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. 23h ago

    4175 Nerves Mean You Care

    Have you ever laid awake at night replaying a moment from your day — a sharp word, a missed cue, a decision you second-guessed the moment it left your mouth? If that knot in your stomach feels all too familiar, then you need to know that those nerves mean you care. And caring is not a weakness. It's the heartbeat of a mother who loves deeply and wants to show up well for her family. We live in a world that hands us an impossible checklist. The parenting books say one thing. The experts say another. Your family and in-laws have their opinions, your best friend has hers, the school sends home its expectations, and somewhere in the middle of all that noise, you're also trying to honor what the Bible says about raising children in the way they should go (Proverbs 22:6). 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 direction you turn, somebody has a standard, and the unspoken message is the same: get it right, all of it, all the time. But here's the confession we need to sit with today — we can't. We cannot do everything right all the time. We are going to lose our patience at the dinner table. We are going to forget the permission slip. We are going to raise our voice when we meant to lower it, or stay silent when our kids needed us to speak up. And in those moments, the guilt creeps in fast. It sits heavy in our chest, and it whispers that we are failing. I need you to push back on that whisper. Making a mistake does not make you less than as a parent. It makes you human. And the very fact that you feel something — that twist in your gut, that ache behind your eyes — is proof that your heart is invested. A mother who doesn't care doesn't lose sleep. A mother who doesn't care doesn't wonder if she handled it the right way. The nerves, the worry, the replaying — those are not signs of failure. They are signs of a woman who takes her role seriously and wants to steward it with love. Romans 8:1 reminds us, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Paul was writing about his falling short and trying to live up to what God desires. But "therefore..." is the stop-the-presses moment reminding him that God is in control and there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  So when it comes to the burnt dinner, the raised voice, the moment you chose wrong — God does not stand over you with a scorecard. He stands beside you with grace, and He already knew you would need it. So what do you do with all of this? How do you handle the nerves? How do you stop letting the nerves eat you alive and start letting them point you toward growth? Let the nerves guide you, not define you. The K.I.S.S. ~ Let the nerves guide you! Those nerves mean you care deeply. And that's a good thing. And it's also a reminder that you're human. We need to remember that we're not invincible know-it-alls. What does it look like in real life? 1. Name what you're feeling and be grateful. The next time that pit forms in your stomach, pause before you spiral. Say it out loud: "I feel this because I care." Then thank God that He gave you a heart tender enough to feel conviction. That tenderness is a gift, not a punishment. Letting yourself acknowledge the feeling without attaching shame to it changes everything. 2. Replace the highlight reel with the real reel. Stop measuring your motherhood against someone else's curated version. The mom at school drop-off who looks like she has it together? She has her own 2 a.m. replays. Choose one woman in your life this week and have an honest conversation about a moment you didn't get right. Vulnerability breaks the cycle of isolation, and you will almost always find that she has her own confession waiting to come out. 3. Apologize and move forward — without setting up camp in the guilt. If you snapped, say you're sorry. If you missed something, own it. But then move. Guilt that leads to change is conviction, and that's holy. Guilt that leads to paralysis is condemnation, and that's not from God. Your kids don't need a perfect mom. They need a mom who shows them what it looks like to get back up, say "I'll try again," and mean it. Your nerves are not your enemy. They are the evidence that you are all in. "Every knot in your stomach is a love letter to the child you are fighting to raise well. You will not get it right every time, and that is okay — because perfection was never the assignment. Faithfulness is." ~ Kristianne Wargo And a faithful mama who feels deeply, does the best she can, owns her mistakes, and keeps showing up? And that speaks volumes. "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

