How a Psychotherapist Is Rebuilding America's Future

I've noticed that students don't necessarily have information in general about how our country

operates. What our country stands for?

“It relates to the decisions that they make, the quality of everything when they understand”

that we, the people, are the ones in charge, is not the government. We are. Dr. Carrey Butler is a psychotherapist, educator, and the founder of the Texas Patriot Civics and Education. She empowers young people and families through mental health advocacy, civic education, and leadership programs that inspire informed, engaged, and purpose-driven

communities. There was a quote, "This is if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you." Yeah. That's where growth occurs. So we really should welcome that, and the NCA is an opportunity to grow.

And so we can embrace that, and look at how can we come together and make what we have better, and then you take a look at where we disagree, and to learn from that. Figure out the best course of action. A lot of people say people have lost what America stands for, and all these things over the years, right?

So what are you trying to achieve with this? What I'm doing is trying to... It spans the globe, like a super high school into their elders, and in today, half old is going to reinvent the fall. It's our over, uptown, our queer!

The living, your legacy podcast, for those who live, to live a legacy. Hello, and welcome back to another episode, Sat with Docs Carry, but let's today, and we're going to talk about how she's trying to redefine and reeducate the youth of today, around

“leadership, around politics, around being patriotic, and I think it's pretty awesome what”

you've got going on. So welcome, I'm excited. Thank you so much. This is very exciting. Yes.

So I'd love to just kind of dive in from the ground up when people here, you know, reeducate the youth reform, kind of how people have been brought up, right? Like, you know, I mean, a lot of people say, like, kind of people have lost what, you know, America stands for, and all these things over the years, right? So what are you trying to achieve with this?

Well, there are several different things. So first of all, I've noticed that students don't necessarily have, have not just the right information, but information in general about how our country operates, what are countries stands for, understanding the difference between capitalism and socialism, communism,

and how we should never be talking about socialism or anything else in our country, but

was it really, it's directly to freedom, and it relates to the decisions that they make, the quality of everything, when they understand that we, the people are the ones in charge. It's not the government, we are, and to note that process is like, so not only learn more about it, but to get involved and feel empowered to work with our legislators or to understand how to have conversations and do it in a way that's not toxic.

Yeah. And it's kind of interesting that they have a day like how, even just like, you know, the youth of kind of lost interest, and it was shown like vote into statistics over time, and how it's changed in the younger populations. There's a lot of don't vote now, because they just, you don't understand there, or they're

not interested in there. Yeah. And when you think about our parents and grandparents and how they had a solid foundation, and we'll go back to the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, they were under 20s.

Yeah. When they wrote that, right? Yeah. We've done down our society quite a bit.

And so I want youth to be excited, first of all, about where they live, and their potential

“and what they can do, and that this, it's not only important for them to feel like they”

can be involved, they need to be involved, or we're willing to lose our country. Yeah. And I really loved Charlie Kirk, and so as someone who's been in academia for many years, I appreciate what he was doing, because I realize that a lot of students are not getting the information, and I'll tell you what really prompted me to do this was teaching.

I've taught in University for many years, and their prerequisites to coming into our program. So when they would come in to clear their major, they would come in, their prerequisites would be economics, political science, history, government, and when they would come into my class to learn about policy, they wouldn't know the difference in those, you know, on capitalism, socialism, and communism.

So what did that tell me that told me they're not getting the message, they're not understanding how everything works. So I would have to back up and actually give them some background information before getting into our content, and over time I realized not just with what they know in terms of knowledge

is directly related to that, because if we knew really how well put together our country

is, that there would be a greater appreciation. I think it's interesting, you say that, because I speak to some people, you know, from Europe or England, right, and I speak to, you know, I've traveled the world because of businesses and stuff for the last 10 years, and you know, I moved to America, you know, love America, and I, it's just getting my citizenship right now, and some people are like, oh, why

did you like America, like why you want citizenship here, and I was just like, trust me, there's a lot of, you know, obviously everyone, every person and every country and

