The Wellness Project with Dr. Kim Foster

If you're doing Intermittent fasting, can you drink coffee during your fasting window? A lot of people have this question! Especially if you choose to have a fasting window in the morning - does that mean you have to forego coffee forever?

In this episode, I'm going to tell you exactly what you can, and cannot, drink during your fasting window.

Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/149

Do you struggle with staying motivated to lose weight (or eat better, or exercise regularly)? In this video, I give very specific steps to help increase motivation so that the next change you want to make in your lifestyle is going to stick.

Most of us struggle with finding the motivation to make various healthy lifestyle changes. It's common to be really committed to something at the beginning…and then, we quickly lose motivation.

This can be really frustrating, and many people will think there's something wrong with them for not being motivated enough. But it doesn't have to be such a struggle.

If any of this sounds familiar, then stay tuned because I'm going to help you.

Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/148

Can Human Design help improve your health and well-being? The field of Human Design is an interesting topic that I really didn't know much about, to be honest, before having this conversation with my guest today.

Kelsey Abbott is an intuitive Human Design and Money Coach who uses science, spirituality and play to help people welcome more ease, abundance and joy into their lives.

Kelsey has a scientific background, like me, so it was interesting to hear about her journey into this more spiritual world, and the difference that it has made for her, personally, as well as her clients. 

In addition to being a coach, Kelsey also lives a wonderful life in Florida, as she is also an accomplished triathlon racer and takes plenty of time to play in nature with her husband and her dog, Zumi.

One of the things that we talk about in this episode is the various ways that Human Design can influence your health, and how you can use it to optimize your well-being, if you feel called to go further down the path with Human Design.

We talk about the fact that we are all different and we are all unique, and how what works for one person is not going to work for another person – something that I know to be true from my many years in the medical field.

What I enjoyed learning about, in terms of Human Design, during this conversation with Kelsey, is the permission to be unique, and the permission to listen to your intuition, which I think are things that so many of us have had drummed out of us.

Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/147

Can Human Design help improve your health and well-being? The field of Human Design is an interesting topic that I really didn't know much about, to be honest, before having this conversation with my guest today.

Kelsey Abbott is an intuitive Human Design and Money Coach who uses science, spirituality and play to help people welcome more ease, abundance and joy into their lives.

Kelsey has a scientific background, like me, so it was interesting to hear about her journey into this more spiritual world, and the difference that it has made for her, personally, as well as her clients. 

In addition to being a coach, Kelsey also lives a wonderful life in Florida, as she is also an accomplished triathlon racer and takes plenty of time to play in nature with her husband and her dog, Zumi.

One of the things that we talk about in this episode is the various ways that Human Design can influence your health, and how you can use it to optimize your well-being, if you feel called to go further down the path with Human Design.

We talk about the fact that we are all different and we are all unique, and how what works for one person is not going to work for another person – something that I know to be true from my many years in the medical field.

What I enjoyed learning about, in terms of Human Design, during this conversation with Kelsey, is the permission to be unique, and the permission to listen to your intuition, which I think are things that so many of us have had drummed out of us.

Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/147

When you're trying to lose weight, one of the things you might want to do is work on boosting your metabolism. After all, if you can train your body to burn more calories, it'll be easier to lose the weight you'd like to, right? Well, there are definitely ways to do this, but it's not exactly as simple as it sounds.

In this episode, I explain to you what it means to boost your metabolism and share 4 practical ways to optimize your metabolism so you can more easily reach your weight loss goals.

Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/146

Do you feel tired all the time? Maybe you feel like you can't exist without coffee. You have no energy during the day, and you have no idea why.

SO many of us feel like this. And there are a lot of potential reasons why someone might be feeling tired all the time. 

But there's one reason not a lot of people know about, and it's possible that this reason is at the root of your constant lack of energy.

Your gut.