    4174 Break Back

    Have you ever felt like life just keeps piling on? One thing after another, weight upon weight, until you're not sure how much more you can carry. Maybe it's a season at work that won't let up, a relationship that drains more than it gives, or a quiet accumulation of worries that nobody else can see. You bend. You bow. You accommodate. And somewhere in the middle of all that bending, you start to wonder if you'll ever stand tall again. It's not time to break down or break apart, but to break back into the wholeness God designed for you. There's a difference between being flexible and being fractured. Flexibility is a gift. It lets us adapt, extend grace, and weather storms without snapping. 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 there comes a point where bending stops being resilience and starts becoming a slow surrender of who you are. You smile when you want to cry. You say yes when your soul is screaming for rest. You keep showing up for everyone else's story while the pages of your own sit blank and waiting. That's not strength; that's erosion. When you believe that breaking is the end and once the cracks appear, you're too damaged to be of any use, that's when Satan is celebrating, and others are, too. We all have our enemies. But God has never been intimidated by broken things. In fact, He has a long and beautiful history of doing His finest work right there in the shattered places.  Psalm 34:18 reminds us, "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." God doesn't stand at a distance when you fall apart. He draws closer. So what does it look like to break back? It starts with honesty. Real, raw, unglamorous honesty — first with yourself, then with God. It means admitting that the pace you've been keeping isn't sustainable. It means letting go of the guilt that tells you rest is laziness and boundaries are selfishness. It means looking in the mirror and saying, "I am not called to carry this alone," and actually meaning it. The K.I.S.S. ~ Break back! Breaking back also means reclaiming territory. Think about the pieces of yourself you've surrendered along the way — the joy you set aside because life got serious, the dreams you shelved because someone told you to be realistic, the confidence you handed over to a voice that never deserved that kind of power. Every one of those pieces still belongs to you. And the God who knows the number of hairs on your head certainly hasn't forgotten the desires He placed in your heart. Jeremiah 29:11 isn't just a verse for a graduation card. It's a living, breathing promise that His plans for you are rooted in hope and a future — not in exhaustion and survival mode. The break back doesn't happen all at once. It's not a single dramatic movie moment where the music swells and everything falls into place. It's a series of small, holy choices. It's the morning you decide to pray before you check your phone. It's the afternoon you say, "No, I can't take that on right now," without offering a five-minute explanation. It's the evening you put your hand on your own heart and whisper, "You're doing better than you think." Each of those choices is a fracture line running in the right direction — back toward wholeness, back toward purpose, back toward the woman God is still shaping you to be. Breaking back is not about revenge. It's not about proving something to the people or circumstances that bent you. It's about return. Returning to your center. Returning to your calling. Returning to the simple but powerful truth that you were created on purpose, for a purpose, and no amount of pressure can permanently rewrite that identity.  As the apostle Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:8–9, "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." You may have been pressed, friend, but you have not been crushed. So wherever you are, whether you're mid-bend or already on the floor, know that this is not where your story ends. The very fact that you're still here, still reading, still reaching for something better tells me that the break back has already begun. Trust the process. Trust the One who holds you in it. And take that next step, even if it's small, even if it trembles, because... "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.

