San Diego Women's Week

Mimi Kirk

Health Expert and Author

Mimi's mission is to share and guide people through the experiences I've had in staying healthy and younger looking than my 71 years. I also want to change the perception that a mature woman means you have a middle age spread, low energy, aches and pains and loss of attractiveness and sexiness. Most advertisements show photos of seniors with compromised health problems. We begin to believe that it's what we have to look forward to as we age and even how we are supposed to look as a senior.

Mimi is here to dispel that myth and to show you how you can feel and look years younger than your age with the right diet and love for yourself.

Mimi Kirk's talents and interpersonal skills brought her into numerous jobs and careers. She had a stint as a Las Vegas showgirl, and was the stand-in for Mary Tyler Moore in the hit sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She designed clothes and jewelry for Valerie Harper and invented the popular scarf motif for her on the Rhoda series.

Kirk opened her own national jewelry manufacturing business, then after becoming interested in personal growth, she sold her company and became the regional marketing director for a company that delivered self-improvement seminars. She later became executive assistant and charity events coordinator for a private family, and sat on the board of several nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles. Kirk was the founder, editor, and publisher of an environmental newspaper, The City Planet, in Los Angeles.

Mimi Kirk is the inventor of four board games that are currently sold worldwide; Cowgirls Ride the Trail of Truth, a board game for women 18-118; Cowgirls for teenage girls ages 12-17; The Relationship Game: Which includes The Little Book of Love, for couples and singles, and Big Happy Vacation: A Game of Family Discovery for parents and children ages 5-12. Kirk's first book Cowgirl Spirit was released March 2001. For 10 years, she owned and operated Side Saddle, L.L.C. a company that manufactures and sells cowgirl themed products around the world, she sold the company in 2008.

In August 2009 Mimi won a contest created by PETA for the sexiest vegetarian over 50. She was the oldest contestant at 70 and won over hundreds of other contestants. She has been interviewed on NBC, KUSI, Fox and appeared on The Doctors, a national TV show. Many newspaper and on line blog articles have been written about her. She currently lectures and has written a book helping others learn more about eating a raw food diet for health and longevity. She is passionate about helping people look and feel their best.