In this episode, I explain the connection between our gut and our energy, and teach you why your gut may be causing this constant feeling of fatigue – and that's even if you don't have any digestive symptoms at all. Even if you're thinking right now "I don't have any gut issues"...it's possible that you still have trouble that you just don't realize.

I also give you 8 specific action steps that you can take right now to improve your gut health (and your energy levels, as a result).

I hope you find it helpful!

Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/145

It's spring, and we're ready for some changes around here!

Listen to this quick bonus episode to hear my exciting announcement about what's next for the podcast.

You may not want to think about this, but I want to ask you: how ready are you for times of crisis, like a recession? Specifically, if you're building a business, how ready is your BUSINESS for unforeseen challenges?

Today I have a guest with me who is an expert at creating systems so that your business can run like a well-oiled machine not only so that you can grow, but also so that you can weather the storms that might be coming your way.

Stacy Tuschl started her own business at the age of 18 in her parents' backyard and turned that company into a multi-million dollar business she still runs today.  

Stacy is a bestselling author and founder of Well Oiled Operations, where she helps small business owners around the world create systems that facilitate growth. Her podcast, Well Oiled Operations, now has over 2 million downloads and she has interviewed guests like Suze Orman.  

Stacy was also named the 2019 Wisconsin Small Business Person of the Year by the United States Small Business Administration.

It was my pleasure to bring Stacy on to the show and sit down with her and pick her brain about how business owners can prepare and pivot even during hard times… and I think you're going to find her advice really reassuring for one, and very actionable, for another.

Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/144

Have you considered developing a product line? Whether you run a business currently and you'd love to offer products alongside your existing services, or you're thinking about starting up a brand new side-hustle or business, selling products can be an amazing way to build a new stream of income and chart a path to financial freedom.

And to me, freedom is a big part of wellness. Whether it's financial freedom, lifestyle freedom, geographic freedom, time freedom… whatever it is. It's difficult to be truly well, in the broader sense, if you feel like a prisoner in your own life in some way. So that's why I feel like anything that can help you achieve more freedom, autonomy, independence, and agency in your life, will help you achieve that fuller picture of wellness that we're all striving for.

So in today's conversation I'm chatting with a woman who specializes in helping people build and grow product-based businesses, which in my book, is helping people create freedom for themselves.

Katie Hunt is the founder of Proof to Product. She's also a podcast host, a business strategist, and a community builder for product-based business owners. 

Since 2011, Katie has helped thousands of brands get their products on the shelves of retail stores big & small. Her alumni's products are sold in Target, Nordstrom, the Container Store, and Starbucks, as well as independent boutiques around the world.

During this episode, Katie and I talk about:

• How to decide whether a product business is right for you
• The importance of starting small and strategic
• The danger of trying to sell ALL THE THINGS
• The pros and cons of physical products vs. digital products
• The importance of defining your goals and your WHY, before developing your product line

…and lots more!

Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/143

If you're building a business, you may be feeling burned out with the social media hamster wheel that requires you to be constantly churning out posts (that are here today and gone in a matter of hours). Or maybe you never really loved social media anyway, but you're wondering "how else are people going to find me?" How are you supposed to get in front of the people who you can help, and the people who will become clients?

Well, the strategy that my guest and I get into today has nothing to do with social media, and in many ways is far more effective than social media. For one thing, this strategy will help you get in front of people at the exact moment that they're looking for the solution you provide.

This strategy also has a way longer shelf life, meaning the effort that you put in now will continue to pay off for a long, long time… like we're talking months or years, rather than the hours that you get with a social media post.

My guest today is Meg Casebolt, the founder of Love At First Search and the host of the Social Slowdown podcast. 

Meg specializes in helping businesses spend less time trying to hack the algorithms and instead create SEO content that attracts their ideal audience to their website while helping entrepreneurs cut their dependency on social media for their business visibility. 

Meg's clients are entrepreneurs who are too busy changing the world to worry about things like website conversion rates and search traffic. I think you’re going to love sitting in on my conversation with Meg!

Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/142