Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Kristianne Wargo
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Create Your Now brings moms, mompreneurs, and entrepreneurs tools and strategies to become their best selfie in areas of lifestyle, business, spirituality, nutrition, fitness, parenting, relationships, motherhood, mindset and balanced daily living. We promise according to our hopes; And perform according to our fears! This DAILY podcast will empower and encourage you to rediscover, rejuvenate and renew who you are in mind, body, and spirit. Topics include healthy living, work life balance, weight loss, exercise videos, overcoming adversity, burnout, inspiration, motivation, cooking and recipes, mind mapping, goal setting, marriage and relationships, and Christian values. Kristianne, your host, is a contributor to the Huffington Post. Let's train for life and love your journey. Be Present. Be Incredible. Be YOU!!! Enjoy Create Your Now ARCHIVE 1 through ARCHIVE 5 Podcast on iTunes for the earlier episodes. Send your questions/comments to YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com.

  1. 17h ago

    4158 Knocked Down But Not Knocked Out

    Life has a way of catching you off guard. One minute you're standing tall, feeling like you've finally got your footing — and the next, something comes along and sweeps your feet right out from under you. Maybe it's a phone call you weren't expecting. A door that closed when you were sure it was about to open. A season that turned harder than anything you could have prepared for. And there you are. On the ground. Catching your breath. Wondering what just happened. Knocked down but not knocked out. A lot of us have been there more times than we'd like to admit. And if you're one who has that familiar ache in your chest, you are not done. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation Knocked down? Maybe. But knocked out? Not even close. Often when we're flat on our backs staring at the ceiling — we forget that we were never promised a life without struggle. Jesus Himself said in John 16:33, "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." He said you will. That means the hard stuff isn't a sign that something has gone wrong with your story. It's just part of the story. And the Author of that story is still writing. What I've learned — and what I'm still learning, if I'm being real — is that the moments that knock us down have a way of revealing what we're actually standing on. When everything around you shifts, when the circumstances you thought were stable suddenly aren't, you find out pretty quickly whether your foundation is built on things that can be shaken or on something that holds. If your foundation is rooted in Christ, it holds. Every single time. The K.I.S.S. ~ Knocked down but not knocked out! Now, I'm not going to sit here and tell you that getting back up is easy. It's not. Sometimes getting back up looks like dragging yourself out of bed and choosing to show up for the day even when every part of you wants to stay under the covers. Sometimes it looks like whispering a prayer through tears because that's all the strength you have. Sometimes it's just putting one foot in front of the other and trusting that God sees the step even when you can't see the staircase. But here's what I want you to notice — in every one of those moments, you're still moving. You're still choosing. And that matters more than you know. Because you can't control what happens around you. You can't control what other people do, what falls apart, what shifts without warning. But you can control how you respond. You can choose whether the thing that knocked you down gets to define you — or refine you. 2 Corinthians 4:8–9 puts it so beautifully — "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." There's a "but not" that follows every blow. And that "but not" is the grace of God holding you steady when your own strength has run out. So if today finds you on the ground, let me ask you this — what if this isn't the end of your story but the turning point? What if the very thing that knocked you down is the one thing that teaches you just how strong your God really is? What if getting back up — even slowly, even imperfectly — is exactly the kind of faith that moves mountains? You don't have to have it all together. You don't have to bounce back perfectly or pretend the hit didn't hurt. You just have to get back up. One breath. One prayer. One decision.  "One step at a time leads to miles of greatness!" ~ Kristianne Wargo Because the woman who keeps getting back up? She's not the woman who never falls. She's the woman who knows Who's reaching down to pull her to her feet. So rise, my sweet friend. Dust yourself off. Steady your heart. And take the next step — even if it's shaky, even if it's small. You're not knocked out. You're being shaped. And everything ahead of you is still waiting for the woman you're becoming. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. (https://form.jotform.com/62988215824163) 🙏  Create Your Now TV on Pray.com (https://pray.com) 🎥  Create Your Now on YouTube (https://youtube.com/createyournow) 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶  Create Your Now on iHeart Radio (http://www.iheart.com/show/263-Create-Your-Now-Your-Best/) ✍️  YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com  Instagram @CreateYourNow @KristianneWargo Twitter @KristianneWargo @CreateYourNow Facebook www.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson Photo by Canva.com   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music -  Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

