Dead Inside & Board Certified
We're two PHMNPs. We're licensed. We're exhausted. This is Dead Inside and Board Certified.
Episodes
Feb 6, 2026
Feb 6, 2026
21 min
Welcome to Dead Inside and Board Certified.
In our first episode, we introduce who we are, how we ended up in psychiatry, and why we decided to start this podcast in the first place.
We talk about the realities of working in mental health that nobody prepares you for — the burnout, the dark humor, the moral injury, and the moments that quietly change you forever.
We also unpack the meaning behind our name, the “Occult” vibe, and our mission: pulling back the curtain on what psych really looks like behind closed doors.
This isn’t therapy talk or toxic positivity.It’s the truth about what it costs to care for people in crisis — and why we keep showing up anyway.
If you’ve ever wondered what actually happens behind the psych scenes… this is where we start.
Dagny
Dagny is the founder of Occult Mental Health and a dual board-certified Family and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over a decade of experience across inpatient and outpatient settings.
She works with patients of all ages, specializing in depression, anxiety, trauma, and complex psychiatric conditions.
Dagny’s approach blends rigorous medical practice with a willingness to look directly at the parts of the mind most people avoid. She believes healing doesn’t come from bypassing the darkness — it comes from understanding it.
On the podcast, Dagny brings clinical depth, dark humor, and the kind of honesty that only comes from years of sitting with people in crisis — and choosing to stay.
Morgan
Morgan is dual-board certified in Family and Emergency Medicine, with a background in emergency and high-acuity psychiatric care. Her clinical work centers on complex mood disorders, ADHD, trauma, and the realities of practicing psychiatry in systems that are often stretched thin.
She brings a systems-level lens to mental health — exploring not just diagnosis and medication management, but burnout, moral injury, capitalism, and the cost of caring for people in crisis.
Morgan’s approach blends evidence-based practice with blunt honesty. She believes patients deserve transparency, providers deserve support, and mental health conversations should be real — not rehearsed.
On the podcast, she brings structure, clinical depth, and the kind of humor that only develops after too many chart notes and too little sleep.