In episode 221, I speak with Masters European champion weightlifter, Kim Rahir. She summarises her journey as going from 'wheelchair to weightlifting podium. After being diagnosed with MS 10 years previously, she went on to winning a European Masters Weightlifting Championship at the age of 60. She literally muscled my way out of illness and now helps midlife women deal with a host of health symptoms by building muscle and strength. Her story made her change my career from journalism to coaching and is on an empowering muscle mission to help women claim their place and their happiness in midlife. Kim believes focusing on muscle can be a powerful driver of self care and empowerment because it puts you in a spirit of building and nurturing and gives you bucket loads of confidence. All you need to do is just show up. This is a powerful and inspiring conversation, not to be missed.
Kim Rahir is a 60 year old mother of three who was diagnosed with MS in 2013 and decided to ignore her doctor's advice and muscle her way back to a happy life. In 2023 she became European Champion in Masters Weightlifting in her age and weight category. Her journey inspired her to leave her career in journalism in her 50s and become a health coach for middle aged women - with a big focus on reactivating and rebuilding muscle. Today, she helps women tap into an abundant source of vitality. It works by reactivating and maintaining muscle and eating to nourish and flourish.
Kim was able to negotiate the negative and disempowering thoughts and harness the positive and empowering ones to help her move forward one day and one step at a time to go from wheelchair to weightlifting podium. Here mantra is to just show up, and do something to move forward, and it is a philosophy that has overcome and create an outcome that many medical professionals believed was not possible.
Kim offers lots and very inspiring stories, and some great tips for anyone, male or female to get started on the journey to reinvent themselves. She believes that just 15 minutes per days enough. I agree, the condition is that it has to be 15 minutes every day. Get ready to be inspired as this is a powerful and empowering podcast you will love.
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