Create Your Now Archive 3 With Kristianne Wargo

We live in a world that's chaotic, self-centered, and need to the extent of self-gratification. How can you live by faith over fear? There are no team players because it's al about YOU (or me)! Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    We do it in our marriage. We do it in our churches. We do it in our professional associations. We do it in our school. Everyone is watching out for #1!!! We are essentially working and driving our life from FEAR; fear of rejection, fear of missing out, fear of conflict, fear of change, fear of success, fear of failure, fear of not being good enough, fear of not be loved. FEAR! Now fear is real and something we need to protect ourselves from danger, pain, and evil. A lot of us are operating our lives out of fear. And I was to in my life. Here I thought I was fulfilling my faith requirements: being a devoted wife, raising my children even homeschooling them, working within the church

Sitting watching the minutes pass by, endings are new beginnings. There's no reason to have your heart captivated by what's of the past. Look forward to what's ahead. Remember the road trip and the anticipation you felt excited for what's to come? This is the anticipation you want in your life on a daily basis. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    But what tends to occur is the drowning of our thoughts in things we didn't get right, what we didn't accomplish. Have you ever had the thought that ... "I have everything I need to be happy, but I feel so empty. I have no purpose. I feel like I'm suffocating on the inside. But no one knows." Sometimes life gets in the way of our heart's dreams. The ones that make us feel alive and driven to keep going even when times are tough. What about the goal you recently accomplished. How did you feel when you reach it at that moment? And then what about 2 days later? It's l

One thing I learned at a very young age was if asked a question by an adult, I was to respond and look them straight in the eyes. But today, that's not what happens. Don't ask me a question you don't want answered. We are so quick to shut the other person up by our own words. Frankly, it's rude and disrespectful. I don't like it when I do it. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    How many time are we stuffing our own thoughts down the throats of others? We are expecting certain words or statements to come out of their mouth. But instead of waiting to hear what they have to say, we interrupt and interject our own words. If we are answering our own questions we're asking, then maybe you're in a monologue - a one way street. Instead of listening only to yourself, why not listen to what others say and have a dialogue - a two way street discussion.  Plus, if you are quick to step on words, are you really intereste

Are you practicing who you want to be? In order to grow and extend your impact, you must lead by example. Maybe you don't feel like a rockstar right now, but you can't let that stop you. What's your next step? Lead by example. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    This is such a fundamental tool we all can use. Lead by example. Sometimes those thoughts of self doubt, I'm not good enough, get in the way of practicing. And if you don't practice, how will you ever get to where you want to go? You might eventually --- but it'll probably take longer. Plus, your oopsies and mistakes are God's blessings directing your path. So why not continue on His journey and lead by example so the twists and turns that are going to come anyway can benefit you in the long run. It could even create a shortcut.  It would be nice to take a shortcut or two! Lead by example. You are training for life. And when you train, you practice.

It's that time of year when the air is getting crisper. The leaves are changing to brilliant colors. Your new season to make an impact of your healthy living goals is here! Take it up a notch. You probably have been working to really have a healthy body especially during summer. But now you are dragging. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    Some of those reasons come from the shift of your schedule and the sun. Daylight is becoming limited and that drives us to not want to (or feel like) do as much. We are already beginning to hibernate.  If you are wanting to keep away that extra hibernation comfort fat, it's time to take it up a notch. And you start with your fitness! Change up what you are doing.  FOR ALL EXERCISES (even the ones you are currently performing): Be sure you are always keeping your shoulders back and down. Knees soft (no locking the knees). Core engaged (abdominals and glutes tight). Tuck un

Sometimes we are searching to become someone we're not. Use YOUR gifts and be a gift to the world. In my entrepreneurial journey (young to now), one thing I stayed true to was me, just as I am.  Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    And when I tried to fit myself into someone else's box - not only would I get weirded out, but something seemed wrong, awkward. It wasn't that I was uncomfortable, or I couldn't do it. It was the fact that I was not working in my strengths. Why do you think we all have different strengths and gifts? Because your gift make YOU!!! If we all had the same strengths and weaknesses, life would be boring and predictable. Your gifts make life exciting, vibrant, and make life worth living. Use your gifts to lift up those around you. Use your gifts to teach others. Use your gifts to grow your business. Use your gifts to strengthen your family. Use your gifts to serve those in need. Use your

What was the last sentence you spoke regarding your dreams for your life? Was it positive with a confident and faith-filled declaration? Or was it negative with hesitation and an anxious tone? Say it isn't so. Words have power --- especially the ones we speak aloud. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    Ponder this: God created the heavens and the earth. He didn't just believe. He didn't just hope. He just didn't think there would be light. He spoke it, "Let there be light." (Genesis 1:4) He saw it was good. And He continued as the days passed speaking what He desired - His creation; the land, the oceans, the animals, and man who He created in His image. His words set His creation into motion. It wasn't His thoughts and dreams within Him. But what became He spoke. WORDS HAVE POWER! If you want your dreams to become a reality, how are you speaking or are you? Please say it isn't so. You must be speaking words

