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How Kim Foster Got 1.5M Views on Her YouTube Video (And What It Means for Your Visibility)

I love when I stumble across someone I know doing something big—and that’s exactly what happened with today’s guest.

I spotted one of our Thought Leader Academy grads Kim Foster on YouTube…with a video that had over 1.5 million views. Naturally, I wanted to know how she did it!

In this episode, Kim and I dig into what it really takes to grow a YouTube channel that drives visibility, trust, and clients.

She shares how consistency, smart content strategy, and paying attention to your audience can completely change the trajectory of your brand.

We also talk about her recent TEDx talk, her upcoming book, and why identity, not willpower, is the real key to transformation.

If you’ve been thinking about YouTube, speaking, or stepping more fully into your thought leadership, this conversation will give you a lot to think about.

About Our Guest: Dr. Kim Foster is an MD-turned–reinvention expert, author, and TEDx speaker who helps people change their lives by changing who they believe themselves to be. After 20 years practicing medicine, Kim left her career to build a global platform teaching the science of identity transformation. Her work blends behavioral psychology, personal development, and wellness, and she develops digital education programs that help people redesign their inner blueprint and build lives that actually reflect the person they’re becoming. Her thriving YouTube channel has grown to more than 250,000 subscribers and her forthcoming book, Redesigning You (June 2026), explores how to shift the beliefs and stories that shape behavior and destiny. Kim’s mission is to empower people to reinvent themselves at any age and step into who they were meant to become.

About Us: The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox. At Speaking Your Brand, we help women entrepreneurs and professionals clarify their brand message and story, create their signature talks, and develop their thought leadership platforms. Our mission is to get more women in positions of influence and power because it's through women's stories, voices, and visibility that we challenge the status quo and change existing systems. Check out our coaching programs at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com.

Links:

Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/473/

Kim’s website: https://drkimfoster.com/

Kim’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KimFosterMD

Kim’s book: https://drkimfoster.com/book

Discover your Speaker Archetype by taking our free quiz at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/quiz/

Enroll in our Thought Leader Academy: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/academy/

Connect on LinkedIn:

Carol Cox = https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox
Kim Foster (guest) = https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkimfoster/

Related Podcast Episodes:

Episode 357: Create Real Change by Shifting Your Identity to Who You Want to Be with Kim Foster

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