  2. 1d ago

    4157 What You Can't Control Doesn't Get the Final Say

    You already have what you need, right now to create your now. There is no reason to wait for tomorrow, nor when the circumstances shift, or when that one thing finally falls into place. And yet, there's this pull that creeps in and whispers, but what about that thing you can't fix or control? There you are, standing at the edge of a perfectly open door and still looking sideways at the wall beside it, wondering why it won't move. This happens more often than we like to admit. You know what's in front of you. You know the next step. But something uncontrollable grabs your attention, and suddenly the step feels impossible. Here's the thing: What you can't control doesn't get the final say. How many hours have you spent spinning over someone else's decision? Over a timeline that isn't yours to set? Over an outcome you were never designed to manufacture? That energy of yours was never meant to be poured into a bucket with no bottom. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com #MindsetMonday #CreateYourNow #PersonalDevelopment Proverbs 4:25–26 says, "Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways." This is an invitation to stop looking sideways and start looking forward. Not because the sideways stuff doesn't exist, but because it does not get to lead. When you stop giving your energy to what you can't control, you suddenly realize how much you have for what you can. Your creativity comes back. Your clarity sharpens. Your peace returns. Not because the hard things disappeared, but because you stopped letting them sit in the driver's seat. God didn't design you to manage the universe. He designed you to walk faithfully in your lane — with purpose, with intention, and with everything you need already in your hands. Philippians 4:6–7 reminds us, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." God guards. Not you. There is no reason for you to white-knuckle your way through the uncertainty. You get to hand it over and keep walking. This allows you to dig into your day! The K.I.S.S. ~ D.I.G. into your day! So let me ask you this — what would today look like if you stopped fighting what you can't control and started showing up fully for what you can? You gotta DIG a little! D — Decide today that distraction is not your assignment. Not every fire is yours to put out. Not every worry deserves a seat at your table. Choose consciously to show up for what's actually in front of you. I — Invest your time and heart in what aligns with your purpose, not your worry. Pour into the relationships, the work, the calling that God has already confirmed. That's where your energy belongs — not in the spin cycle of "what if." G — Guard your focus — the main event deserves your full attention. When the uncontrollable tries to steal the spotlight, redirect. Come back to center. Come back to what matters. Your purpose is too important to be buried under things that were never yours to carry. You were not made to be managed by your circumstances. You were made to move through them — with faith, with intention, and with your eyes fixed on the One who holds it all together. Let go and let God. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. (https://form.jotform.com/62988215824163) 🙏  Create Your Now TV on Pray.com (https://pray.com) 🎥  Create Your Now on YouTube (https://youtube.com/createyournow) 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶  Create Your Now on iHeart Radio (http://www.iheart.com/show/263-Create-Your-Now-Your-Best/) ✍️  YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com  Instagram @CreateYourNow @KristianneWargo Twitter @KristianneWargo @CreateYourNow Facebook www.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson Photo by Canva.com   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music -  Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

