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859 My Strength Is My Story with Jodi Whitslett

Create Your Now Archive 3 with Kristianne Wargo

Release Date: 03/22/2018

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Create Your Now Archive 3 with Kristianne Wargo

With any celebration, it's tough to keep on your routine. How to stay healthy during the holidays is possible. And you are worth it! Memorial weekend is a couple days away. And that means the BBQ is coming out. Pools are open. And it's time for the kick-off to summer! Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at . http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact You can certainly enjoy the holiday without sacrificing your health. But it's your choice! Do you really want to stay on track? If so, then let's jump in. The K.I.S.S. ~ Focus on the FUN, not the food! ...

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It's time to magnify your life. Build yourself up so the excuses don't get in your way. You have dreams and goals. Magnify what good is coming from your pursuit. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at . http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact Every day you make a choice. Yes, you choose the direction of where you want your life to go. When you are living out your mission and pursuing your vision, you will stumble. Trouble awaits around the corner. But you, who wants to impact, must choose triumph or defeat. What do you choose to magnify --- triumph...

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The pain of knowledge can be very stressful and real when you desire to impact your circle of influence, the world in which you touch. Now how can there be pain in knowledge? Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at . http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact Think about what you aspire to accomplish. You attend school, invest in conferences to dive deeper, and extend your foundation further by conducting self research or global examinations. At the point you are ready to put your knowledge into practice, what appears to be very logically turns into...

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Create Your Now Archive 3 with Kristianne Wargo

Why is it that our faults and failures seem to highlight the day? Be ready to be blessed with your unexpected gifts. Your faults, failures, flaws, and all are redeemed. God redeems them without hesitation. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at . http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact Beauty for ashes. And you don't have to pick up the broken pieces by yourself. God desires to lock arms with you and show His glory through you. It doesn't seem fair. Life isn't fair. I stumble through the day with self doubt, fear, and a frustration that won't fade....

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Create Your Now Archive 3 with Kristianne Wargo

Life operates more smoothly when you find the balance between silence and sound. In your marriage, that's recognizing what to refrain from or what to do. How to move forward in the conversation or how to sit back and listen. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at . http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact Finding the balance between silence and sound is being attentive to what your partner needs at that particular time. And unfortunately, there's no clear cut, one-way only approach to obtaining this balance. However, God did work something into your...

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Create Your Now Archive 3 with Kristianne Wargo

Nothing pains a heart more than hurt. When you're asked, "Can you see the rainbow in a dark world?", how would your heart respond? I was presented with this question from my child as she pondered the fairness, or lack there of, in a world challenging her goals, dreams and friendships Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at . http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact As we go through life, we can feel trapped and held captive within ourselves. And when the walls begin to close in around you --- darkness lingers. The hurt, frustration, and overwhelm...

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Create Your Now Archive 3 with Kristianne Wargo

My Strength is My Story with Jodi Whitsitt, Extra Grace Required. She shares her emotions, struggles, and joys from a single parent to a lifetime of love. After being knocked down multiple times, she continue to rise up with her faith, family, and the most incredible friendships. Your heart will be blessed. : A recent widow, a proud mom of three ridiculously amazing children (ages 9 to 21), a blogger, a motivational speaker, and an aspiring writer. After beginning her life as a single parent, Jodi found a lifetime of love with her husband, Mark. However, a tragedy came into their lives...

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Create Your Now Archive 3 with Kristianne Wargo

Fitness is essential for your overall wellness. Let's focus on how flexibility benefits your health. The purpose of flexibility training helps with daily functional needs. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at . http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact With an increase in sedentary lifestyles, it is essential that you maintain flexibility. Otherwise, as you age, your flexibility will deteriorate and the simple, daily activities will become a chore. That's not something any of us want to accept. Let's expand on the purpose of flexibility. You...

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We are so quick to judge and pass on the yuck and muck in life. How different would your day be if you share the joy? The joy of goodness God has bestowed on your life. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at . http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact The joy of chaos to remind you of your fortitude. The joy of laughter to break the chains of agony. The joy of simplicity to stir the new adventure within. The joy of the unexpected to count your blessings. The joy of living created by your God of grace, of mercy, and of love. Share the joy! I realize...