“has their problems, right, like that's the part of life is nothing's perfect, but I'm”

like, it's a lot worse than other places, I know, because I've lived in them and traveled the world, you know, and I mean, yeah, I think a lot of people, maybe especially younger people, they grow up, see social media, and they see, you know, the beauty of Italy or wherever, right, and that's very different to real life in these places, in some things work, and I mean, all the way down to, like, health care and what, and how, you know, in terms

of it being in the market economy, health care is easy, because for England, it's on the

national health service, and everyone in England hates the health care, and it's always

one of those grasses always green, you know, everyone in England hates it, and then some people in America, well, it's like, they're like, at least you've got it, but everyone in half of the people in England now, of paying for private health care, because the health service can't support, you know, it can support the population, so it's just interesting. Now, I'll give you an example of that, because a few years ago, after I had our daughter,

I have a family history of things, you know, in our, of what cancer and my family, and my doctor, who was amazing, and she is, she's Asian, she's, she's great, and she's very bright, and she said, you know, with your, with your history, you know, I'll be willing to, you know, just take some things out, take care of it, so you don't worry, and anyway, come to find out, there, I didn't really have any problems at that point, until after the surgery,

she said, well, actually there could be some beginning stages of something, so I had to send you to get cleared by MD Anderson, well, everything was fine, which was great, but she said, you know, you're really lucky, because you know, had you waited a year, it could have been too lazy, but here's the more of that story, my doctor was able to make that call, now when you go by certain protocols that are dictated by government, you get what you

“get, and you don't throw a fence, you know, and so that's what can happen with healthcare,”

is that you're not really able to make the decisions that are best for the clients, well, you can extrapolate that to all everywhere, you know, when government is in control, the people aren't, and this is the whole thing about freedom, right, is that the people get to make the decisions, and our representatives represent the people, and so there's a great responsibility with that, and there are checks and balances in place, and in order to protect

what we have, so that people from all over can come here, and I have ancestors that came, we all came from somewhere, so that we really have to protect it, and another thing I will say about that is when people are seeking citizenship, there's a test involved in that, and it's not easy, and I would venture to say that a lot of Americans cannot pass this, and you know, this is... - For those funny, because when I was doing my test, I got a hundred percent in mine.

But I didn't revise a ton before, you know, I'm more like, because I'm so busy, I like do things, because they come up, and then so like the week before, you know, I'm going through these questions, and half the staff have no clue about any of these questions, right? And then they were like, "Oh, you know, they were even starting to be like, "Oh, it's pretty hard, actually."

Like, "You worried, and I'm like, "No, I always figure it out, and then I end up getting a hundred percent."

- Yes, so. - But yeah, it's funny, a lot of people don't know, you know, some of the basic things. - Yes, and so, I mean, that should be a challenge to us all. If we have people that are coming

“here from another country, they have to pass that test, what are we doing with public education?”

- Yeah, yeah. - So, I mean, what I'm doing is trying to not only build on some gaps, but trying to inspire young people to get involved and trying to almost put the paddles on these local communities, to say, we have it within our communities. You know, we can mobilize resources, we can get our youth involved, we can get our legislators involved. Another aspect of what I'm doing is, is interviewing our legislators so that they can directly have a line to their constituents

where there's a little survey on the website, "What do you want to hear about? Where are your top topics you want to hear about? What do you want our legislators to brief you on?" And then, of course, we have to protect our data and all of that, but then take that information in our

constituents." And also, we have the finger, they're finger on the pulse with, here's what we need

to be, here's what my people care about. Here's what we need to do. So, it's just having a really nice neat little package, and I would like to see this in other communities. I would like for a local communities to step up. I'd love to see some tax dollars remained in local communities to do this very thing and really help the youth. Instead of on the back end, you know, when we're dealing with other issues that could have been prevented. Sure, so I was going to ask, you know, how do you

“you see the, you know, this growing over the next sort of five or ten years, what's the vision?”

