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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