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Destination Begin

Destination Begin

By Kristen Smith

I’ve lost over 250 pounds and changed my life radically many times over. I’ll be detailing my life as a child in a religious cult, growing up as a fat kid, losing weight, bariatric surgery, fitness hacks, meal and life planning strategies and real life, tough love cheering you on to achieving your goals and aspirations. I don’t pet. I am silly. I am fun. And I am simply ordinary. Which means I am qualified to convince other ordinary folks how to do the extraordinary.
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Destination Begin Aug 25, 2022

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An Oreo for a Dress

An Oreo for a Dress

What I ate when I was 400 pounds.
Mar 25, 202428:47
Training Clients and Boring Things

Training Clients and Boring Things

It's all relative when it comes to what our bodies can do, and in this episode I share some perspective from my personal training eyes on clients who inspire and get results. Boring things are to be mastered and come to terms with in order to be successful. Some tips and strategies to master the monotony and make life's routines more fun!
Mar 17, 202449:54
305 Day

305 Day

Three years ago on March 5th I got divine direction to go for my wildest dreams. A little reflection on why I regret nothing and continue to reach for it all!
Mar 05, 202426:06
Motivation For YOU

Motivation For YOU

Motivation to encourage you to go after what you want. Inspire yourself and grab a soul experience because you deserve it!!
Feb 19, 202420:42
How to Break a Weight Loss Plateau

How to Break a Weight Loss Plateau

Super Bowl Sunday, my trip to Minnesota and a protocol to break a weight loss plateau!
Feb 11, 202456:43
Marathons and Real Food
Feb 04, 202452:46
I'm in the Miami Herald so what can't you do again?

I'm in the Miami Herald so what can't you do again?

A former 400 pound woman was on the cover of the sports page of The Miami Herald. That's me. So again I ask....what can't you do again? Plus a couple quick ways to connect with some of your purpose!
Jan 28, 202428:02
Mothers and Leashes

Mothers and Leashes

Some thoughts about connecting with empathy for your past and parents, and why healthy leashes on our nutrition ensure a happy and safe walk on the boardwalk to our goals! (Dog analogies abound...it just works!). Want to learn more about my new favorite protein powder? Equipfoods.com has beef collagen protein you will LOVE! Code for 15% off is Thekristenexperience Join my supportive and fun weight loss program The Kristen Experience. $79 per month gets you an on demand coaching library and a weekly meeting online with all of us for accountability, support and fun challenges! www.thekristenexperience.com
Jan 15, 202401:03:53
Present Joy

Present Joy

Finding out heaven is now, finding joy in the present is my focus of the year. Updates in Miami life and more New Year fun.
Jan 08, 202453:19
Change Your Mind, Change Your Experience

Change Your Mind, Change Your Experience

Life is too short to do anything you hate. Sometimes you must keep doing that thing. So what if you stop hating it and decide to bring your best self to it? My experience with falling in love with something I did not enjoy. It's worth the struggle to let the ego die.
Dec 28, 202333:01
What Not to Do to Lose Weight
Dec 23, 202351:27
Holidays and What Holds You Back
Dec 15, 202301:00:46
Nadina's Story

Nadina's Story

Meet Nadina and hear her story of transformation, losing 90 pounds in 18 months! Her story will motivate you and inspire you to start NOW!!
Dec 03, 202356:10
Thanksgiving Stories and 2024 Questions
Nov 29, 202333:35
Hormones, Lost Friends and Weight Loss Basics

Hormones, Lost Friends and Weight Loss Basics

Real talk about life and losing friendships and losing weight. Undeniable facts about overall health and wellness that will accelerate your journey once you imolement!
Nov 22, 202349:55
Holiday mindset

Holiday mindset

A reminder of your power when life gets hard plus some sanity check holiday reminders to enjoy the holidays feeling good!
Nov 18, 202333:09
Self Love and Mindset

Self Love and Mindset

Self love and your mindset are the most important factors in transformation. In the final 63 days of 2023, use this pep talk on why you are worth transformation and how your mindset can be strengthened to do it! Also, I am so excited to share a follow up with Kate! Kate has been losing weight and changing her habits to transform all year, and her results are incredible. Finish 2023 strong!
Oct 30, 202340:04
Priorities, Pancakes and Meditation