  3. 2d ago

    4156 The Secret of Being Content

    "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want." ~  Philippians 4:12 Contentment didn't land in Paul's lap like some spiritual gift he unwrapped one morning. It was forged and tested, including shipwrecks, beatings, imprisonment, and hunger. He was refined through every season that could have, and maybe should have, shaken him loose from his faith. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com #SweetSpirit #CreateYourNow #SoulfulSunday Paul learned contentment the way you and I learn most things worth knowing: through walking straight through the hard stuff and discovering what held him up when nothing else could. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to say you're content when the bills are paid, the kids are healthy, and your coffee is still hot? It rolls right off the tongue. I'm so blessed. I'm so grateful. Life is good. And it is. Life can be really, really good. Contentment was never meant to be a fair-weather word. So here's the question that deserves an honest answer today. Where is your contentment actually rooted? Because if it's anchored in your circumstances, it will shift every single time your circumstances do. And they will. That's not being pessimistic. The job changes. The relationship disappoints. The diagnosis surprises you. The plan you carefully built falls apart in ways you never imagined. And if contentment lives or dies by what's happening around you, then you're not content at all. You're just comfortable. And comfort is not the same thing. The K.I.S.S. ~ The secret of being content! Comfort says, everything is fine right now, so I'm fine. Contentment says, even if nothing around me is fine, something inside me still is. That "something" is not willpower. It's not positive thinking. It's not gritting your teeth and pretending the hard season doesn't hurt. Paul doesn't leave us guessing. He tells us exactly where contentment comes from in the very next breath — "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13). That verse gets printed on bumper stickers and gym walls, but Paul wasn't talking about athletic performance or career goals. He was talking about surviving lack. About enduring suffering. About standing upright when everything in your life is telling you to crumble. Paul was saying, the reason I can be content in the worst of it is because my strength was never coming from my situation in the first place. It was coming from God Himself. That changes everything. When Christ is the source of your strength, your contentment doesn't depend on a paycheck or a promotion or a person showing up the way you need them to. It doesn't hinge on your health cooperating or your plans working out. It rests in the One who holds you steady no matter what the ground beneath you is doing. That is a freedom most people spend their whole lives chasing in all the wrong places. They chase it in more money, more approval, more control. But contentment was never hiding in more. It was always hiding in Who. It was always waiting in the quiet, Christ-anchored place inside your soul that says, I have everything I need because I have Him. Does that mean you stop working toward goals? No. Does it mean you pretend pain doesn't exist? Absolutely not. It means you stop letting the outcome define your peace. You stop handing your joy over to things that were never meant to carry it. You hold your plans with open hands and your faith with a tight grip — because one of those will always shift, and the other never will. Paul learned the secret. And the secret was never a strategy. It was a Savior. So today, wherever you are — whether the season is full or lean, whether you're celebrating or barely holding on — you can be content. Not because everything is okay, but because God holds everything, and He is holding you, too. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. (https://form.jotform.com/62988215824163) 🙏  Create Your Now TV on Pray.com (https://pray.com) 🎥  Create Your Now on YouTube (https://youtube.com/createyournow) 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶  Create Your Now on iHeart Radio (http://www.iheart.com/show/263-Create-Your-Now-Your-Best/) ✍️  YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com  Instagram @CreateYourNow @KristianneWargo Twitter @KristianneWargo @CreateYourNow Facebook www.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson Photo by Canva.com   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music -  Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