  3. 2d ago

    4173 What's Holding You in Place?

    Nobody photographs the underground. We frame the flowers. We celebrate the blossoms. We hold our phones up to the blooming tree and post it for the world to see. But the roots? The tangled, soil-dark, unglamorous system beneath it all? No one even thinks to look down. And yet when the wind comes, when the ground shakes, when life throws something at you that you didn't see coming — it's worth asking one honest question: What's Holding You in Place? Every woman who has ever weathered a storm and stayed standing knows this truth deep in her bones: it wasn't the bloom that held her. It wasn't the pretty parts. It wasn't the version of herself she puts forward on Sunday morning or in a meeting or on her best day. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com #Wellspring #HolisticLiving #HealthAndWellness It was the roots. The faith she'd been feeding when nobody was watching The convictions she'd been tending in the quiet The identity she'd anchored in something deeper than circumstance. Colossians 2:7 says it plainly: "Rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." Notice the order. Rooted first. Built up second. Overflow comes last. We love the overflow — the fruit, the harvest, the visible evidence of God moving. But the overflow is a result. The root is the beginning. So what are your roots, really? They're the things that don't shift when your situation does. They're the values you hold when no one is clapping. They're the prayers you whisper in the dark when you can barely find the words. They're the pieces of your identity in Christ that remain true whether the world affirms them or ignores them completely. Your roots are your faith — not the performance of faith, but the private, practiced trust that God is who He says He is, even when your emotions haven't caught up yet. Your roots are your convictions — the quiet "I know who I am" that steadies you when the culture tries to hand you a different script. Your roots are the unseen investments — the years of showing up, of choosing obedience over convenience, of leaning into God's Word when the world offered something louder. And here's what makes this personal: loving your reflection means honoring the parts of you no one else can see. We spend so much energy curating what's visible. And that's not entirely wrong — presentation matters, stewardship matters. But if the root system (your foundation) is shallow, no amount of surface beauty will hold when the wind picks up. Jesus told us exactly this in Matthew 7:25 — the house that stood wasn't the one that looked the best. It was the one built on rock. The one with depth beneath it. As women, we can feel pressure to show fruit before we've had time to grow roots. To bloom on someone else's timeline. To measure ourselves by what's above ground — the career milestone, the family picture, the ministry results — while neglecting the underground work that makes all of it sustainable. But God is not in a rush with you. He is doing something beneath the surface, and it matters more than you know. Jeremiah 17:7–8 paints a picture worth sitting with: "But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." What jumped out at you? Did you catch it? The tree doesn't fear the heat. Not because it's stronger than the heat — but because its roots already found the water. It prepared in the unseen before the trial arrived in the open. That's the invitation today. Not to produce more. Not to perform better. But to go deeper. The K.I.S.S. ~ Honor the hidden! When you think about what your roots are made of, what jumps to the front of your mind? Another way to think about it is: What are you trying to hide from others? Or what mask are you wearing? But let's get back to the original question — what's actually holding you in place? What does it look like in real life to honor the hidden? Identify one root — a conviction, a value, a piece of your identity in Christ — that has held you steady when everything else shook. Name it. Don't gloss over it. Acknowledge the underground work God has already done in you. Invest in that root this week. If it's prayer, pray deeper. If it's a relationship that anchors your faith, show up more fully. If it's scripture, sit with it longer. Don't add something new — go deeper into what already holds you. Resist the urge to measure your growth by what's visible and instead ask yourself one question: "Am I deepening?" Growth doesn't always climb. Sometimes the most important growth pushes down. Here's what I want you to carry with you: the world will always celebrate the bloom. That's fine. Let it. But you and God know what's underneath, and that is where your staying power lives. The woman who stands through the storm isn't the one with the most impressive branches — she's the one whose roots found the rock and refused to let go. You don't have to prove your depth to anyone. You just have to tend it. Honor the hidden. Water what no one sees. And trust that what God grows in the dark will hold you in the light. "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

