Kim Shapira, author and registered dietitian, looked nothing short of fashionable in front of her stunning zoom background. I was late for said group call. Kim gave zero f’s and had me participating in a few seconds of joining.
As it turns out, my youngest forgot her lunch, which meant I had to shift my morning and then an incredible client got on a roll, which meant I missed the first part of her agenda. Kim called on me 2 minutes after I joined, bringing me into the group dynamics, noticing I was ready to jump in.
Kim is that friend, warm, yet ready to dive right in. That’s my favorite kind! Do you want to know what I had to answer quickly? “ What is your edge?”
Read that again….what’s your e d g e? My answer won’t surprise you all but it would shock my wall street colleagues. My edge is I’m clairvoyant who sees energy- how witchy of me.
Mom, wife, community builder, Kim & I chatted about springtime. Nature is ready to GO already, but often we need a little reminder to move when the rains have stopped, avoiding a monsoon.
This is a WSJ style interview! Enjoy.
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Spring brings longer days, full(er) calendars, and often more pressure to perform. What are your non-negotiables for protecting blood sugar, Stress hormones, and focus as work intensity ramps up?
Kim: I actively practice my six simple rules [from the KSM method] every single day, which makes all of this feel fun and easy.
I’ve always been a protect my Health kind of person. It’s one of life’s great paradoxes—I have so much fun taking care of myself that none of it feels hard or like work. Not feeling well? Not being able to Sleep? That’s hard.
Don’t hold back—what’s one thing people would be surprised to learn about you and your work?
Kim: It doesn’t feel like work.
I’m really good at spotting patterns and helping people transform their limitations early on. What I learned quickly is that it’s not so much about what people eat, but why they eat.
Most of my work lives in that space between the thought to eat and the action of eating—and that’s where real change happens.
For ambitious women balancing leadership, Family, and health, what’s one seasonal habit shift that delivers the biggest return—physically and mentally—coming out of winter?
Kim: I mean—besides taking vitamin D… Ambitious women are my women. They get things done, they make quick decisions, but they can also be disconnected from their bodies.
One powerful shift is bringing awareness to your heart, your brain, your bladder, your stomach—and noticing that there aren’t Emotions attached, just Love and kindness. That kind of introspection actually leads to the healthiest Lifestyle. Clinical research even shows that introspection improves long-term weight-loss success.
Before adding more goals, workouts, or responsibilities this spring, what’s the one question you want women 40+ to ask themselves about nourishment, capacity, and sustainability?
Kim: Show up each day with grace. You’ll have another day to practice tomorrow. Not all days need to look the same. Sometimes doing the thing you’re not in the mood to do is exactly what you need—but meet your body where it is. If you’re tired, change the workout. Don’t add more coffee, just be tired.
Ambitious women don’t usually make excuses. They get things done. Keep doing that—but understand capacity can expand, and sometimes that means staying in discomfort. Nobody regrets a sit-up or eating broccoli. You might not love them, but you don’t regret them. Learning to be bigger than your mind and kinder to your body expands more than your capacity—it expands your life.
What’s one must-have high-cost wellness practice you always keep in rotation—and what’s the number one low-cost thing you’d recommend right now as we come out of winter?
Kim: Move your body every day. And have food pre-cut and ready to eat in your fridge—because you will get hungry, and you will eat the first thing you find. My high-cost wellness practice is taking the time and Money to have food you love and food your body loves readily available.
The most important low-cost practice? Don’t skip date nights with your girlfriends. They don’t need to involve alcohol or fancy dinners. Maybe there’s food, maybe not—but connection is the main character. Food is just fuel.
Spring isn’t asking you to do more, it’s asking you to wake back up to your body. Summer will bring the sparkle, the heat, the bold yeses.
Sweet Spring is about recalibration.
Energy before output.
Nourishment before expansion.
If you’re feeling that almost-there buzz, more light, more ideas, more desire but want to move into summer without burning out, this is your moment.
✨ Come explore this season with me.
We’re talking energy, nourishment, intuition, and sustainable ambition—so you can meet summer clear, steady, and turned all the way on (without frying your nervous system).
Stay close. Spring is just getting interesting.
