Kristen Smith

Destination Begin

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.

Author

Kristen Smith

Category

Education

Podcast website

www.kristensmithonline.com

Latest episode

Aug 6, 2025

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Episodes

Life changing mantra 11.04.2023

A mantra can be positive or negative. Find a negative one and stitch it on its face to become power!

Get expert counsel 10.04.2023

Don’t give up when you hit a wall! Get some outside, expert counsel on board before determining if you should or should not pivot!

Aim high 09.04.2023

No more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance, than is required to accept misery and poverty.

I’m a Fiancé 08.04.2023

The story of my and Roy’s engagement! I also discuss my personal list of rules and responsibilities as a partner and eventual wife. It may sound a little old fashioned or setting feminism back a few decades but this is just my list of four top priorities. Because I discuss sex a bit…anyone triggered by that (my mom and brother) may not want to listen..

Dried Flowers 08.04.2023

What have you done lately? Do you have a bouquet of dried flowers you stare at, representing beauty and accomplishments of the past? Fresh water in an empty vase is waiting for you!

Blossoming is Perfection 07.04.2023

A flower bud is perfectly progressing. Just like you.

We assume we have time 06.04.2023

Do it today. Say it today. The biggest lie we buy into is that we have enough time ahead to do and be and fix and get.

Correctable and Vulnerable 05.04.2023

Being wrong is hard to admit and even tougher to stomach when lots of people point it out. We can learn to be correctable and embrace our vulnerability.

Push out of the limited boxes 04.04.2023

Our limits are cozy. Can you push outside those limits in a small way today?

My hero 03.04.2023

My hero is my brother - sharing what true, deep forgiveness, love and service is. Happy birthday today to Allen - my life is forever changed because you saved me again and again. ❤️

Relationship Lessons with Roy 02.04.2023

A general life update of all the life things in the first half of the episode. Then Roy joined in for a relationship chat about what we have learned about ourselves in our first year of dating.

What is Ideal? 02.04.2023

We often wait for ideal conditions before we start things, change things, or grow things. So ask yourself, what is ideal? You might find that it doesn’t exist and that now is the perfect time.

Spectacular 01.04.2023

You are spectacular! Own it. Know it. Spread it.

Harmony vs balance 31.03.2023

Seeking harmony in our life, instead of a balance we either have or have not, makes it easier to flow with life’s ups and downs, needs and requirements.

100th Episode 30.03.2023

100th Episode! 100 episodes are done so I challenge you to think of something you want to do and do it at least 100 times!

Rewriting the Story 29.03.2023

Yes, I’ve last weight, but what I’m most proud of is losing the narrative that could have ended my Joy.

The longer you hold it the heavier it gets 29.03.2023

No matter how small the resentment, with time carrying the weight will impact how you see the world and interact with others. Do you have some thing you can sit down today?

Reflection 26.03.2023

Bring good to the world and it returns the favor

Dig Deeper 25.03.2023

Ruins in Rome gave me pause to consider what is buried deeper in my soul and am I willing to destroy what I’ve already found in order to get to that next level?

Ship 24.03.2023

Do what you said you’d do…ship the product…even if it’s late and you sound like a frog!

Dream Bigger 23.03.2023

Talk about your dreams as if they are for sure happening. Not I hope I can or I wish I can. I will. I am going to Venice. I am traveling the world. When I go to Dubai… Dream bigger and speak it as if it’s already happened. Then visualize it coming true. Everything is possible.

Who are you? 22.03.2023

It’s interesting to try to describe yourself in terms of your treats in qualities, and say nothing about where you live, who you’re married, too, where you’re from, what you do for work. Give it a try.

I’m a speck on a speck in a speck 21.03.2023

When we zoom out and really understand how tiny we are on our tiny little planet, in this vast universe, our little tiny problems, all of a sudden are tinier - perspective is everything

Be a Love Warrior 20.03.2023

You will always win when you decide to go back in for another go at love in any situation. Relationships, family, friendships. I dare you to be a love warrior.

Live from the Rome Marathon 19.03.2023

I had time on my hands so decided to impromptu make a podcast while on the race course finishing up my partial run/walk of the Rome Marathon. Roy joined me for a final wrap up too. Enjoy some sounds and real time thoughts from Rome!

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