    4172 Breathe Again

    There comes a moment when you realize you've been holding your breath — not literally, maybe, but somewhere deep inside, you've been clenching. Holding it all together so tightly that you forgot what it felt like to simply exhale. If that's where you are today, I want you to hear two words that might change everything: Breathe Again. Not tomorrow. Not when the to-do list is done. Right now. Because you were never meant to run on empty and call it faithfulness. We get tangled up in what doesn't work. We keep pulling at the same stubborn knots — the relationships that drain us, the routines that stopped serving us three seasons ago, the expectations we never agreed to but somehow inherited. 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 And we pull and we pull until our hands are raw and our hearts are heavy, wondering why nothing is giving way. Meanwhile, we've spread ourselves across so many tables that there's barely a crumb of us left at our own. We're showing up for everyone, everywhere, all the time — and the exhaustion isn't just physical. It's the kind that settles into your bones, the kind that makes your own reflection feel like a stranger staring back at you. Your joy doesn't just vanish overnight. It fades. Slowly. Like a song whose volume someone keeps turning down one notch at a time until you can't quite hear the melody anymore. You remember there used to be music, but you can't seem to find where it went. Sweet friend, can I tell you something? That music isn't gone. It's just been drowned out by all the noise you were never supposed to carry. Isaiah 40:31 reminds us, "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Notice it doesn't say those who do more will be renewed. It says those who hope. Those who pause long enough to place their trust back where it belongs. Renewal doesn't come from grinding harder. It comes from surrendering the grind. There's a difference between perseverance and punishment. Perseverance says, I will keep going because God is leading me forward. Punishment says, I will keep going because stopping means I've failed. One is faith. The other is fear wearing a productivity mask. And too many of us have been living under that mask for far too long, calling burnout "dedication" and depletion "sacrifice." The K.I.S.S. ~ Breathe again! You are allowed to set things down. You are allowed to say, "Not right now." You are allowed to disappoint someone else in order to stop disappointing yourself. That's not selfishness — it's stewardship. You are the only vessel God gave you to carry out your purpose, and if that vessel is cracked and running dry, the assignment doesn't get fulfilled by sheer willpower alone. It gets fulfilled when you let the Potter restore what's been broken. Psalm 23:2-3 paints a picture we often rush past: "He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul." He makes me lie down. Sometimes rest isn't a suggestion — it's a divine instruction. The quiet waters aren't a reward for finishing everything on the list. They're the prescription for a soul that has forgotten how to be still. So here's what I want you to do today. Take one thing off your plate. Just one. Not because you're weak, but because you're wise enough to know that you can't pour from a cup that has nothing left in it. Give yourself permission to breathe — to inhale grace and exhale the guilt that tells you rest is laziness. It isn't. Rest is revival. Rest is where strength is reborn. You haven't lost your fire. You've just been trying to keep everyone else's flames lit while yours was quietly flickering. Tend to your own flame today. Step back from the wind that keeps threatening to blow it out. Guard it. Feed it. Watch it grow again. You are not too far gone. You are not too tired to be restored. You are not disqualified because you hit a wall. Walls aren't the end of the road — they're invitations to look up instead of pushing forward in your own strength. And when you look up, you'll find that the One who called you has never once looked away. Breathe again! The world will keep spinning while you catch your breath. And when you step back in — rested, refueled, and realigned — you'll move with a grace and a power that hustle could never produce. "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

    4171 Does the Wait Feel Long and Hard?

    Have you ever found yourself standing in a season where everything feels paused, and no matter how hard you try to push forward, the next step just isn't clear? If you've been asking yourself, "Does the wait feel long and hard?" —  you are not alone. We are all waiting for something. Whether it's direction for your next steps, something to shift in your marriage, your health to get well, or your heart to finally heal, you will find yourself wondering just how much longer this stretch is going to last. And in the middle of it, the silence can feel deafening. Waiting is one of those experiences that nobody signs up for, but every single one of us walks through. It's the space between the prayer and the answer, between the loss and the restoration, between planting and the harvest. 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 And if we're being real, it can feel like nothing is happening — even when God is doing some of His deepest work beneath the surface. The thing about waiting is that it doesn't come with a countdown clock. There's no timer on your phone telling you, "Three more weeks and this season shifts." So we sit, we wonder, and sometimes we wrestle. We wrestle with doubt. We wrestle with impatience. We wrestle with the temptation to just throw our hands up and say, "I'm done trying." But here's the truth that scripture reminds us of: "But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint" (Isaiah 40:31, NKJV). That word "wait" doesn't mean sitting still and doing nothing. It means to bind yourself together with expectation. It means you are actively tethered to the One who holds the outcome — even when the outcome hasn't arrived yet. So what do you do in the season of waiting, where direction needs to happen but inconsistency seems to be naturally the primary focus? What can you do today to impact tomorrow regardless of the outcome and results? The K.I.S.S. ~ Stand firm while you wait! We cannot control everything in life, even though we wish we could. But we can control where we anchor ourselves while the winds are blowing. Here are three things you can do right now so you don't lose your drive to keep going and you hold onto a mindset that refuses to quit. 1. Show up anyway. Even when you don't feel like it, even when the results aren't visible yet, keep showing up. Show up in your prayer life. Show up for the people around you. Show up for the purpose that's been placed inside of you.  Galatians 6:9 says, "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Due season means it's coming. Your job is to still be standing when it arrives. 2. Focus on what you can do, not what you can't control. You may not be able to fix the relationship, heal the body, or open the door — but you can nurture your faith, protect your peace, and steward the day in front of you. Write the thing. Make the call. Take the walk. Do the next right thing, even if it's small. "One faithful step today builds the road you'll walk on tomorrow." ~ Kristianne Wargo 3. Speak life over the wait. The words you say in the waiting season matter more than you realize. Proverbs 18:21 tells us, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue." Don't curse your season by calling it pointless. Speak purpose over it. Say out loud, "God is working. This wait is not wasted. I am becoming who I need to be for what's ahead." "What you declare over your life shapes how you experience the journey." ~ Kristianne Wargo Here's what I want you to hold onto today. The wait is not the end of the story — it's the setup. It's the behind-the-scenes work that God is doing to prepare you, to refine you, and to position you for something that requires this stretch of faith to receive. Psalm 27:14 says, "Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!" He doesn't just say it once. He says it twice — because He knows we need the reminder. You are not stuck. You are not forgotten. You are not behind. You are being built for what's next, and the fact that you are still here, still seeking, still pressing in — that is proof that you haven't quit. And you're not going to. "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