  4. 3d ago

    4155 Celebrate Your Spouse

    When was the last time you actually celebrated your spouse? Not on their birthday or your anniversary. Not some calendar-mandated holiday where Hallmark reminds you it's time to show up. This is a random, ordinary, nothing-special kind of day, when you look at the person doing life beside you and say, "I see you. And I'm grateful." Celebrate your spouse! Now, if you had to think about it, you're not alone. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com #RelationshipBuilders #CreateYourNow #LoveAndMarriage We love our spouses. Deeply. But a lot of times, the people closest to us become the easiest to overlook. Not because we stop caring — but because life gets loud. The kids need something. Work demands more. The house needs attention. Dinner needs to happen. And somewhere between the school pickup line and the last load of laundry, we forget that the person handing us the folded towels is also the person who chose us. And keeps choosing us. Every single day. We don't mean to take them for granted. But it happens — because life happens. So let's slow down and talk about this word: celebrate. We hear "celebrate" and we tend to think big. A party. A toast. A grand gesture. But the word itself simply means to acknowledge something with praise or attention. To honor. To make known. That shifts everything, doesn't it? Because celebration doesn't require a venue or a budget. It requires awareness. It requires you to pause long enough in the middle of the ordinary to recognize what — and who — is right in front of you. Proverbs 31:29 says, "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." And husbands, Ecclesiastes 4:9 reminds us, "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor." These aren't words reserved for special occasions. They are words for Tuesday night at the kitchen table. For Saturday morning over coffee. For right now. Celebration, in the context of marriage, is simply choosing to notice — out loud. So why don't we do it more often? Because it requires intentionality. And intentionality takes effort when you're running on fumes. But here's the quiet truth no one tells you: the marriages that thrive aren't the ones with the grandest gestures. They're the ones with the most consistent small ones. The ones where both people feel seen — not just on the highlight reel, but in the ordinary rhythm of life. So how do we get there? How do we move from accidentally overlooking to intentionally celebrating? The K.I.S.S. ~ Celebrate on purpose! How do you recognize your spouse now?  What would it look like if you made celebrating your spouse a regular part of your life — not because something extraordinary happened, but because they are extraordinary to you? Here are three things you can start doing today to celebrate your spouse: 1. Speak it and be specific. It's one thing to say, "Thanks for everything you do." It's another to say, "I noticed you stayed up late to finish that project, and I want you to know it didn't go unnoticed." Specific words land differently. They tell your spouse, I was paying attention. You matter enough for me to notice the details. Don't wait for the perfect moment. The imperfect, chaotic moment is often the one that means the most. 2. Protect what you praise in private by honoring it in public. How you talk about your spouse when they're not in the room matters. How you talk about them when they are in the room matters even more. Celebrate them in front of your kids. Speak well of them to your friends. Let them overhear you saying something kind about them on the phone. Public honor is one of the most underused and most powerful ways to make your spouse feel valued. It doesn't have to be a speech. A simple, "I'm really grateful for him," or "She's an incredible mom," goes further than you think. So elevate your spouse. 3. Show up in their love language, not yours. This is where celebration gets personal. Maybe your spouse doesn't need words. Maybe they need your time. Your undivided, phone-down, eyes-on-them time. Maybe they need an act of service, the dishes done without being asked, the car filled up before Monday. Maybe it's a small, thoughtful gift that says, "I was thinking about you in the middle of my day." Celebrate them the way they receive love, not the way you prefer to give it. That's where real connection lives. Marriage is a gift. But gifts that go unacknowledged start to feel like obligations. And obligations feel heavy. "Don't let the weight of routine flatten the gratitude in your heart." ~ Kristianne Wargo Your spouse isn't perfect — and neither are you. But they're yours. And that is worth celebrating. You don't need a reason. You don't need a holiday. You just need to open your mouth, open your eyes, and let the person beside you know: I would choose you again. Start today. Start small. Start on purpose. Celebrate your spouse! "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. (https://form.jotform.com/62988215824163) 🙏  Create Your Now TV on Pray.com (https://pray.com) 🎥  Create Your Now on YouTube (https://youtube.com/createyournow) 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶  Create Your Now on iHeart Radio (http://www.iheart.com/show/263-Create-Your-Now-Your-Best/) ✍️  YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com  Instagram @CreateYourNow @KristianneWargo Twitter @KristianneWargo @CreateYourNow Facebook www.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson Photo by Canva.com   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music -  Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

