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"You won't get to where you want to go if you stay where you are."

Do you feel like you make resolutions each year but never achieve your goals?

In today's episode, I share how you can begin to look forward make your plans and goals, make a change in your daily habits and daily schedule, and know exactly where to focus in order to grow and become the best you that you can be.

Whether you are making goals for the next month, year, or decade, this implementable framework will provide a way for you to visualize your goals and create a path to get there.

Today's Speaker: Kimberly Beam Holmes

Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master’s degree in psychology for over 10 years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching the ways that attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reaches over 200,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best that they can be.  

Website: www.PIESUniversity.com

You’ll Learn

• A framework for creating achievable goals
• How to succeed & reach your goals in 2021
• How to set goals to become the best version of yourself physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually

Ep 038: Setting & Reaching Your Personal Goals: The MUST-DO Process to Follow Every Year, with Kimberly Beam Holmes.

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Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master's degree in psychology for over ten years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching how attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reach over 500,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best they can be.

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2020 is finally coming to a close, and you know what?

... We made it!

What a year it has been. In today's episode, we are looking back at the five best podcast moments of 2020 from It Starts With Attraction. I'm also going to be sharing some behind the scenes takes with you. Listen to this episode to hear the top tips offered from this year's podcast. Let's dive in!

Today's Speaker: Kimberly Beam Holmes

Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master’s degree in psychology for over 10 years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching the ways that attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reaches over 200,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best that they can be.  

Website: www.PIESUniversity.com

You’ll Learn

• My top 5 favorite tips from 2020
• How to change your thoughts
• How to decrease stress
• How to become more attractive 

Ep 037: Best of 2020: Emotional Attraction, Changing Your Thoughts, and Decreasing Stress, with Kimberly Beam Holmes.

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Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master's degree in psychology for over ten years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching how attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reach over 500,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best they can be.

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What can make you happier in life?

It isn't more money, fame, or success. It's not a perfect body, the best Instagram pictures, or the most followers on any social platform. It's none of the things that we go crazy trying to achieve on a day to day basis.

What really can make us happier in our lives, is how grateful we are for what we have. To bring it a little closer to home, it's how grateful you are in your life with the things that you have that can ultimately make you happier.

In today's episode, we are going to talk about how to be grateful and express gratitude.

Today's Speaker: Kimberly Beam Holmes

Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master’s degree in psychology for over 10 years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching the ways that attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reaches over 200,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best that they can be.  

Website: www.PIESUniversity.com

You’ll Learn

• How being grateful can make you more attractive
• Activities to help you create an attitude of gratitude
• How to be joy-filled NOW, not later.

Ep 036: The Science of Gratitude, with Kimberly Beam Holmes.

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Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master's degree in psychology for over ten years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching how attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reach over 500,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best they can be.

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Stress isn't just a feeling you feel like you might feel sad or happy. Stress is actually the result of a hormonal change that occurs in your body, especially from cortisol.

In today's episode, I am speaking with Christa Biegler, an award-winning dietitian nutritionist. Tune into this episode to gain insight into things you need to start changing immediately in order to decrease your stress, decrease the cortisol in your body, and decrease your inflammation in order to better your health.

Today’s Speaker - Christa Biegler, RDN, CLT

Christa Biegler is an award-winning dietitian nutritionist, online educator, and host of The Less Stressed Life podcast. She specializes in helping health-conscious high-performance women overcome bloating, fatigue and food reactions. She is also the owner of Eczemanutritionist.com and author of The Eczema Relief Diet & Cookbook. She helps listeners and clients with unique ways to improve the inflammation causing stressors we inevitably have in life by sharing science that enlightens and inspires.

Website: https://www.christabiegler.com/

You’ll Learn

• The definition of stress
• How to implement breath-work into your daily life
• Things that build stress resilience
• Foods that help manage symptoms of stress

It Starts With Attraction Ep. 035: How to Live a Less-Stressed Life with Christa Biegler

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How do you actually take the concept of working on your PIES into stride and start doing it? Today, I am interviewing Kelly, a member of one of my PIES University classes. Kelly has had a year and a half journey of working on her PIES.

In this episode, Kelly shares with us what finding out about PIES meant to her, how she started working on her pies, and the difference it has made in her life to actually implement the PIES principles. Listen to hear what "working on your PIES" looked like for Kelly, how she has done it, and the amazing changes she has seen in herself and the changes others have seen in her.

