packaged grid, because the room always tells us what it needs.
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