  5. 4d ago

    4154 Before the Bell Rings

    There is something about the start of a new school year that carries both excitement and weight. The backpacks are packed, the outfits are picked out, and the alarm is set for a time no one in the house has seen in weeks. But before the bus pulls up, before the shoes are tied and the lunches are grabbed, there is a window of time that belongs to you and your family. And what you do with it matters more than you might think. It's before the bell rings. It's that morning window, the window that doesn't just happen. It is built. And if you are a parent staring down the start of a new school year, wondering how to make mornings feel less like a fire drill and more like a launching pad, you are not alone. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com #ConfessionsOfAnUpsetMama #CreateYourNow #TodaysParent Every parent who has ever whispered "please let us not be late" through clenched teeth knows exactly what that chaos feels like. But what if the morning routine was less about getting out the door and more about getting grounded before the door even opens? Proverbs 16:3 says, "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans." To commit requires you to be intentional. And the morning routine is your family's first act of commitment for the day. It's the moment where you set the tone, not the clock. Think about it. Your children are walking into classrooms filled with so many voices: teachers, friends, social pressure, comparison, performance. The world is going to speak to them all day long. But whose voice do they hear first? What words land on their hearts before the bell rings? That is your territory. That is your gift. Charles Swindoll once said, "Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children." The morning is your first deposit of the day, and it does not have to be elaborate. It just has to be intentional. And remember, this is not about perfection. Milk gets spilled and cereal flies. Socks go missing. Someone will inevitably remember a permission slip at the last possible second. That is real life. But underneath the beautiful mess, there can be a rhythm, a steady beat that tells your kids, "You are loved. You are seen. You are not walking into this day alone." Psalm 5:3 puts it beautifully: "In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly." There is something powerful about teaching your children, by example, that the first conversation of the day is with the Lord who already knows what the day holds. You do not need a thirty-minute devotional at the breakfast table. "You need presence. You need purpose. You need a pause before the pace picks up." ~ Kristianne Wargo So as the new school year approaches, let me ask you this: What kind of morning are you building? Maybe it's time to anchor your morning. The K.I.S.S. ~ Anchor your morning before the rush begins! There is no reason to get all bent out of shape if you can prepare ahead of the day's pace.  SPEAK life before they walk out. Choose one phrase, one scripture, or one truth to say over your child every single morning. It can be as simple as, "You are brave, you are loved, you are beautiful, and God is with you today." Make it the last thing they hear before they leave. Words stick, whether they're good, bad, or ugly. So make your words the ones worth carrying. SET your own anchor first. Before your house gets really wild, give yourself five minutes. Not to check your phone. Not to review the schedule. Five minutes to breathe, pray, or simply sit in silence with the Lord. You cannot pour into your family from an empty cup. Fill up first — even if it is just a few quiet sips of coffee and a whispered, "God, lead me today." You got this, because God's got you. SIMPLIFY one thing that always causes chaos. Look at your morning honestly and identify the one recurring source of stress. Is it clothes? Maybe lunches? Finding shoes? Solve it the night before. Lay it out, pack it up, put it by the door. Removing one friction point creates breathing room, and breathing room is where peace lives. The morning routine is not really about the routine at all. It is about the foundation you are laying beneath your child's feet every single day.  "The day does not start when the bell rings — it starts when love speaks first." ~ Kristianne Wargo Please keep this in mind: This is not about your picture-perfect morning, where you show off in a highlight reel how, all together, you've got it.  You need a present one. You need a morning where your kids feel the steadiness of a home that is rooted in something deeper than the rush. And you are exactly the right person to create that. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. (https://form.jotform.com/62988215824163) 🙏  Create Your Now TV on Pray.com (https://pray.com) 🎥  Create Your Now on YouTube (https://youtube.com/createyournow) 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶  Create Your Now on iHeart Radio (http://www.iheart.com/show/263-Create-Your-Now-Your-Best/) ✍️  YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com  Instagram @CreateYourNow @KristianneWargo Twitter @KristianneWargo @CreateYourNow Facebook www.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson Photo by Canva.com   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music -  Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