How many times do you stop long enough to ponder am I enough just as I am? Everyday, we are fulfilling the needs of our family, friends, neighbors, boss; the list goes on and on. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    But what about you --- just as I am? I have been reflecting, thinking, writing, recording, reading, and researching a lot this week. Really looking at who I am as God has created. Are you using your talents and gifts to serve the world in which you touch? When we begin to distill down who we are in our eyes, how is that reflected in what God sees? Are we doing the work we were created to do? There are so many rules we are running our lives by: the rules of the land, the rules of the government, the rules of a woman, the rules of an entrepreneur, etc. There is that part in us that forces us to conform to what is expected of us, fitting into a set box. What would happen if you looked beyond the "ea

If you are wanting to amplify your life, elevate where you are, you must raise your standards. Many times over, you find yourself in situations that corner you. The quick fix is to get out fast --- lower your standards. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    But how has lowering your standards served you? How has it helped you become an incredible woman of impact. How has it helped you build your business? And how has it deepened your love for your husband? Lowering our standards is a way to feel good in circumstances that makes us restless and become unsettled. It's the easy way out. Humans want to feel good; we want to feel happy! If you want to break it down --- we lower our standards as a defense mechanism, protecting what we know to be safe and secure. It's the comfort zone - belonging to something instead of being ostracized. Just because your emotional state is calm and peaceful, doesn't mean you are pu

The one thing you don't want to hear from your child is the tone of giving up while saying, "School is hard!" This was my youngest's proclamation this morning as we waited for the bus. And he concluded it with, "I want a job." Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    Perception is everything. There are days I wish I was back in school, and other days longing for a traditional job. But here we sit, living out the consequences of our choices. As my baby (a 6th grader) boarded the bus, I encouraged him to keep looking for the surprises. What he doesn't know. The gems of knowledge that will add to his baskets of inspiration. He had the look of --- What are you talking about? But understood the importance of pushing on, moving forward, and growing in experiences. LEARN! School is hard. and when we stand on the other side, it always appears brights, better and more beneficial.  "The grass is always greener on the othe

Today is a day to be kind. Be respectful of who you are becoming and be kind. Would you consider yourself a kind woman? Kind to others? Kind to strangers? Kind to your family? But how about kind to yourself? Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    In the moments where life is troubling, it's easy to overlook the gifts before you. You become too focused on the insurmountable trouble. You're quick to see all the bad and what might be around the corner (the big bad wolf), instead of stopping long enough to see the gifts right in front of you. During these troubling times, searching for the blessed surprises should be your motive. Be kind to yourself. Don't lash out because of the troubles; be kind. See the troubles as opportunities to strengthen your resolve; be kind. When your eyes are hypnotized by the troubles, use it a reminder to hunt for God's small surprises of kindness. "A kindhearted woman gains respect."

Part of being healthy includes exercise in your daily routine. Intentional movement that gets your body moving. But how to get fit if you hate exercise? That's a dilemma, and one that most of us don't care to acknowledge. Seriously, if I didn't have to exercise, do you think I would?  Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    But the pros of exercise outweigh the cons. The health benefits you get in return for your life benefits. Exercise is worth it! How to get fit if you hate exercise? When I mention the word exercise, what comes to your mind? OMGoodness... How much time will it take? What will it cost? How much can I lose? When can I go shopping for a new wardrobe? It's the numbers!! The numbers are holding you back, scaring you in the opposite direction. It's feeding your excuses. The numbers on the scale. The numbers on the hanger. The numbers on the clock. The numbers of repetitions. How to get fit if you h

When life gets crazy, how should you respond? Keep calm and carry on. Sounds easy peasy. But not so simple to implement. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    I found myself back at the dealership to get my truck worked on, because when I took it in the first time, they didn't fix it. The "error" light come back on after spending hundreds of dollars and a half day to repair what they thought was wrong. Keep calm and carry on. Fixing what goes wrong the first time is a challenge in automobiles and in life. There are so many variables. Sometimes it's a combination of you and emotions. Something it is something you can't control at all. And sometimes it's circumstances. If only we had all the answers. Keep calm and carry on. It seems we should take a page out of the British Government as the saying was made into a motivation poster in 1939 in preparation for the Second World War. The thing was, the poster was ha

