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I believe reinvention isn’t just theory — it’s something I live every day.

dr. Kim foster

As a former MD turned coach, I've had the privilege of sharing my insights and expertise across various media platforms. Explore my interviews, published articles, and more to discover how I'm making an impact at the intersection of wellness and personal development.

as featured in:

with Lewis Howes

Dr. Kim on The School of Greatness

SEPT 16, 2026

Interested in having Kim on your podcast, show, or stage?

Kim is available for select podcast interviews, media appearances, speaking engagements, and conversations on identity, reinvention, behavior change, and personal transformation.

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After 20 years as a physician, I became fascinated by a simple question: Why is it so hard to change — even when we desperately want to?

We download habit trackers. We set goals. We promise ourselves this time will be different. And yet, most change attempts quietly fade.

In this TEDx talk, I share what I’ve learned from medicine, coaching, and my own personal reinvention: behavior change doesn’t fail because we lack willpower. It fails because we try to change our habits without changing the identity underneath them.

When your identity shifts, your habits follow. When it doesn’t, you eventually revert.

This talk explores the invisible script shaping your decisions — and how to rewrite it so change finally sticks.

Why is it so hard to change?

Kim's TEDx Talk:

Podcast Interviews

TV Interviews

expert interview

Why The Wellness Industry is Booming w/ Dr. Kim Foster

In my interview on Newsy's primetime show, The Why, I spoke about the reasons for the current boom in the wellness industry, what wellness coaching is, who can become a wellness coach, and much more.

Public Speaking

Pure Expansion Summit

Expand Your Money Mindset: How To Allow Abundance & Wealth Into Your Life

Vancouver, British Columbia

Surrey International Writers Conference

Healthy Habits for Writers

Surrey,  British Columbia

Speaking/Interview Topics

THE REINVENTION BLUEPRINT

Why changing your life starts with changing your identity.

from medicine to meaning

What walking away from success taught me about identity, purpose, and starting over.

rewire your identity

The hidden psychology behind confidence, clarity, and lasting change.

See my speaking page here for more details.

Official Bio 

dr. Kim foster, M.D.
AUTHOR, SPEAKER & THOUGHT LEADER

Real change starts with who you are, not just what you do.

Dr. Kim Foster is a physician-turned-author, speaker, and thought leader in identity-driven reinvention. After two decades as a family doctor, she left clinical medicine to focus on a question she had seen play out again and again: why do people struggle to create lasting change, even when they know what they want?

Today, Kim is known for her work at the intersection of identity, behavior change, and personal transformation. Drawing on her medical background, psychology, and the science of human behavior, she helps people redesign the way they see themselves so they can create meaningful, lasting change from the inside out.

She is the bestselling author of Redesigning You: Change Your Inner Story, Transform Your Health, a TEDx speaker, and the creator of a YouTube channel reaching more than 295,000 subscribers worldwide. Her ideas have also been featured on major platforms including The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes, where she discussed identity, self-doubt, and what it takes to make change last.

Through her books, speaking, media appearances, and educational work, Kim is building a new conversation around reinvention: that lasting transformation is not simply about changing what you do, but changing who you believe yourself to be.

Kim is based in Victoria, British Columbia, and spends part of each year in Europe. Outside of her work, she is an avid traveler, golfer-in-training, and lifelong student of languages—and an enthusiastic practitioner of the reinvention she teaches.

 the TL:DR VERSION

Dr. Kim Foster is a physician-turned-author, speaker, and thought leader in identity-driven reinvention. After two decades in family medicine, she shifted her work toward understanding what creates lasting human change.

She is the bestselling author of Redesigning You, a TEDx speaker, and creator of a YouTube channel with more than 295,000 subscribers. Her work explores the intersection of identity, behavior change, and personal transformation, and she has appeared on major platforms including The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes.

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Looking for a fresh, evidence-informed voice on identity, reinvention, and lasting change? Kim brings the perspective of a former physician, bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and experienced media guest to thoughtful, engaging conversations.

For podcast interviews, media appearances, speaking engagements, and select collaborations, we’d love to hear from you.

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