  6. 5d ago

    4153 One More

    I know you're tired. I know that thing you've been carrying — that weight you keep picking up every single morning, even though nobody would blame you for setting it down — I know it's heavy. And I know you've told yourself more than once that you're not sure you have another round in you. But here's what I also know: you have one more in you! You're still here. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation You're still listening to this. You're still showing up. You're still breathing and fighting and doing the next thing even when the next thing feels like climbing a mountain in shoes that don't fit. And that tells me something about who you are that maybe you've forgotten. You are someone who does not quit. Now before you push back on that — before you start listing all the things you've walked away from or the moments you felt like you failed — let me stop you right there. Because there is a Christ-sized difference between quitting and resting. There is a Christ-sized difference between walking away from something that was never yours to carry and giving up on the calling that God stitched into your bones before you ever took your first breath. You know the difference. Deep down, past the noise and the fear and the fatigue, you know. And that's the thing you gotta know? That's the thing I want to talk about today. One more. Not ten more. Not a hundred more. Not "figure out the rest of your life by Friday." Just one more. One more step. One more conversation. One more prayer. One more try at the thing that makes your stomach flip because it matters that much to you. Sometimes we get so caught up in the finish line that we forget the race is made up of single steps. We look at where we want to be, measure the distance, and collapse under the math of it all. But what if you stopped measuring? What if, just for today, you gave yourself permission to only take one more step? You know what Paul said to the church in Galatia — and honestly, I think he could've been sitting right here in this room saying it to you and me — "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." If we do not give up. Not if we sprint. Not if we perform. Not if we get it perfect. If we simply do not stop. The K.I.S.S. ~ One more! You are not behind. I don't care what the timeline in your head says. I don't care what her life looks like on the other side of your screen. I don't care that you thought you'd be further along by now. God is not checking His watch. He's not tapping His foot. He is walking beside you and He is saying the same thing I'm saying — keep going. You've got one more in you. And I know the voice in your head is loud right now. I know it's telling you that you're foolish for still trying. That the smart thing would be to play it safe. That everybody else figured it out faster and you must be missing something. But can I tell you what I've learned about that voice? It only shows up when you're close. It only gets loud when you're about to walk into something that scares the enemy. Because if you weren't a threat, nobody would bother trying to shut you down. So let it be loud. And then take one more step anyway. Here's the thing about believing in yourself when you're running on fumes. It's not about feeling confident. It's not about waking up with fire in your veins and certainty in your chest. Some days belief looks like dragging yourself to the edge of the bed and whispering, "Okay, God. I don't see it. But You do. So I'm going to trust You with this one more." That's faith. That's the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen — and sometimes the thing not seen is your own strength. But He sees it. He put it there. You were not built to sit on the sidelines of your own life. You were not designed to watch everybody else step into their calling while you talk yourself out of yours. You were made for this — this messy, beautiful, frustrating, holy process of becoming. And becoming doesn't happen in one giant leap. It happens in the one more. One more conversation with your spouse where you choose honesty over walls. One more morning where you open that journal and write what's really on your heart. One more moment where you tell fear it doesn't get to drive today. One more time you look in the mirror and say, "I believe in who God is making me." That's where the breakthrough lives. Not in the dramatic movie moment. Not in the standing ovation. It lives in the quiet, ordinary, unsexy, everyday afternoon decision to try one more time. And then one more after that. So wherever you are right now — whether you're listening to this with tears streaming down your face or nodding along with your coffee getting cold — I want you to know something. I believe in you. Not because I think you're perfect. Not because I think you won't stumble. But because I've watched what God does with people who refuse to stop walking. He meets them. Every single time. He meets them right there in the one more. And if no one else has said it to you today, let me be the one. You've got this. Not because you're strong enough on your own. But because the One who called you is faithful, and He finishes what He starts. Including you. One more. You've got one more in you. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. (https://form.jotform.com/62988215824163) 🙏  Create Your Now TV on Pray.com (https://pray.com) 🎥  Create Your Now on YouTube (https://youtube.com/createyournow) 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶  Create Your Now on iHeart Radio (http://www.iheart.com/show/263-Create-Your-Now-Your-Best/) ✍️  YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com  Instagram @CreateYourNow @KristianneWargo Twitter @KristianneWargo @CreateYourNow Facebook www.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson Photo by Canva.com   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music -  Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