    4170 Turn Prayer into a Daily Habit

    Let's be real for a second. When was the last time you prayed and it wasn't because something was falling apart? Most of us have that 911 prayer life down to an art. The doctor calls with unexpected results — we pray. The marriage hits a rough patch — we pray. A child makes a choice that sends our stomach to the floor — oh, we pray then. But what about Tuesday afternoon when the laundry is folded, dinner is in the oven, and life is just… fine? What about the season when nothing is broken, and nothing is burning? If we're honest, those are the moments when our prayer life quietly fades to the background. And that's exactly why it's time to turn prayer into a daily habit — not because crisis demands it, but because relationship does. Think about the people you're closest to. You don't only call your best friend when there's a disaster. You text her about the funny thing your kid said. 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 You share the small wins. You sit together in the ordinary. That's what builds intimacy — not the emergencies, but the everyday. And God is asking for the same thing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says it plainly: "Pray without ceasing." Not pray without ceasing when life is hard. Not pray without ceasing until things settle down. Without ceasing. Period. He wants to hear from you on the mountaintop just as much as He wants to hear from you in the valley. So why do we struggle with this? Part of it is that we've been taught — maybe not with words, but by experience — that prayer is for the desperate moments. We treat it like a fire extinguisher behind glass. Break in case of emergency. But prayer was never meant to be reactive. It was meant to be relational. Jeremiah 33:3 is God literally extending an invitation: "Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know." That's not a hotline for emergencies. That's a Father saying, I have things I want to show you, things I want to tell you — but you have to show up for the conversation. And here's what we miss when we only pray in crisis mode: we miss His voice in the calm. We miss the guidance He wants to give before the storm even forms. We miss the closeness that comes from simply being in His presence when we don't need anything fixed. Psalm 5:3 paints this picture beautifully: "My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up." There's something powerful about starting your day turned toward Him — not because the day has already gone sideways, but because you're choosing communion before the chaos even has a chance to begin. The K.I.S.S. ~ Turn prayer into a daily habit! Daily prayer doesn't have to look like an hour on your knees. It can be five minutes in your car before you walk into work. It can be a whispered thank-you while you're washing dishes. It can be a conversation on your morning walk where you simply say, "God, I'm here. What's on Your heart today?" The goal isn't perfection. The goal is presence. It's choosing to keep the line open, not just when you're crying, but when you're laughing. Not just when you're lost, but when you're found. Philippians 4:6 tells us, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." In everything. That word covers the mess and the mundane. It covers the off-season. It covers the day that feels like nothing special and the Saturday that's full of ordinary errands. Everything means your gratitude belongs in prayer just as much as your grief does. Your joy has a seat at that table too. The enemy would love nothing more than for you to believe prayer is only necessary when things go wrong. Because a woman who only prays in crisis is a woman who is always reacting. But a woman who prays daily? She's positioned. She's prepared. She's already connected to the Source before the need even arises. That's the difference between surviving and thriving — and it starts with a habit as simple as opening your mouth and talking to the One who already knows your name. So let today be the day you stop waiting for the 911 moment. Let today be the day you invite God into the ordinary — into the carpool line, the grocery run, the quiet evening on the couch. He's not just the God of your emergencies. He's the God of your everydays. And He's been waiting to hear from 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

