{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"278. Love Is Blind Denver Breakdown: Dating Smarter in the Swipe Era","description":" \u201cIt\u2019s not enough to think confident \u2014 you have to show it. The inner work matters, but so does the outer energy you project into the world.\u201d \u2014 Kimmy Seltzer In this episode, Kristen M. Olson sits down with Kimmy Seltzer \u2014 a therapist-turned-dating-strategist and host of The Charisma Quotient podcast \u2014 to dissect modern love in the age of apps, filters, and fast connections. They explore: Kimmy\u2019s journey from therapist to style-confidence coach and media personality. Her signature outside-in method for building confidence and attraction. The connection between appearance, energy, and emotional readiness. What reality dating shows like Love Is Blind Denver and The Golden Bachelor reveal about our obsession with instant chemistry. Why rushing the dating process sabotages long-term connection \u2014 and how to start \u201cdata-dating\u201d instead of \u201cblind-dating.\u201d How to reframe being single as a period of self-alignment, not self-fixing. Key Takeaway: Confidence is a skill built both internally and externally \u2014 when you align your energy, mindset, and presentation, you attract from authenticity, not fear. Time Stamps: 0:00 \u2013 2:00 | Intro & Welcome 2:00 \u2013 7:00 | Kimmy\u2019s background and evolution from therapist to confidence coach 7:00 \u2013 12:00 | The \u201cOutside-In\u201d philosophy: how style transforms mindset 12:00 \u2013 18:00 | Fear, visibility, and dating after reinvention 18:00 \u2013 24:00 | \u201cLove Is Blind Denver\u201d and reality TV\u2019s dating illusions 24:00 \u2013 30:00 | The data-dating method: collecting connection clues 30:00 \u2013 35:00 | Confidence, vulnerability, and emotional readiness 35:00 \u2013 40:00 | The future of dating and authentic attraction Kimmy Seltzer: Kimmy is a Confidence Therapist, Authentic Dating Strategist and Image Expert.  With vast knowledge and experience as a therapist, certified style coach, dating coach, and matchmaker, she has helped people find lasting love and connection, attract success and build valuable relationships using her unique \u201cconfidence makeover\u201d process. Using an outside-in approach, Kimmy implements targeted style, emotional and social intelligence in people\u2019s lives using her signature formula, \u201cThe Charisma Quotient,\u201d working on body language, first impressions, image\/wardrobe and flirting and how it impacts attraction. This Los Angeles-based expert travels the country helping people discover confidence, charisma and connection as a speaker at TEDx, National Matchmaking Conferences, eHarmony, Neutrogena, The Guild at Universal and UCLA and media appearances in Tamron Hall Show, ABC News, Fox News, NBC News and Inside Edition. Kimmy is also a regular contributor to the Huffington Post with appearances in Cosmopolitan, Oprah Magazine, Redbook, Reader\u2019s Digest, AskMen, Fox News Magazine, Yahoo and the Washington Examiner, among a myriad of other publications. Kimmy has been the leading love expert on the traveling live dating show The Great Love Debate, the cable reality series, The Romance.  You can also listen to her on her podcast, The Charisma Quotient and regular dating segments on 9NBC News, Colorado & Company and ABC10 FREE QUIZ: www.flirtover40.com \/\/ https:\/\/www.kimmyseltzer.com\/   Connect with T&T: IG: @TurmericTequila Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com Host: Kristen Olson IG: @Madonnashero Tik Tok: @Madonnashero Website: www.KOAlliance.com WATCH HERE   MORE LIKE THIS: https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZCFQSpFoAgI?si=Erg8_2eH8uyEgYZF   https:\/\/youtu.be\/piCU9JboWuY?si=qLdhFKCGdBzuAeuI https:\/\/youtu.be\/9Vs2JDzJJXk?si=dpjV31GDqTroUKWH ","author_name":"Turmeric and Tequila\u2122","author_url":"http:\/\/turmericandtequila.libsyn.com\/website","html":"