Gina Kaye is a health educator and national outreach specialist. Her experience is grounded in both lived experience and decades of professional leadership across nonprofit organizations, churches, academic institutions, and corporate settings. Gina is uniquely positioned to consult, educate, and support leaders and organizations navigating sensitive intimacy, relational, and sexual health issues.
Gina holds a BA in Health Science from Taylor University and a Master’s in Health Education from the University of Texas at Austin, with training in public health and prevention models. Over the course of her career, she has worked inside treatment centers, collaborated with clinicians and recovery professionals, contributed to national organizations including the National Domestic Violence Hotline and served as a pastor’s wife. She currently serves as National Outreach Specialist at Begin Again Institute, partnering with providers to address intimacy disorders, sexual addiction, and betrayal trauma through trauma-focused care.
Gina is based in Austin, Texas, where she enjoys life with her four children, family, and friends. Outside of work, you’ll likely find her enjoying live music, walking the Town Lake trail, or exploring the city’s food scene.
Faith and church life shaped the first four decades of my life, grounding my values and worldview. I entered adulthood with a sincere, wholehearted belief in marriage, family, and shared faith. I married at 23, trusting that commitment, sacrifice, and love would be enough to sustain a relationship through any challenge.
What I didn’t yet understand was how unaddressed trauma and untreated behavioral health issues can enter a marriage quietly and how destructive they can become when one partner is unwilling or unable to engage in honest recovery and healing. I also didn’t understand how often the systems meant to help lack the language, training, or framework to name what’s actually happening.
Over time, I learned what it’s like to go looking for help. I learned how easy it is to minimize warning signs, trust reassurance, and over-function in an attempt to hold things together especially when you’re committed, faith-oriented, and believe perseverance is a virtue.
The impact was profound. My life has included seasons of loss, rebuilding, and starting over. I’ve navigated betrayal trauma, relational rupture, abuse, single parenting, financial strain, and the long work of recovery. Along the way, I encountered both harmful guidance and life-giving support. That contrast changed everything.
What ultimately shaped my calling wasn’t just pain, it was clarity. As I gained access to trauma-informed care, specialized clinicians, and recovery communities that truly understood these dynamics, I realized how much time, money, and energy I had spent chasing the wrong kind of help not because I wasn’t trying hard enough, but because I didn’t yet know what kind of help was actually required.
That realization became my why.
