Create Your Now Archive 4 With Kristianne Wargo

Everyone wants everything! Tis the season of the naughty or nice list! Have you fallen in that trap? Bribing your children to do something in order to get something. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact You got it! Even the perfect parent has bribed. Think about Mary where Jesus went to the temple to learn more about his father, God. He didn't think anything about it. But Mary saw is as a problem. What do you think her reaction was after being worried sick? It's important to watch our language around our children. The demands we put on them. Are we too both naughty and nice? What can we do as parents to raise our children up? The K.I.S.S. ~ Train our children as God trains us! LOVE them where they're at. Give GRACE. Extend FORGIVENESS. "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." ~ Proverbs 22:6 "Raise our children up. Train our children as God trains us."   TAKE

My Strength is My Story with Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, Start Love Repeat: How to Stay in Love with Your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Start-Up World. Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, an award-winning writer, editor, and speaker, shares how to stay in love with your entrepreneur in a crazy start-up work in her new book, Start, Love, Repeat. Dorcas Cheng-Tozun:  A wife of 12 years to her incredible husband, Ned and mother of their 2 sons. As a Silicon Valley native, she has lived in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Kenya all because of the entrepreneurial ventures. Dorcas is a columnist for Inc.com along with Christianity Today, The Well, and Asian American Women on Leadership. "Stress is an inevitable part of the start-up journey." ~ Dorcas Cheng-Tozun BOOK: Start, Love, Repeat BOOK TRAILER for Start, Love, Repeat CONNECT with Dorcas Cheng-Tozun Enjoy the multitude of topics discussed including newborns, chores, solar power, identity and start-ups. There is hope even amongst the crazy start-up world! Crazy Start, Love, Repeat New Baby

Energy is vital to being productive and living a vibrant life. But the holidays can zap your energy so fast. You have to find how NOT to zap your energy. What works and what doesn't work. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact For some reason, the holidays bring out the best stress of the year. Too many deadlines, and the naughty and nice list gets more complicated. And then there's normal life. That just doesn't go away, as much as we wish it would. So let's look at how NOT to zap your energy. In doing that, we have to look at what does zap your energy. excessive commitments binge eating (too much sugar) extra late nights alway It would be great if you could wave your magic wand and everything would be A.O.K.!!! But life doesn't work that way. Now I could tell you to .... hydrate often (drink half your body weight in ounces of water) eat green leafy vegetables stay away from processed foods (shop the perimete

How much is fear filling up your headspace? Get out of your head. Do not fear for God is here. When overwhelm has a grip on your heart and gut, what do you do to relieve the tension? Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact Pull back and retract all feelings, except fear. Fear shows up and you're all in. Fear tempts you with comfort and calm. Knowing that if you do nothing to rock the boat, all will be status quo. You'll eventually relax and stop fighting the fear. Fear becomes you. It's your normal. Anything outside of fear is scarier! "Fear robs us of our treasures." So why stay trapped in it? As your eyes looked across the horizon this morning what did your heart want to accomplish? What made you get up this morning, not counting your responsibilities? But if you let fear consume you where it hides in the little hurts and the trials of your days, how will you ever get to where you want to go. This is it! The K.I

Are you ready for a change, something new? Look for the next opportunity to live out your purpose. The ball is in your court. There's no time like the present! Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact But it's the holidays! OH...wait! It's more than the holidays. You've been searching, reaching, dreaming, and planning for the perfect time. Only to find you're fresh out of college, a newly wed, a new mommy, or even in the middle of a health or relationship crisis. Or juggling the new career path, children's activities; just plain B.U.S.Y.! Are you stuck in the rotation, the cycle of keeping busy but taking NO action? Take a deep breath. I really want you to think about this. For me, I was caught in the pregnant or nursing season for 10 years. Then it was me having to run the household without the dependability of my husband's schedule. I put a lot of things on the back burner, and would change my priorities to whate

Scrambling to get through the day seems to be the norm and exhausts hope daily. When will it slow down? The prayer for a miracle. The thing is, all the scrambling and running around and trying to get it all done, you still don't get what you want. And when you don't get what you want, you become impatient and frustrated. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact How do you handle waiting? Maybe waiting for that perfect job, the perfect home, the perfect lover, the perfect bank account. It's so hard being patient. We are programmed to work hard for quick return on our investments. But what do you think Mary though when she was told she would give birth to the Son of God? And on top of that, she wasn't married yet. Talk about impossibility. Plus, having a baby doesn't happen overnight. She would carry the Son of God in her womb to term, and wrap him in swaddling clothes and lay him in a manger. Do you think if she put

It's the countdown to Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year! But with the hustle and bustle, and jam-packed calendar, it's easy to miss the magic in your marriage. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact Yet that is truly where the most wonderful time of the year should be. How is it for you? Your marriage? Do you look forward to hanging out in your sweats or better yet your pjs cuddled up all day long? Or do you struggle to find a smile in your heart, too worried about all the other stuff? Relationships are complicated. Marriage takes work. But it's worth every moment of effort. The rewards are greater than the pain you go through. You deserve to have your marriage be magical. This holiday, I want it to be the most wonderful time of the year. So I'm sending your shopping! The K.I.S.S. ~ Go shopping for the little nuances! The subtle changes easily missed when you're busy. So get shopping for that C.A.R.!

