357: Create Real Change by Shifting Your Identity to Who You Want to Be with Dr. Kim Foster [Thought Leadership Series]

How can you accomplish what you want, from the small to the big?

As we gear up for the new year, I’m sure there are things you have on your vision board and list of goals you want to achieve.

There are practical, tangible steps you can take (the what and the how).

There’s also WHO you want to be, the identity you want to shift into, which is essential to aligning your actions to what you want, creating lasting change, and building self-confidence.

My guest is Dr. Kim Foster, who recently graduated from our Thought Leader Academy.

Kim was a practicing family doctor for nearly 20 years and a few years ago decided that she wanted to make a big change to become a wellness coach and entrepreneur.

You’ll be inspired by her story and her thought leadership message!

Kim and I talk about:

• Her own identity shift from being a doctor to an entrepreneur
• What helped her to make that shift
• Her thought leadership message and framework that the WHO is as important as the what and the how to make lasting change
• How you can start thinking about your own identity
• Why she decided to join our Thought Leader Academy and what she got out of the experience

This episode is part of our podcast series on thought leadership.

Links:

Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/357/

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

Kim’s podcast “The Wellness Project”: https://drkimfoster.com/podcast

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 social:

• Carol Cox on LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox
• Dr. Kim Foster on LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-foster-14362646/
• Dr. Kim Foster on Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/drkimfoster/

Related Podcast Episodes:

• Episode 356: What to Do Now to Position Yourself as a Thought Leader
• Episode 354: Finding and Developing Your Big I.D.E.A.

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