Right. Well, what I'd like to see happen more is for for young people to actually take on some of this and do some student-led broadcasts, right? Okay, I'm working with the schools to see this happen,

right? And so doing things like that for them to be able to get online and if they are

the four honors students or students, they're all sorts of organizations for the need to volunteer hours of being able to get hours for that or whatever the case may be. And to get some credit for that, so they're motivated to actually plug in and learn more about it. I would really like to see a foundation created where, and I don't get make anything right now off of my, my, the website or anything like that, I mean, eventually be great to have a base ship, but to have the, the process,

anything that we're doing to go to these students so that we can provide scholarships or help them, you know, the people that are working hard to do that, so they really want to do have some scholarships so they can do internships with some of our legislators or do some other things in, you know, in the community. And how do we have, how do we have civil conversations? Yeah, yeah. You know, with opposition, how do we get back to being decent human beings again? That's

one thing I've noticed with politics is how it be, you know, it really did, it does all has recently, I mean, I guess it was, has to some extent, but worse than ever, divided the the nation, right? And then, you know, where people have started to say America's kind of

“losing itself from the outside, I think, because obviously the news portrays stuff for certain,”

why true, but it has got worse and how it's created, you know, that divide amongst friends, even often, you know. And I think that if we are to boast for these local communities, we're going to help that unity to build that unity and collectively, you know, as a country and being on, you know, the same page. It's just going to ask you quickly, how, you know, as we kind of wrap up today, people are fascinated by this, how do they get involved?

Okay, so, as I have mentioned before, I'm not an entrepreneur, I've been, you know, have been an educator, I'm also a psychotherapist for many years. And but I want to work with entrepreneurs, right? So this is, I mean, I can do a business plan and all of that, but I need someone that has that expertise. I would like to work with people, what I want to see happen is I want to have like many people come along, let's do this together, you know, let's create this initiative,

“let's work with our legislators, let's make this happen. So that's what I want to see. I need some”

people that are willing to come along and do this because I'm just a little, you know, you know, I'm blessed in my life where I don't, I mean, I have what I need. I have most of what I want, you know, what I would really like to see. Yeah, it's a mission now, right? Yeah, it's a shoe in the mission. And this is the legacy. I've done this in colleges, I've done many coalitions, you know, throughout my career. And I love doing this. Yeah, no, I think it's really cool.

I think it's really cool what you're doing and, you know, educate in, you know, the youth on, on the founding parts of what makes America great, right? And, you know, like I often talk about the American dream and, you know, after some people say, oh, it doesn't exist anymore. I'm like, it definitely does. It hurts to other places, and you have to work for it, obviously.

True. But then also, I love the part about, you know, I think I've always, like in school,

I was in debate club and stuff like, and I love to debate people. Right? You know, I just always have. But I think you can have different opinions and debate people without that, meaning you hate each other. Yeah. So I think that's so, so need it right now and it's great that you're pushing for that. Yeah. So our son on the back of his jersey when he was wearing cross country, there was a quote that said, if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you. Yeah.

And I love that because that's where growth occurs. So we really should welcome that. And then see it as an opportunity to grow. It's in, like, with different cultures. It's a different and different, different is diversity, right? And it doesn't have to be the color of your skin or anything. And we diverse these just simply different. And so we can embrace that and look at how can we come together and make what we have better. And then, you know, take a look at where we disagree and

and to learn from that, figure out the best course of action. And to do that in a way where you can still have a lot of people. Yeah, totally. And be different. I mean, I mean, I mean, as a net concept. Great. So the last question, people love, you know, what you're doing that. They're here

what can I find you? Okay. So, um, they can find me at www.TheTexusPatriot.org. And my, um, my email is

“Dr. Kerry Butler 2000 at gmail.com. And, um, but you can find me there. And I'm on social media is”

Kerry Butler C-A-R-R-I-E. Usually I have my middle-initional M Butler B-U-T-L-E-R. Great. I'm

all doing that below guys. I hope you enjoyed that episode and I really fascinated

“and stuff here and obviously go support as always keep working hard and have that mission”

yourself, right? Build that legacy, make that change that you want to make. I hope this

inspired you to do that. I'll see you guys soon. Take care.