Have you ever pondered that life is a test? A test that develops character, leadership, skillsets, and purpose. Every corner turned, every mountain high, every valley low, there's a test. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact My son came home from school and he was telling me all about his tests coming up. And then the question --- Why do I have to take so many tests? I just want to get a job and help people. Now that's from a seventh grader. But when you think about it, life is a test. From the time you are conceived through birth, and then newborn to adolescent stages. You are always being measured by development milestones. Then it's time for school. Every class, every grad, every achievement is based on what you've learned; problems solved, solutions understood. And then we grow up. All should be perfect. Yet this is only the beginning. Life is a test. Just as your milestones are measured and your knowledge

We live in a world of constant busyness and doing life one way is lonely. We are better together. God created us to thrive within our relationships. Hence, giving us the gift of fellowship, community, friendship, and family. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact But there is a temptation to isolate ourselves. Sometimes simply because of scheduling conflicts, we're too tired. Or the most common.... too busy. The more interaction, the more overwhelm. And when you're already stressed, it's easier to just do you. Now understand that "me time" is vital. However, our interaction with each other is crucial to our success. "Two people are better off then one, for they can help each other succeed." ~ Ecclesiastes 4:9 We all need little reminders that the ones we love need us as much as we need them. The K.I.S.S. ~ Better together! You don't have to flex your super powers to make the holidays perfect. Or to be super mom b

It's a busy time of year. Between the parties, decorations, shopping and wrapping, you still have to squeeze in the meal planning for the holidays. No reason to stress. You can start today with a little bit of preparation, and your holidays will shine bright. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact So let's not put off what you really want to do. It's time to ..... The K.I.S.S. ~ Trim your kitchen! Trim your calendar. Write down ALL your events. Leave nothing out. Be sure to include all your typical nights like family movie night, date night, etc. Add in your holiday jazz like concerts, neighborhood parties, gift exchanges, cookie exchanges, Christmas caroling, etc. Finally, cut out what overlaps. This will give your mind a break when you begin to panic one evening about ... "What do I have to do tomorrow? I know I'm forgetting something." No worries. No panic. You have already committed to what you will attend.

With all the twists and turns in life, don't let others dictate your direction and response. Be what you believe! If you desire to build schools overseas where running water is considered a luxury, build a school. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact Be what you believe! If you dreamed your whole life of owning your business with handmade soaps on the shelves, go and start your business, soaps and all. Be what you believe! But I have to interrupt this sweet sound of BE anything. Until you believe what you want in life, you will be living everyone else's beliefs for you. Some might work out great for you. However, deep down, you will know the difference of living how you believe. So let's pick-up where we left off. If you desire to create a life of freedom, run after your goal. Don't stop until you achieve it. Be what you believe! If you dreamed one day of paying off debt and staying home with the children, star

You can't always explain the circumstances in your life. But everything happens for a reason. Running from the bad and embracing the good can be exhausting. Always looking for the reason to question WHY? Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact What would happen if you went from WHY to HOW? WHY did this happen to me? (You get stuck in the guilt, shame, and failure.) HOW can this grow me? (HOW empowers and moves you forward. It shifts you from the good or bad and makes it what it is.) Yes it is important to acknowledge your emotion and feelings, but most of us stop there. God has BIGGER plans for you. If you allow yourself to get swallowed up by the emotions, you never see the way out. You shut God out. And when you shut God out, you don't see the possibilities. You just stay in the WHY. Everything happens for a reason. The K.I.S.S. ~ Ask H.O.W. for your season! How One Wins? Shift from impossible to I'm Possible

How much are you willing to push yourself through life? Even mom needs a sick day. A day that allows the mind, body, and spirit to relax, rejuvenate, and renew from the inside out. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact We are called to rest even when we have so much going on in life. God created the Sabbath for that reason. Now I am not going to sit here and tell you what day you should honor the Sabbath, as that is a subject we could chat about for a long while. Instead, I'm going to let you in on a few secrets. If you are not taking care of yourself, you cannot are for the ones you love. And if you keep striving to be everything to everybody, you will be no one to everybody. You need to listen to your body. You know it best. As you are in the thick of the holiday busyness, rest should be accounted for. Rest doesn't just come when you are sick. It needs to be a priority so you don't end up sick and down. No one