    4169 Love Doesn't Clock Out

    Have you ever had one of those days where you've given everything you have — to your job, to the kids, to the house, to the never-ending list — and by the time you finally sit down next to your spouse, you've got nothing left? Maybe not even words. Just a sigh and a sinking into the couch cushion. In those moments, it can feel like love is something you just don't have the energy for. But here's what you must know: love doesn't clock out. It doesn't punch a time card and call it a day just because you're running on fumes. Love stays. Love chooses. And love finds a way, even when you're not sure you have anything left to give. 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 Marriage is beautiful, but it is not effortless. Nobody warns you about the kind of tired that seeps into your bones — not just physical exhaustion, but emotional, mental, and spiritual fatigue. The kind that makes you want to scroll your phone in silence instead of asking your husband how his day was. The kind that turns "I love you" into something you say out of habit instead of intention. But God didn't design marriage to only work when we're at our best. He designed it to reflect His love — a love that is patient, kind, and doesn't keep a record of wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:4–5). And the thing about God's love? It never runs out. It never says, "I'll get back to you in the morning." His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22–23), and that means we get a fresh supply of grace to pour into the people who matter most — starting with the one who shares our pillow. So what does it look like to love when you're tired? It looks small. And that's okay. It's the hand on the back as you pass each other in the kitchen. It's choosing not to snap when you're irritated. It's saying, "I don't have a lot right now, but what I have is yours." That kind of love might not feel grand, but it's the kind that builds something unshakeable. I think sometimes we put so much pressure on ourselves to show up as we did in the dating season — full of energy, full of words, full of butterflies. But seasoned love is different. It's quieter. It's steadier. And honestly? It's deeper. It's the love that stays in the room when it would be easier to walk out. It's the love that says, "I'm not going anywhere," even when your eyes can barely stay open. And here's the beautiful part — when you both choose to stay checked in, even in small ways, something shifts.  The K.I.S.S. ~ Stay checked in, not clocked out! You stop keeping score. You stop waiting for the other person to go first. You start to see each other again, not as the person who forgot to switch the laundry or left dishes in the sink, but as the one God gave you to walk this life with. 1. Create a Two-Minute Check-In. Before the day completely swallows you both, take just two minutes — that's it — to look at each other and ask one real question. Not "what's for dinner" — something like, "What's one thing weighing on you today?" Two minutes of presence can do more for your marriage than two hours of sitting in the same room distracted. 2. Choose One Small Act of Intention. When you're exhausted, grand gestures aren't realistic — and they don't need to be. Pick one small thing each day that says, "I see you." Pour their coffee. Send a text in the middle of the day that says, "I'm grateful for you." Leave a sticky note on the mirror. Love speaks loudest in the little things. 3. Pray Together Before You Sleep. It doesn't have to be long. It doesn't have to be eloquent. Even a simple, "Lord, thank You for another day together. Bless our home and our hearts," is enough. When you invite God into the space between you and your spouse, you're reminding yourselves — and each other — that this marriage is a covenant, not a contract. And covenants don't clock out. Listen, I know you're tired. I know some days it feels like you've already poured from a cup that was empty before breakfast. But love was never meant to run on your own strength. Philippians 4:13 reminds us, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." That includes loving well when you feel like you have nothing left. So tonight — or tomorrow morning — choose to stay checked in. Not perfectly. Not with some big dramatic gesture. Just with presence. Just with intention. Just with a willing heart that says, "I'm still here." Because love doesn't clock out. And neither do 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.

