What does it take to walk from the top of Europe to the bottom — alone?
Poet and mental health advocate Kit Birks shares her story of eating disorders, addiction, and how walking and poetry became a path to survival.

In this raw and inspiring episode of Mind Cake, we speak to Kit Birks, a mental health advocate, poet, and solo adventurer, whose upcoming record-breaking walk from Norway to Greece is a powerful metaphor for recovery.

Kit opens up about:

• 💔 Her experience with anorexia, bulimia, and substance abuse — and the difficult road to healing

• 🚶‍♀️ How walking, nature, and poetry became her tools for survival

• 🧠 The stigma around addiction and how speaking out saved her life

• 🗺️ Her upcoming world-record solo hike to raise awareness for suicide prevention

• ✍️ Why creativity — especially poetry — can be a profound form of therapy

With humour, honesty, and zero self-pity, Kit shares how she transformed pain into purpose and found meaning in movement.

🎧 Tune in for an episode about courage, connection, and the healing power of putting one foot in front of the other.

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