3596 What Your Child Needs Most From You

Release Date: 11/29/2024

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Valentine’s Day comes around each year like clockwork, bringing with it the usual swirl of red hearts, chocolates, and flowers. But for a mom, these symbols of love can sometimes feel surface-level, like they’re missing the real heartbeat beneath all the glitter and sugar. Because the truth is, the kind of love that fills a mother’s chest isn’t wrapped up neatly in a box or tied with a bow. It’s messy, wild, tender, and deeply personal. It’s found in late-night cuddles, scraped knees comforted, and whispered “I love you’s” that echo long after bedtime—you make my heart so...

3971 You Can’t Have Everything—And That’s Okay!

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

It’s all too easy to feel crushed when things don't appear to be going our way. We want immediate results with little to no effort. But the reality is, you can’t have everything—and that’s okay! Because if you did have everything, you’d be perfect. And that would change everything, not just for you but for the world. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . Let's take a bite out of the for a hot minute. Perfection would freeze you in place, robbing you of growth, struggle, and the raw humanity that shapes your unique story. Now you might...

3970 How You Create Your Now Shapes Every Tomorrow

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Nobody’s perfect. You won’t nail everything every single day, and you sure won’t do it perfectly every hour. But perfection isn’t the point. Intentionality is. How you create your now shapes every tomorrow. Your “now,” the way you choose to spend your minutes and moments, is the wellspring of your entire life. You build your everyday out of small, consistent decisions. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . Some move you closer to where you want to be. Others hold you back, even if you don’t realize it. Good habits don’t appear...

3969 Reframe the Frame

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Life is a relentless challenge. Sometimes it feels like waves crashing one after another—without a pause. If you pile on extra weight from how you see those waves crashing, you don’t just face the storm; you drown in it before your day even begins. Look at your life differently; reframe the frame. Your mind doesn’t just observe your reality, it creates it. The frame you choose to see your life through either traps you in frustration or frees you to act with clarity. When everything feels impossible, the difference between sinking and swimming is rewriting that frame. Desire to be...

3968 When Life Doesn't Go As Planned

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Have you ever paused to ask yourself why the goals you once set remain out of reach? Why the plans you carefully crafted seem to unravel, leaving you stuck somewhere between disappointment and confusion? When life doesn’t go as planned, the fallout can feel like a long, harsh fall—so disorienting that figuring out the next step seems impossible. And yet, we cling to that single burning desire: to push through and reclaim the path we envisioned. Life rarely bends to our will. Our decisions set a chain of actions in motion, but outcomes depend on factors both within and beyond our control....

3967 The Game Isn't Over Yet

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

The final quarter of any game is the ultimate test—the moment when hope and pressure collide. The scoreboard might look grim, and it’s tempting to feel worn down or defeated. But true faith pushes past what our eyes see and clings to what God’s Word promises. Faith is that quiet, persistent voice inside that says, “The game isn’t over yet.” When life overwhelms or uncertainty creeps in, anchoring yourself in belief brings endurance and courage. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . Romans 12:12 says, “Be joyful in hope, patient in...

3966 Build an Unbeatable Marriage

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Marriage isn’t a solo journey—it’s a coordinated team effort that wins or loses together. Like a quarterback reading his receiver’s movements or a pair of dancers moving in perfect harmony, successful marriages require sharp communication, unwavering trust, and an instinctive understanding of each other’s needs. When both partners learn to anticipate, adapt, and align their moves toward shared goals, they build an unbeatable marriage—on and off the field. This kind of partnership doesn’t happen by accident. It takes practice, commitment, and a game plan that both partners buy...

3965 Red Zone Parenting

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Parenting is like running a red zone play in football — the stakes are sky-high, the pressure’s crushing, and every move matters more than usual. You’re tired, stretched thin, and the margin for error feels paper-thin. It’s that relentless zone where kids need you most, but sometimes in red zone parenting, you just want to drop the playbook and cry. No one often says: being a great parent doesn’t mean you have to be perfect. The real power comes from showing up as you are—flawed, vulnerable, exhausted—and still choosing love and presence. Desire to be supported...

3964 Find Strength in Your Team

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Too often, we’re sold the myth that success means shouldering everything solo. You’re told to grind, hustle, and prove yourself by pushing harder—alone. But here’s the truth: you’re not less for needing help. You’re smart and strong for building a team you can rely on; find strength in your team. Let's being in the experts of the week: look at Super Bowl quarterbacks. Nobody wins a game without a huddle—a moment when the entire team stops, locks in, and plans the next move. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . Your life and...

3963 Fuel Like A Champion

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Do you want to play like a champion? Then start by treating your mind and body like they actually matter. Because if you're honest with yourself, talent and hustle can only carry you so far when your fuel tank is running on empty, your brain is fogged, and your body is begging for rest. The power of peak performance is not just for the field. So fuel like a champion. The elite football players of the Super Bowl. They don’t just show up to practice—they obsess over how they eat, sleep, and recover. That’s their secret weapon. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other...

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- Episode Summary: In this episode, the podcast host, Kristianne Wargo, asks the listeners to reflect on the question - what your child needs most from you? She emphasizes the importance of parents being present, interacting with their children, nourishing their souls, and creating a happy environment for them.

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The K.I.S.S. ~ Play, eat, and be merry!

1. Application of "Play, Eat, and Be Merry"

The importance of play to activate and engage creative souls and to encourage growth in children.
The eat metaphor involving consumption of nutritious food as well as nourishing the mind, body, spirit, and soul.
The significance of being happy and being a source of positive energy to children.

2. The most valuable thing a child needs from a parent is their presence, their heart.

3. During this holiday season, parents are encouraged to interact more with their kids by playing, eating, and creating a merry environment for them.

4. It is important to value the presence of our loved ones, whether they are our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or anyone else.

5. How the way we show up for our family has the potential to change the world one ripple effect at a time.

"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"

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The K.I.S.S. ~ Play, eat, and be merry!

"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"

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