Not anyone will be able to fulfill all of your needs. Instead of trying to put someone in that impossible position, remember less fret, more forgiveness. We drove back home from our family Thanksgiving and everyone survived! Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact We survived the small jabs to the heart, the short tone of voice, and the daggers from the eyes. When we stop long enough to breathe and break away from the busyness, keeping score of who said what to whom, and who hurt someone's feelings first become a piece of cake. It's our focus and is magnified over the vacation or break. Holidays should be relaxing and a time for reconnecting. But instead, you throw each other under the bus and see who can squirm their way out of it first. Unfair? YES!! God didn't create seasons for us to compare one against the other. Seasons give us time to grow in gratitude and in love. It switches things up. Draws our attention

Being in a family, you are bound to disagree, argue, even fight. Got conflict? Now you must be honest. We all disagree at some point in our lives. It could be with a spouse, a boss, a pastor, a mother, a father, a classmate, a customer rep, a stranger, a waitress.... Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact It's never-ending! As I was enjoying our family Thanksgiving, the conversation began to shift to topics that evoked emotional responses which rocked the passion within. Understand, we are a family that discusses all sorts of subjects. Some like to get a rival out of the other. But when you look at conflict as a story, you quiet the emotional passion allowing you to better understand the point of view from your loved one. Conflict as a story removes the emotion. It's like a storyline in a book. You have no emotional attachment or investment. The story opens up the door to see their side without being swallowed up

Holidays can be difficult for some and joyful for others. Today, let's give you the gratitude boost to awaken appreciation. Whether you're struggling to make ends meet, maybe living in a rocky marriage; Or you're celebrating a new job promotion, or paying off a credit card bill --- There is something to be grateful for. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact Today, being Thanksgiving, it's really a time to step back and see the big, and more importantly the smallest blessings. Where you are in your life, you're not doing it alone. I want to be a voice of hope for you; reminding you that no one determines your value, your worth. If you're running out to Black Friday sales, the amount you spend will not add up to how much you'll be loved. So this Thanksgiving, do it differently. Give yourself the gratitude boost. The K.I.S.S. ~ Give yourself the gratitude boost! Think of it as your booster, just like you get for yo

Who would have thought that you could rewire your brain all due to how gratitude changes your brain. We can all agree that living a healthy lifestyle requires real food and intentional movement. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact But if we want to elevate our lives, our thoughts matter just as much. The lens we look through can either increase our optimism resulting in happier moments regardless of circumstances, OR it can darken our days and cloud our judgement. Studies and research support that gratitude physically changes your brain, dramatically reduces depression and anxiety, and increases willpower as hope within grows. Now if all of the above is possible, sign me up! Let's rewire the brain with gratitude. Science has discovered by expressing genuine gratitude, it can physically change your brain. A study from Indian University was done with 43 people who suffered from anxiety or depression. The researc

How many times have you said, "I will start tomorrow."?Tomorrow starts today! It doesn't wait until you're ready. The readiness is in the actions you take today to make way for tomorrow. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact What did you dream last year at this time? How close are you to that dream now? For me, I can say that I'm closer to my dream. However, there is much work to be done. Mistakes to make. No's to be heard. Reasons of why something didn't work forgiven to move forward. Why do you stop living today, always waiting and hoping for tomorrow? The work you do today is what will light your tomorrow. You can think of today as the lighthouse, shining a light bright for all to see what is coming to be. Even though the holidays may have you hurried and overwhelmed, trying to get the last toilet bowl cleaned; (Now that's real life!) You still have today to make your mark for tomorrow. So what are you puttin

When your life is trapped in worry and busy, it only puts yourself in a greater tizzy. How do you stop worrying? Where do you go when your mind wanders about "worry-land"? Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact Numerous studies have shown how worry affects our mental stability and clarity. As much as worry can push you into action, it can also be the cause of increased anxiety. No one feels good when they are living a life of pain and suffering. You fall into the vicious cycle of negative thoughts that continues to foster negative outcomes. The key is answering the question ... How do you stop worrying and get your life back? The K.I.S.S. ~ Grow in GRATITUDE! Compare and contrast. Choose a side. Take A.I.M. (Use words that promote gratitude.) "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." ~ Thessalonians 5:16-18 PRAYER OF GRATITUDE Dear Lo

If you want to create impact, it all starts with the attitude of gratitude. The attitude of gratitude awakens the heart, and what you didn't believe in now is possible. Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://facebook.com/groups/thewomenofimpact When you are trying to fill a void in your life, your heart become hardened and scared. "You're trying to be everything you don't see." The gratitude is reflected within your heart. "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever." Psalm 118:1 The Bible doesn't tells us to give thanks only when we see God working for us. Gratitude is always.... Never failure or wavering. "The attitude of gratitude becomes the heartbeat of your promises" ~ Kristianne Wargo The K.I.S.S. ~ Be grateful no matter your circumstances! Gratitude gives hope when times are tough. Gratitude gives grace when mistakes appear. Gratitude gives compassion when the heart is broken. REFLECTION: Do you have the gratitude to