  7. 6d ago

    4152 The Woman in the Mirror

    There's a moment — and if you're honest, you know exactly the one I'm talking about — where you catch your reflection and the first thing that crosses your mind isn't kind. It's not always about what you look like physically, although sometimes it is. More often, it's deeper than that. It's the look in your own eyes that says, I thought I'd be further along by now. It's the quiet measuring of the woman in the mirror that happens when you compare who you are today against who you imagined you'd be at this point. And just like that, the woman staring back at you becomes not enough. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com #WellspringWednesday #CreateYourNow #HealthAndWellness But here's what I want you to sit with today — right here in the middle of your week, right in the thick of whatever you're carrying — that woman in the mirror isn't behind. She isn't falling short. She isn't the rough draft of someone better. She's the real version. The one doing the work. And she deserves more than your criticism. She deserves your compassion. We do this thing where we hold two versions of ourselves in tension. There's the woman we are, and then there's the woman we think we're supposed to be. The problem isn't aspiration. Dreaming and growing and reaching — that's beautiful. The problem is when the future version of ourselves becomes the standard we use to beat up the current one. You wouldn't look at a garden in the middle of its growing season and say, Why aren't you blooming yet? You'd tend it. You'd water it. You'd trust the process because you understand that growth takes time and the right conditions. So why don't we offer ourselves that same grace? Psalm 139:14 says, "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." And notice — it doesn't say will be wonderfully made. It doesn't say once I get it together I'll be wonderful. It's present tense. Right now. As you are. In the middle of the mess and the growth and the not-quite-there-yet, you are already a finished work in progress. That's not a contradiction. That's the beauty of how God operates — complete in His eyes and still becoming in yours. Maya Angelou once said, "We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." And I think that's the piece we forget when we look in the mirror. We want the butterfly. We want the wings. But we dismiss the season we're actually in, as if the cocoon stage doesn't count. It counts. Every single layer you're peeling back right now counts. Every hard conversation you've had with yourself this week counts. Every time you chose to keep going even when you didn't feel ready — that counts. So let me ask you this: when was the last time you looked at yourself — really looked — and simply said, I see you, and you're doing a good job? The K.I.S.S. ~ See her and say so! What are you saying to yourself now? How's that working for you? You need to see yourself and acknowledge that you are doing a good job. So what does that look like in real life? Stand in the mirror for sixty seconds — not to fix, but to notice. Before you reach for the critique, just look. Look at the woman who showed up today. The one who got out of bed, who carried things no one else can see, who is still standing in the middle of her week. Let that be enough for sixty seconds. Write down one thing you've grown through this year — and thank yourself for it. Not something you accomplished. Something you grew through. A hard season, a tough conversation, a shift in how you think. Put it on paper and let it remind you that progress doesn't always come with a trophy. Sometimes it comes with quiet survival. Replace one "I should be" statement with an "I am" statement. The next time you hear yourself say I should be more patient or I should be further along, stop. Rewrite it. I am learning patience. I am exactly where I need to be for this season. Words shape how we see ourselves, so speak to your reflection the way God already sees it. As Paul wrote in Philippians 1:6, "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." That means the work isn't yours to finish alone. Your job is to stay in it. To keep showing up. To stop demanding perfection from a woman who was only ever asked to be faithful. The woman in the mirror isn't finished yet. And that's not a flaw — it's the whole point. You're becoming. And becoming is holy ground. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. (https://form.jotform.com/62988215824163) 🙏  Create Your Now TV on Pray.com (https://pray.com) 🎥  Create Your Now on YouTube (https://youtube.com/createyournow) 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶  Create Your Now on iHeart Radio (http://www.iheart.com/show/263-Create-Your-Now-Your-Best/) ✍️  YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com  Instagram @CreateYourNow @KristianneWargo Twitter @KristianneWargo @CreateYourNow Facebook www.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson Photo by Canva.com   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music -  Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