Priorities, Pancakes and Meditation

A recent pancake lesson, my experience at a week-long meditation retreat with Dr Joe Dispenza, and are your priorities in line with what you want?
Oct 15, 202301:11:43
Getting Out of the Mud - Client Success Story with Brenda

Getting Out of the Mud - Client Success Story with Brenda

Brenda joins me on the podcast to talk about her experience of getting started on her journey back to her self, health, weight loss, and joy after life changes, weight regain and finding herself stuck in the mud. Her empowering story will show you how important it is to simply start, trust the process, and how much joy and confidence is found from day one. Brenda had a gastric sleeve just like me and was considering a revision before choosing to start over with addressing her relationship with emotional eating and food. I am so proud of Brenda and you will be too! So much hope and joy in this episode.
Sep 26, 202359:37
Nutrition and Teens with Dr Carla
Sep 17, 202343:01
Your Day One Why and How

Your Day One Why and How

The final wedding recap, plus compelling reasons why today needs to be your day one and how to implement it being your day one. I also digressed into a little narrative about the value of letting go of your victim flag.
Sep 10, 202353:28
Feeling Minnesota

Feeling Minnesota

Some of the idiosyncrasies of Minnesota, and the things that stood out on my recent trip. Plus some live reporting at the Minnesota State Fair with Roy. This episode is all fun so listen in and experience a little Minnesota with me.
Aug 31, 202346:15
Roy’s First Story

Roy’s First Story

A long and emotional sit down with my husband, Roy to hear the details of his life story. This is raw and unedited, in the hopes that you will hear the sincerity and emotion, and get a picture of the trajectory of his life. Over 48 years headed in one direction, repeating patterns that kept him stuck, before a hard pivot into a new direction, and the start of his second story. He tells his story so you will see that no matter what the theme of your first story, you can turn the page and write a new one, the moment you grab the pen.
Aug 20, 202301:51:48
Protein and Emotional Eating

Protein and Emotional Eating

A freedom experience in Chicago, some of my favorite protein ideas and a deep dive into emotional eating. Why do you emotionally eat and how can you break the chains?
Aug 13, 202301:07:18
Freedom - In Your Soul, Mind and Body

Freedom - In Your Soul, Mind and Body

My next group program starts September 7 and it’s going to be a fully immersive intensive group “therapy-style” program. Freedom from food addiction, learning how to truly love on and invest in YOU and freedom from diet culture will be the focus. This is going to be life-changing and in this episode, I tell about why I chose this program to offer and who I am praying will be a part of it.
Aug 10, 202317:52
You are Coming to Save You

You are Coming to Save You

In this episode, I tell you all about my wedding, and then connect you to the power that you have to save yourself, one moment at a time. Also included is our wedding song.
Aug 02, 202348:09
Meditation and 10 Day Weight Loss

Meditation and 10 Day Weight Loss

Creating your future via meditation and visualization. The power of rehearsing your food behaviors and my 10 day cut for wedding weight loss.
Jul 23, 202340:47
Freedom from Divorce

Freedom from Divorce

Divorce. It’s not easy to navigate and sometimes we have horrible ex’s to get over. So how do you do it? How do you move on happily and take your life back? I share my experience on finding freedom over time and ideas on how you can indeed take your life and make it whatever you wish, ex or not.
Jul 16, 202333:43
Weight Loss Success Story: Kate

Weight Loss Success Story: Kate

My client, Kate is experiencing great success with consistently losing weight. In this episode, Kate talks about how she got started, how it’s going and what she’s learning in her first 10 weeks of individualized weight loss coaching with me. Listen and learn from Kate.
Jul 09, 202347:60
Eight reasons why you may not be losing weight
Jul 02, 202301:04:37
How to Be The Greatest Woman Alive

How to Be The Greatest Woman Alive

Surround yourself with people who call you higher and make you better. A few of the life changing lessons I have learned from my best friend Amanda on her birthday - it’s wisdom we all need!
Jun 25, 202334:44
45th birthday list

45th birthday list

I want more joy in my 45th year of life and some of the things that will curate that make a nice little list to focus on. Maybe some of these things will resonate with you too.
Jun 18, 202340:09
7 Pillars of Wisdom

7 Pillars of Wisdom

A little recap about my Minnesota trip, my review of Shiny Happy People, and a list of the seven pillars of wisdom on which I frame my daily life.
Jun 11, 202351:57
Quit Drinking Or Sugar the EasyWay

Quit Drinking Or Sugar the EasyWay

A special guest this week, my friend and client Rachel Haugo! She found and read Allen Carr’s book, Quit Drinking Without Willpower - The EasyWay Method and it changed her life. This book applies also to any addiction, for me it’s sugar, and we talk about the book and it’s effect for her new sobriety and my relationship with sugar.
Jun 03, 202349:27
Is it really enjoyable?

