Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Dr. Kim Foster, an MD and former family doctor now living on Vancouver Island and spending summers in London, about identity and change.
Foster explains identity as the “I am” stories people tell themselves, often inherited from parents, teachers, or society, and argues even positive labels can be limiting.
She shares her own shift from being “the artistic one” to embracing science and medicine, and describes her current work as an author, speaker, YouTube creator, coach, and educator.
Foster outlines her three-step process—recognise, redesign, ritualise—emphasising building “identity evidence” through small daily actions rather than affirmations, illustrated by her learning golf in her 50s.
They discuss gendered identity pressures around work and motherhood, the risks of over-identifying with diagnostic labels, and her new book, "Redesigning You: Change Your Inner Story, Transform Your Health," plus her website drkimfoster.com.
00:00 Welcome and London Intro
00:31 Canada UK Summer Life
02:07 From GP to New Career
05:10 What Identity Means
06:59 Identity Shifts in School
08:58 Reclaiming Your Identity
10:47 Building Identity Evidence
12:18 Golf and Bridge Identities
14:30 Gender and Role Identity
19:20 Three Rs Framework
21:51 New Book Redesigning You
24:39 Labels and Being Unwell
26:55 Client Success Story
29:04 Where to Find Kim
29:39 Closing Thanks
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