  8. Aug 28

    4168 Your Child's Mountaintop in the Valley

    We tell our kids something all the time without realizing it. We say, "You'll get there— one day," painting the picture of a summit: gleaming, golden, way up high, as if that's the only place where victory lives. But what if we've been pointing our children in the wrong direction? What if the moment we've been telling them to wait for is already happening right where they are? Your child's mountaintop in the valley doesn't happen at the top; it happens in the climb. School is back in session. Backpacks are loaded. Schedules are pinned to refrigerators. And your child is walking into a season full of unknowns — new teachers, new expectations, new social dynamics, and the quiet pressure to perform. Some of them are excited. Some are dragging their feet. And some are carrying things they haven't told you about yet. 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 Here's what I want you to hear as a parent: the valley is not a punishment. It's a classroom. We've been conditioned to think of valleys as something to survive and mountaintops as something to celebrate. But Scripture flips that. Psalm 23:4 says, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Notice — God didn't say He'd airlift David out of the valley. He said He'd walk through it with him. The valley is where the presence of God becomes personal. Your child's valley might look like a subject that doesn't come easy. It might look like a friendship that fell apart over the summer. It might look like the anxiety of not knowing where they fit. And in those moments, they don't need you to fix it. They need you to sit in it with them — and remind them that the hard stuff isn't a sign they're failing. It's a sign they're growing. Think about every person in the Bible who did something extraordinary. Moses stuttered. David was the runt of his family. Esther was an orphan. Gideon was hiding in a winepress. Not one of them started on a mountaintop. They started in the low place — and God met them there. He didn't wait until they had it together. He came to them in the middle of the mess and said, "You're the one I'm going to use." That's the word for your child this season. They don't have to have it all figured out. They don't need straight A's to have a straight path. They need to know that the valley isn't the end of their story — it's the setting for their breakthrough. Romans 5:3-4 lays it out plainly: "We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." Perseverance. Character. Hope. That's a mountaintop built from valley materials. That's the kind of strength no shortcut can manufacture. So what does this look like practically? How do we help our children find their footing when the ground feels uneven?  We have to encourage them to keep climbing. The K.I.S.S. ~ Keep climbing! When you look at what you're doing now, how are you handling these tough moments? Being a mom is not an easy road. You'll have bumps and potholes along the way. But that doesn't mean you have failed.  You get to help your child climb from where they are. So what does it look like in real life? 1. Name the valley out loud. Don't let your child struggle in silence. Create space for honest conversation — not to solve, but to see. Ask them what feels hard right now. Ask them what they wish you knew. When a child hears, "I see you, and what you're going through matters," that alone shifts the ground beneath them. You're not rescuing them from the valley. You're lighting a torch so they can see where they're walking. 2. Celebrate the climb, not just the summit. We are so quick to celebrate the A on the test, the win at the game, the award at the assembly. And those things deserve applause. But what about the night they studied when they didn't want to? The day they chose to sit with someone who was alone at lunch? The moment they tried again after getting it wrong?  Celebrate the effort. Celebrate the character. When you honor the process, your child learns that growth doesn't need a trophy to be real. 3. Speak the peak over them before they reach it. Proverbs 18:21 tells us, "The tongue has the power of life and death." Your words plant seeds in your child's heart that will bloom long after this school year ends. Don't wait until they've made it to tell them they're capable. Speak it now. Speak it in the valley. Tell them, "You are brave. You are growing. God is not done with you." Because the mountaintop isn't a place — it's a perspective. And you get to shape the lens through which your child sees every season they walk through. Here's the beautiful thing about all of this — your child doesn't have to reach the top to experience the view. The view changes with every step upward. Every hard conversation they push through, every fear they face instead of run from, every morning they choose to show up even when they don't feel like it — that's altitude. That's elevation. That's the climb, a mountaintop moment disguised as an ordinary day. And Mama, the same is true for you. You're in the valley too sometimes — juggling schedules, carrying concerns, praying prayers that feel like they're bouncing off the ceiling. But you're climbing. And your kids are watching you do it. They're learning what it looks like to keep going when the path is steep. You are their first and most powerful example of what it means to find God in the low places and trust Him with the next step. "One step at a time leads to miles of greatness." ~ Kristianne Wargo Deuteronomy 31:8 promises, "The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." God goes before your child into every classroom, every hallway, every hard moment. And He goes before you into every parenting decision that keeps you up at night. So let the valley be what it was always meant to be — not a dead end, but a doorway. Not a defeat, but a development. Your child's mountaintop isn't waiting for them somewhere in the distance. It's being built right now, one valley lesson at a time. "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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