Today’s Speaker - Kelly Flint

I am 48 years old from upstate New York (Western upstate actually to be more specific). I am a wife, a mom, an aunt, and the oldest of two brothers and a sister. I have raised two children that my husband and I adopted in 2005 they are now 19 and 21. I have been married for 28 years. I also love dogs they are my or have been my identity for many years. I raised for guiding eyes for the blind out of Yorktown heights New York for guide dogs and other service dogs they partner with. I currently have 5 working Labradors as either guide or other service. I have worked as a teaching assistant for 24 years at a local career and technical school. My focus has been working with 10th through 12th graders to learn a skill in order to enroll into the career and technical program. My current position is working more closely with academics teachers within our alternative education high school program on the campus. 

Some things about me:

•  I am a Christian
• Enjoy camping
• Enjoy watching movies
• Motorcycle rider (yes I own my own bike)
• Belong to a Christian Motorcyclist Association Chapter Solid Rock Riders (secretary and Run for the Son NYS Lead)
• Love being with my family
• Have been involved with many committees throughout the years as Secretary or Chairperson
• Earrings are my downfall
• Got my first tattoo at age 46
• Have 2 yellow labradors that brighten my days, Eliza Mae and Parker Jon

You’ll Learn

• How to start working on your PIES
• How to make changes within yourself
• That it is okay to take the time to work on you
• How to be there for others

It Starts With Attraction Ep. 034: PIES Success Story  with Kelly Flint

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I used to think rest was for the lazy. What I ended up experiencing was burnout, adrenal fatigue, complete demotivation, and depression because I had overworked myself.

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith has identified 7 different types of rest of which we should be aware. In this PIEScast, she shares how rest in each of those areas works. As I was having this conversation with Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, I had many "Aha" moments and started immediately making changes to how I was interacting with things in my daily life.

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith shares her new book Sacred Rest and her key tips to recover your life, renew your energy, and restore your sanity. Take a listen to today's episode as I uncover some amazing things for you to know about rest in this conversation with Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith.

Today’s Speaker - Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a Board-Certified internal medicine physician, speaker, and author. She is an international wellness expert featured in numerous media outlets including Prevention, MSNBC, Women’s Day, FOX, Fast Company, Psychology Today, and as a guest on Dr. Oz show. She is the author of numerous books including her new book Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity, including ground-breaking insight on the seven types of rest needed to optimize your productivity, increase your overall happiness, overcome burnout, and live your best life. Over 100,000 people have discovered their personal rest deficits using her free assessment at RestQuiz.com. Learn more about Dr. Saundra at IChooseMyBestLife.com and DrDaltonSmith.com.

You’ll Learn

• The 7 types of rest
• How to rest and rejuvenate
• How to end burnout

It Starts With Attraction Ep. 033: The 7 Types of Rest with Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

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Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master's degree in psychology for over ten years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching how attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reach over 500,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best they can be.

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How would you describe a perfect day?

What you think is a perfect day now and a perfect day 20 years from now probably have a lot of similarities. Both of them probably come down to the fact that you want more free time, more joy, less stress, and you want to be doing more of what you love doing and less of what you really don't enjoy doing.

Right now you may be sacrificing your ideal day in order to obtain your ideal day 20 years from now. But what if you could have both now?

In this episode, I am going to be talking about work-life balance, and how to get the life that you want 20 years from now today.

Today's Speaker: Kimberly Beam Holmes

Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master’s degree in psychology for over 10 years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching the ways that attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reaches over 200,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best that they can be.  

Website: www.PIESUniversity.com

You’ll Learn

• 3 Keys to having work-life balance
• How to prioritize time in your day
• How to identify what matters
• The importance of disconnecting

Ep 032: 3 Keys to Actual Work Life Balance, with Kimberly Beam Holmes.

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Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master's degree in psychology for over ten years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching how attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reach over 500,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best they can be.

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Are you feeling unhappy with your life?
 
If you feel unmotivated or disheartened, this episode is for you. In today's podcast, learn the four key elements to creating a happier and healthier life. 

Learn how to shape your actions and perspectives to align with your goals. Sometimes all that is needed is a change of perspective. Listen to this podcast to hear Dr. Pamela Hays share wisdom about cultivating a happy life.

