3746 Search for the Joy
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
How many times have you decided that this time is going to be different when it comes to your health? We stumble over failures and focus on what we can't have, only to find ourselves in a messy pile of what didn't work. You find what you look for; so—search for the joy! Healthy living is not a punishment. But why do we make it just that? Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . Far too often, we approach wellness like it’s a punishment for past mistakes or some awful chore to endure. But healthy living is not about deprivation or martyrdom....
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3745 Honor Your Beauty
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You’re hustling. You’re grinding. You’re carrying the weight of the world, your family, your community, and your dreams all at once. Some days, it feels like you’re running on empty—and honestly, the last thing on your mind is to honor your beauty. I get it. When exhaustion hits, when the endless to-dos and pressures pull at every ounce of your energy, self-care often feels like a luxury you can’t afford—not a priority, not a mindset, not even a thought. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . But let me be real with you: Your beauty...
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3744 How to Turn Doubt into Your Secret Weapon
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Doubt is the silent killer of dreams—it sneaks in, freezes your progress, and whispers that you’re not enough. Every ambitious person faces it, but most let it derail their path to success. Here’s the brutal truth: if you don’t learn how to turn doubt into your secret weapon, it will keep robbing you of your potential. Doubt creeps in—subtle, sneaky, and relentless. Every ambitious person faces it. The crushing question: “Am I really cut out for this?” It shows up when the stakes rise, when your goals feel just out of reach, or when you stare at a blank page wondering if you...
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3743 The One Who Trusts in the Lord
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“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.” ~ Jeremiah 17:7-8 When life seems like it's unraveling, trusting God changes everything. Sometimes life looks like a tangled knot—so twisted and confusing you can’t tell front from back. You’re walking through a season where everything feels upside down: plans fall apart, circumstances feel...
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3742 When Love Makes You Feel Capable, Not Crazy
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Marriage is meant to be a sanctuary—a place where you feel seen, supported, and capable of facing anything life throws your way. But all too often, the daily grind, the chaos of schedules, and the relentless overwhelm shift your marriage from a source of strength to a pressure cooker of frustration. Instead of feeling like a teammate, you may start to feel misunderstood and undervalued. It doesn't have to be this way—when love makes you feel capable, not crazy. That's when the entire dynamic changes. You move from surviving the chaos to thriving together, building a solid foundation that...
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3741 No More Boredom Battles
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Mom and Dad, let’s be real—summer can feel like a never-ending battlefield. You hear it countless times: “I’m bored!”—as if boredom is some mysterious monster your kids are fighting every single day. No more boredom battles. But here’s the twist: many kids don’t truly know what boredom means these days. With screens and tech gadgets vying for their attention 24/7, boredom often becomes a code word for “I want someone else to entertain me.” Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . Technology’s a double-edged sword. We all carry...
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3740 You are Worth the Fight!
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Do you want more or something different, but struggle to keep that fire flickering? Maybe it’s dim. Maybe it’s drowned out by doubt. But it’s there — that restless urge for something better, bigger, truer to who you really are. You are worth the fight! Here’s the raw truth — no one ever started a real change when everything was perfect. Life is messier than that. Focus feels impossible when the world is pulling you every which way. Your to-do list is screaming, expectations are piling, your energy tanks are empty, and your brain keeps finding every excuse to wait. You’re not...
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3739 What Needs to be a BIG Deal?
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
When it comes to healthy living, it’s all too easy to get caught up in the endless list of “must-dos” and “should-haves.” Drink more water, eat kale, get 10,000 steps, meditate daily, sleep eight hours, cut out sugar, do strength training, track your macros, avoid screens before bed — the list feels relentless. And that’s exactly where many good intentions go to die: in the overwhelming noise of “all the things.” But what needs to be a BIG deal? Life isn’t about juggling everything perfectly all the time. It’s about identifying what truly needs to be a BIG...
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3738 Don't You Dare Dim Your Light
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
Life will try hard to drag you into the daily swirl of other people’s agendas, distractions, and endless to-do lists that don’t even belong to you. It’s easy — dangerously easy — to lose sight of your own purpose and settle for the scraps left over after you’ve tried to manage everyone else’s priorities. Don't you dare dim your light. Why? Because you deserve better. You deserve more than the hand-me-down ambitions and borrowed dreams that drain your energy and silence your spark. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . So I’m here...
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3737 How to Quiet Your Mind
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo
If your brain is a noisy, cluttered mess, you won’t get far. Confusion doesn’t just cloud thinking—it demolishes action. And without action, your goals stay out of reach, buried under a pile of distracting thoughts, doubts, and what-ifs. You must learn how to quiet your mind. Let’s be real. When you don’t know exactly where you’re headed, the noise in your head hijacks your focus. Suddenly, every worry, outside opinion, or shiny distraction screams louder than your ambition. You start chasing the wrong things—or worse, you freeze. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other...
info_outlineRaising kids brings unsettled decisions and unspoken feelings. Sometimes not knowing is more beneficial than knowing. Love without the details.
As a mom (and a dad), you want to know everything about what's going on in your children's lives. It doesn't matter if they are little or really big; you want to be there even if you're not.
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But as you know, there is no way to know everything about your children.
You might say there's gotta be ways to get all the missing puzzle pieces together. Well, you can.
- Be present when you're with them.
- Ask questions from those watching them.
- Stalk them on their social media.
However, your days cannot keep track of everything with your children. At some point, the realization hits you.
I'm not a good mom! (I'm not a good dad!)
That, my friend, is so far from the truth. The details of your children do not define how great of a mom (or dad) you are.
So come on, Mom! Love without the details.
The K.I.S.S. ~ Love without the details!
You have to trust that what you do know gives you peace and satisfaction that you are doing the best you can. You are willing to learn.
You're willing to love without the details.
- BE PRESENT in the midst of your child. This is the 100% rule. Distractions and responsibilities can spiral against what you want or what you think you are giving. Put down your phones. Walk away from technology. Give your undivided attention to your child when you are with them.
- LISTEN more than you ask questions. It's so challenging to be quiet. But if you want to know what's going on in your child's life, you have to listen. Sometimes your great ideas and "what you should do" in a situation actually shuts down your child. You mute their concerns and feelings. Of course, not meaning to, but it's just the reality of you wanting to be involved. Listening is the key to giving your child the gift of dumping all of their thoughts and concerns.
- PRAY for your child in the nooks and crannies of your day. The only one who knows everything about your child is God. So why not tap into Him? Why not ask Him for guidance and protection? Why not ask God to encourage your child to come and talk with you? Prayer works miracles and calms the spirit, both yours and your child's. And if I can be honest, you might think you are praying a lot for your child. But really we just don't. Our days become flooded with the responsibilities of the world. So our time with God gets cut short. Pray for your child in the nooks and crannies of your day.
You can love without knowing every detail of your child's life.
You can serve without knowing every detail of your child's life.
Ultimately, that means you have to stop thinking about yourself. Yes, sometimes you and I can get a bit nosey and want to know too much. Take a step back in order to take two steps forward.
Have an open door policy always with your child, and they will return. Now, if you are dealing with a life and death situation, that is a totally different approach and that's not what we are talking about here. In that type of situation, you're gonna move mountains and get support too from others who might know and understand what's happening.
But in your everyday communication, just hangin' out with your child, love without the details.
"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"
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