  8. Aug 11

    4151 Design Your Day

    Why is it that we can pour ourselves into everyone else's schedule, everyone else's crisis, everyone else's to-do list, but when it comes to our own day, we just… wing it? We wake up, already behind before our feet hit the floor, and we spend the next twelve or sixteen hours reacting. Putting out fires. Managing the chaos. Surviving until we can collapse back into bed and do it all over again tomorrow. And somewhere in the middle of all that surviving, we forget the most important thing. Our own day. The one God gave us. The one we will never, ever get back. So design your day! Psalm 118:24 says, "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation But can I be honest with you? It's really hard to rejoice in a day you never actually showed up for. It's hard to be glad about something that happened to you instead of something you walked into on purpose. So here's what I want you to sit with today. Are you designing your day, or is your day designing you? And before you get nervous, let me be clear about what I mean. Designing your day does not mean you have all the answers. It does not mean you wake up with a color-coded planner and a perfectly mapped-out timeline from sunrise to sunset. Some of you just exhaled, and I'm glad. Because that's not what this is about. Designing your day is about intentionality. It's about being thoughtful with the who, what, how, where, when, and why of your hours. It's asking yourself before the noise starts, what matters most today? Who needs my attention? Where is my energy best spent? And honestly, what do I need to protect myself from so that I can actually be present for the things that count? Because here's what happens when we skip that step. When we don't design our day, somebody else will. Your inbox will design it. Your coworker's emergency will design it. Social media will design it. That one text message that sends your whole mood sideways before 9 a.m. will design it. And before you know it, you're standing on the side of the road wondering how you got there, feeling like a passenger in your own life. That's no way to live. And it's certainly not what you were created for. Think about how your days work right now. Be real with yourself. Is there a rhythm? Is there any kind of structure that gives your hours a sense of purpose? Or are you flying by the seat of your pants most of the time, hoping things just somehow work out? Ephesians 5:15-16 tells us: "Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity." Making the most. That's an active phrase. That's not sitting back and letting the current carry you wherever it wants to go. That's choosing. That's steering. That's designing. And here's the thing about time that I need you to really hear. Time is the one thing you cannot get back. You can earn more money. You can rebuild a relationship. You can start a new career, move to a new city, try again in a hundred different areas of your life. But you cannot get back a single second of a day that has already passed. Not one. So why would we treat our days like they're disposable? Why would we hand them over to whatever happens to show up? The K.I.S.S. ~ Design your day! You are worth more than a life lived on autopilot. Your calling is worth more than leftover hours and scraped-together minutes. The people you love are worth more than the distracted, depleted version of you that shows up because you never took the time to be intentional about how your day would unfold. Benjamin Franklin once said, "If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail." And I don't share that to pile on guilt. I share it because it's an invitation. Planning is not a burden. It's a gift you give yourself. It's you looking at the day ahead and saying, I'm going to show up for this. On purpose. With purpose. Start small if you need to. Five minutes in the morning before the house wakes up. A prayer. A deep breath. A simple question: God, what do You have for me today? That's designing your day. That's putting your hands on the wheel instead of riding in the back seat with your eyes closed. Proverbs 16:3 promises us, "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and He will establish your plans." Did you catch that? He will establish your plans. Not your chaos. Not your scramble. Your plans. The ones you brought to Him with intention and surrender. He honors that. He meets you in that. So design your day. Not because you're trying to control everything. Not because you think you have to have it all figured out. But because the life you're living right now is the only one you've got, and it deserves more than your leftovers. Your day is waiting for you to step into it. Not stumble through it. Not endure it. Step into it, fully present, fully aware, fully committed to making it count. Design your day. Create your now! Here's Your Challenge: Tomorrow morning, before you check your phone, before you open your email, before you respond to anyone else's agenda, take five minutes. Just five. Sit down with a pen and a blank page and answer these six questions: Who needs my presence today? What matters most? How do I want to show up? Where will my energy go? When will I pause to reset? And why does this day matter? Write your answers down. Pray over them. Then walk into your day on purpose. Do this for one week straight and watch what shifts. You were not made to drift through your days. You were made to design your day.  "One step at a time leads to miles of greatness." ~ Kristianne Wargo "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. (https://form.jotform.com/62988215824163) 🙏  Create Your Now TV on Pray.com (https://pray.com) 🎥  Create Your Now on YouTube (https://youtube.com/createyournow) 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶  Create Your Now on iHeart Radio (http://www.iheart.com/show/263-Create-Your-Now-Your-Best/) ✍️  YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com  Instagram @CreateYourNow @KristianneWargo Twitter @KristianneWargo @CreateYourNow Facebook www.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson Photo by Canva.com   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music -  Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Create Your Now brings moms, mompreneurs, and entrepreneurs tools and strategies to become their best selfie in areas of lifestyle, business, spirituality, nutrition, fitness, parenting, relationships, motherhood, mindset and balanced daily living. We promise according to our hopes; And perform according to our fears! This DAILY podcast will empower and encourage you to rediscover, rejuvenate and renew who you are in mind, body, and spirit. Topics include healthy living, work life balance, weight loss, exercise videos, overcoming adversity, burnout, inspiration, motivation, cooking and recipes, mind mapping, goal setting, marriage and relationships, and Christian values. Kristianne, your host, is a contributor to the Huffington Post. Let's train for life and love your journey. Be Present. Be Incredible. Be YOU!!! Enjoy Create Your Now ARCHIVE 1 through ARCHIVE 5 Podcast on iTunes for the earlier episodes. Send your questions/comments to YourBestSelfie@CreateYourNow.com.

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