Today’s Speaker - Dr. Pamela Hays

Pamela Hays holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hawaii, and served as a National Institute of Mental Health fellow at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, followed by 11 years on the graduate faculty of Antioch University Seattle. Her research has included work with Muslim women in North Africa, and Vietnamese, Lao, and Cambodian people in the U.S.  In 2000, she returned to her home community on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, where she lives in a town of 4,000 humans and several thousand moose. She has since worked with the local health center, for the Kenaitze Tribe’s Wellness Center, and in private practice. She conducts trainings for therapists and organizations nationally, and the American Psychological Association has produced videos of her work conducting therapy with clients. She is the author of several books including Connecting across Cultures: The Helper’s Toolkit, and Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice. Her most recent book is Creating Well-Being: Four Steps to a Happier, Healthier Life.  

Website:  www.DrPamelaHays.com

You’ll Learn

• The four steps to a better well-being
• How to change your perspective to reach goals
• How to reframe what self-care means
• 1 BONUS key to happiness

It Starts With Attraction Ep. 031: Four Steps To A Happier, Healthier Life with Dr. Pamela Hays

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Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master's degree in psychology for over ten years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching how attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reach over 500,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best they can be.

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How do you sleep the night before you are about to meet your children for the first time?

The answer is... You don't.  We couldn't sleep because we knew our lives were about to fundamentally change. When we started our process of adoption, we had no idea the trials and tribulations we would face and the patience we would learn. It literally changed my life.

Going through something your heart desperately wants and you have no control over is something that changed who I am now as a person. If you are in a season of waiting for something to happen that your heart is yearning for, and you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, then this podcast is for you.

I'm going to share my story of adoption, what my season of waiting looked like,  how I saw answers to my prayers, and how I grew into a better person through the grueling and treacherous process of waiting.

Today's Speaker: Kimberly Beam Holmes

Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master’s degree in psychology for over 10 years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching the ways that attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reaches over 200,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best that they can be.  

Website: www.PIESUniversity.com

You’ll Learn

• How to keep trials from stopping you
• How to be sensitive to your calling
• How to grow in seasons of waiting

Ep 030: In The Waiting (Our Story of Adoption), with Kimberly Beam Holmes.

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Kimberly Beam Holmes has applied her master's degree in psychology for over ten years, acting as the CEO of Marriage Helper & CEO and Creator of PIES University, being a wife and mother herself, and researching how attraction affects relationships. Her videos, podcasts, and following reach over 500,000 people a month who are making changes and becoming the best they can be.

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Lust kills love. Porn and sex addiction can wreak havoc in an intimate relationship and it can affect someone personally when they are entrenched in the addiction. 

In our culture, it can be easier to chase after lust than to find real love. In this podcast, Nate Larkin shares how he overcame his twenty-year struggle with sexual addiction. Even if you are not struggling with sex addiction, this podcast can help you know how to run free from feelings of guilt and shame.

Today’s Speaker – Nate Larkin

Nate Larkin knows the pressure to live up to a public persona. He knows what it's like to have a secret that can destroy a career. He knows what it's like to quit. And He knows what it's like to find healing, deep friendships, and hope. Nate has a story that unfortunately too many people can relate with. 

He was the perfect role model growing up. Everything looked great on the outside. But inside Nate, a battle was raging. He married Allie on his graduation day and soon enrolled in Princeton Theological Seminary. He graduated from Princeton with a major in Preaching and was awarded the Preaching Prize. Within two years, Nate was the senior pastor for a new non-denominational church in South Florida. Observers saw a wise and godly man of God, dedicated to church and home. But Nate’s religious persona was crumbling from the inside out. After just five years in the ministry, Nate made the choice to quit. An obsession had developed into a virulent addiction to pornography and commercial sex. His decision to abandon vocational ministry was driven primarily by private despair about his moral failures and the fear of public exposure.

Eventually, Nate and Allie moved to Franklin, TN. After years of praying, fasting, pleading, and repenting in private, Nate finally found help for his sex addiction—in the form of authentic friendship and the safety of a 12-step recovery group.  As he worked through the 12 steps, Nate began to see life differently. Nate finally understood why a 12-step group had accomplished what solitary prayer and fasting could not. God designed the Christian life as a team sport! As he began to live in this new model of Christianity, Nate’s circle of friends expanded to include a large group of men with different weaknesses, addicts and potential addicts of every description, united by a common faith and a need for real companionship.

So in 2004, several of these friends formed a mutual aid society for Christian men called the Samson Society. Within the safety of the Samson Society, honest friendships have taken root and men are finding new power in their faith. Nate, who drafted the Society’s charter and designed its first meeting format, ha

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