In your life and what you're doing right now on a daily basis, are you running towards something? Now you may be wondering if I misspoke. Didn't I mean running AWAY from something? Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    No! You heard correctly. Are you running towards something? This may be a little confusing, but I want to go deeper with you in your mindset and habits. What you think you might be running from might actually be what you're running towards. Your subconscious is 30,000 times more powerful than your conscious. The decisions you make are influenced by your conscious, but how much do you think is subjective to your subconscious? More than you realize. A study done by Voss and Paller (2009) showed that even though the subconscious and conscious co-exist, the subconscious mind seems to do more of the work and is tuned in to the information quicker than your conscious. Are you running towards somethin

Has anyone ever told you it's OK to feel overwhelmed? If so, you probably haven't heard it very often. In fact, I know sometimes it's much easier to put up a front and act like everything's OK. But really... Who does that help? Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    Do you feel like superwoman when you act like nothing's wrong? Do you feel stronger and think everything will work itself out if you don't acknowledge what's really happening? Why do we play these mind games with ourselves. We only dig ourselves into a deeper hole, and it's harder to se what is reality. Our emotions get all tangled up. Our patience goes out the window. And any hope that's left will only suffice for waking in the morning. It's OK to feel overwhelmed. It's OK not to have all the answers. You pretending that you do is only hurting you more. Feeling overwhelmed can actually be positive. This is a time when you can recognize your streng

It puts a smile on my face when I see the "Happy Anniversary" postings on social media. Then I think about their story. How did they get here? What keeps them smiling? How to find joy in your marriage? Marriage takes a lot of hard work. It's not easy to live with one person day after day, year after year, and not get frustrated, distraught, mad, happy, delighted, safe, secure. Think of all the emotions and feelings you've experienced with your sweetheart. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    Some have been out of this world wonderful, and other maybe more challenging. Some you would like to forget. How to find joy in your marriage? Joy is a feeling of great pleasure and happiness. Joy is that bubbly feeling, makes you feel giddy all over. It puts wind in your sails. You're all sparkly! Joy is that magnetic attraction you felt while dating. You felt it during your honeymoon phase.  But then life happens. You

Don't you just love an underdog story. One who isn't posed to win, yet comes from behind, works hard, and rises to the top. Courage of continuity. Courage is the ability to do something that frightens you. You don't like what you don't know. That's fear and most prefer to run from it. But courage drives you towards it. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    There's nothing more inspiring them seeing your child rise to the top. To use their own courage to push through difficult situations; sometimes even impossible situations. To persevere.  But we get to an age in life that our courage weakens; it fades. As a child, we fall down and get right back up. We brush ourselves off, put a bandaid on and go back to playing.  When we fall down as an adult, we aren't as quick to get back up or we hold onto that sting, ponder why it happened. Then try and figure out how we can make that NOT happen again. Ready, Set, A.I.M

It's next to impossible to achieve your desired goals, obtain your outcomes and create lasting change if you don't believe. Belief matters! But how do you believe? Where does belief live? Where does it hang out? Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    We all want a dose of belief. Belief matters! But in order to believe, you must achieve. And you achieve by taking action, learning something new, and accomplishing a task/goal one step at a time. Ready, Set, A.I.M. 5-Day Challenge How to create happy habits for lasting change. Here is where you begin to build up your belief tower. Ignite your spark of belief by taking A.I.M., action ignites motivation. BE. DO. BELIEVE  LIVE FACEBOOK CHATS - 2:00 pm EST/11:00 am PST The K.I.S.S. ~ Spark your belief! Be - Be present. Do - Take a.i.m. (ACTION) Believe - When you've tasted success, you want more. What do you need to believe in? Where do you need to find your belief

It seems strange that we would even need to speak about the art of action. We take action everyday. We are always doing something. But it's not always about doing something. It's more about the purpose, the intention, the desired outcome. The art of action. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact      The art of: a skill at doing a specified things, typically one acquired through practice. Action: the fact or process of doing something typically to achieve an aim. Aim (noun): a purpose or intention, a desired outcome. Ready, Set, A.I.M. 5-Day Challenge How to create happy habits for lasting change.   Some people are really good at taking action like go-getters, investors. Their personality is to take action to meet a goal/need. But the action we normally take in our daily live requires little focus --- it's because we are operating from the subconscious level.  We are not taking our actions seriously because we do

The more we cram into our day. The more scheduled we become. The more presence matters. Presence is being in the state of existing or occurring now. What's happening in the current moment. Not 5 minutes from now or 5 hours from now or 5 days from now. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact    It's NOW!!! Presence matters! In order to create the lifestyle you desire, you must be present. I say "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" You can't be incredible and be you if you're not present. Ready, Set, A.I.M. 5-Day Challenge How to create happy habits for lasting change. Are you whale watching in your life? Are you focused on one side or thing, and missing what's right next to you. Presence matters! My husband wanted me to spend time with him. But I did it my way; multi-tasking, writing and watching TV. Later he said he missed me and wanted to spend time with me. I was shocked. Didn't we just watch TV together? Nope