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My Strength is My Story with Jodi Whitsitt, Extra Grace Required. She shares her emotions, struggles, and joys from a single parent to a lifetime of love. After being knocked down multiple times, she continue to rise up with her faith, family, and the most incredible friendships. Your heart will be blessed.

Jodi Whitsitt: A recent widow, a proud mom of three ridiculously amazing children (ages 9 to 21), a blogger, a motivational speaker, and an aspiring writer. After beginning her life as a single parent, Jodi found a lifetime of love with her husband, Mark. However, a tragedy came into their lives where God gave her the extra grace required. You will be touched by her beautiful story.

Jodi's mission is to turn her pain into purpose by "keepin' it real" with you!

"I call it a God-gut feeling." ~ Jodi Whitsitt

WEBSITE for Jodi Whitsitt: ExtraGraceRequired.com

Enjoy the multitude of topics discussed including grief, joy, homeschooling, hot messes, and a lifetime of love! Be inspired and encouraged to keep moving forward with the God-gut feelings. Crazy and all!

  • Grace
  • God's Word
  • The Book of James
  • The "Living" Word
  • How God speaks to us.
  • God's voice
  • Prayer
  • Single parenthood
  • Shame
  • Heart work
  • Worship band
  • The love connection
  • Golden Years
  • Annoying qualities
  • Cinderella story
  • A little drag
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Neuropathy
  • The trap
  • Caregiver
  • Resentment
  • Homeschooling
  • Her husband's death
  • Time as a family
  • Guilt
  • Fears
  • What if I die?
  • Alone
  • Who am I?
  • What is your purpose for me?
  • Deep sorrow
  • Joy
  • Am I not enough?
  • Leaning in
  • Writing
  • Trust
  • Extra Grace Required
  • Exposing Truth
  • A Universal Experience
  • Real Time
  • Ranking grief
  • Grandpa's Loss
  • Lifetime of Love
  • Adoption
  • Gratitude
  • What's next?

WEBSITE for Jodi Whitsitt: ExtraGraceRequired.com

"Grief really is a love story." ~ Jodi Whitsitt

Quotes and statements within the interview:

"By the grace of God. That's how I get up in the morning and that's how I tackle my day."

"Life is hard."

"And proof that it really is a living word."

"It's an ancient book written thousands of years ago. Yet it has relevance today. And it has relevance to what you're going through right now. And that makes it presently relevant and alive."

"I carried a ton of shame."

"How God took that imperfect situation and created good from it."

"You don't find the right person until you become the right person."

"I just knew God had a father, an earthly father, in mind for my daughter and a husband for me."

"We didn't have a gap in our heart anymore."

"I look back on that time and really just tears flow because of how joyful it was."

"At that time it was suppose to be terrible, but not terminal."

"Because he was so brilliant and science-minded, he knew what was happening to him."

"We kind of lost in that period of time the husband and wife partnership."

"I thought I lost my everlasting mind."

"I was a hot mess for a long time!"

"There was a time where I felt God went dark on me."

"I can seek joy and still carry sorrow."

"God gave me an example."

"Allowing myself to feel what I was feeling and not beat myself up for feeling it."

"This sucks!"

"The joy of the Lord is my strength."

"If it's universal, why do we avoid it like the plague?"

"He (God) picked the hot messes."

"It was a beautiful, dream, prayer-answered moment in our life."

In the beginning, after losing him, gratitude was hard."

"He's shown me to chill out and trust Him."

 

What has your story gifted you?

  • Closer relationship with God.
  • A reminder --- He is magnificent.
  • He holds me when I can't stand on my own.
  • Clearer vision of the pain and suffering of others.

"He didn't make me empathetic for nothing."

"He has allowed me to take my imperfections and my story to comfort others."

"Pain can be transformed into comfort and unity and strength. That it doesn't have to be lonely and overwhelming and isolating. It's opportunity for community."

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Cover Art by Jenny Hamson