Is it really enjoyable?

You don’t have to go on auto pilot doing the things that you continually wish that you could stop doing. You can take a moment and notice what you’re really getting out of the things that you do each day. See how long the enjoyment lasts and really assess if it’s something that you want to keep going in your life.
May 31, 202303:36
Rehearse your experience

Rehearse your experience

Instead of using energy to white knuckle your way away from being the old you, use your energy to mentally rehearse and prepare by creating the future you do want.
May 31, 202304:46
Memorial Day Morning

Memorial Day Morning

Free morning. Bask.
May 29, 202301:52
Fueling with Healthy Food

Fueling with Healthy Food

In this episode, I talk about the difference between fueling your body and simply eating for any other reason. I also dig into what foods to purchase at the grocery store for protein-based eating and what carbohydrates go well with it.
May 28, 202301:01:43
Dream it

Dream it

Your life will stay the same if you don’t allow your dreams some time in your imagination. Dream it. Visualize it. Then watch it come to you.
May 28, 202302:40
9 minutes

9 minutes

Nine minutes of hard work doesn’t accomplish a whole lot, but we sure think that nine minutes of extra sleep is worth delaying the start of our day. Defy the snooze button with logic.
May 27, 202303:14
You’re Suffering From Withdrawal

You’re Suffering From Withdrawal

A craving is simply a withdrawal symptom. Pay attention to the next time you really want some thing and notice if the relief comes from actually eating the thing or is simply the relief of wanting the thing
May 26, 202303:59
It’s only food

It’s only food

Food is emotional and beautiful, and often presented to us in such a way that it pulls us in so we want it badly. One of my favorite mantras is to simply say “it’s only food” and move on. Give it a try.
May 25, 202303:41
Do you have to eat NOW?

Do you have to eat NOW?

Pay attention to your hunger cues. Do you have to stop everything and eat the minute you feel hunger? Do you feel physical hunger or is it just time to eat
May 24, 202303:40
24 hours in your dream body

24 hours in your dream body

If you could spend 24 hours in your dream body, you would come back from the experience, lit up and questioning why you hung onto the things that kept you stuck for so long.
May 23, 202303:58
What are you really giving up?

What are you really giving up?

What are you really giving up when you stop eating junk food? Make a list and compare it to what you’re gaining. You may be surprised to see what you’re clinging to for no good reason at all.
May 22, 202304:31
Origami Lessons

Origami Lessons

The story of my love for origami, and how folding 1000 cranes changed my experience through one of the most difficult transitions of my life.
May 22, 202344:34
Soul Food Week - Assignment 7

Soul Food Week - Assignment 7

This week is all about feeding your soul. Each day there will be an assignment for you to complete to feed your soul. At the end of the week you will be astonished at how much goodness you have fueled your self with Assignment 7 - Reflect and Implement
May 21, 202302:59
Soul Food Week - Assignment 6

Soul Food Week - Assignment 6

This week is all about feeding your soul. Each day there will be an assignment for you to complete to feed your soul. At the end of the week you will be astonished at how much goodness you have fueled your self with Assignment 6 - Clean
May 20, 202302:31
Soul Food Week - Assignment 5

Soul Food Week - Assignment 5

This week is all about feeding your soul. Each day there will be an assignment for you to complete to feed your soul. At the end of the week you will be astonished at how much goodness you have fueled your self with Assignment 5 - Fun
May 19, 202302:02
Soul Food Week - Assignment 4

Soul Food Week - Assignment 4

This week is all about feeding your soul. Each day there will be an assignment for you to complete to feed your soul. At the end of the week you will be astonished at how much goodness you have fueled your self with. Assignment 4 - $5 Venmo
May 18, 202303:35