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This episode explains what an IEP/ARD meeting is, why it matters for your child, and five practical things every parent should know to prepare: how to document your child’s struggles and strengths, know and assert your rights, request meetings anytime, ask questions, and take time to review decisions.
It offers encouragement, resources, and next steps, including joining a supportive community and visiting the host’s website for downloadable tools and guides.
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Host Dara explores why students procrastinate at the end of the school year, often due to burnout, cognitive fatigue, and feeling overwhelmed rather than laziness.
She offers simple strategies: list all tasks, break work into small 20-minute steps, focus on progress over perfection, and build systems that match each student’s learning style to restore confidence and motivation.
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In this episode, the host reflects on how returning joy and laughter revealed the subtle ways fear had narrowed their focus. They explore how fear can look like constant calculation, obsession over outcomes, and a tightened vision, and contrast striving born from panic with obedience rooted in peace. Through personal experience and a closing prayer, listeners are encouraged to pause, release fear, restore joy, and take small faith-led steps forward.
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WEBSITE :daraleigh.com click here: https://www.dara-leigh.com/ FOR "From Stuck to Started: 7-day Identity Reset challenge"
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In this episode Dara honestly shares how months and years of stress left her living in survival mode and slowly stole her joy.
After a moment of unexpected laughter, she reflects on Proverbs 17:22 — "A merry heart does good like medicine" — and explains how laughter and joy are restorative, reducing stress and renewing perspective.
Dara invites listeners to intentionally reclaim joy now, not wait for perfect circumstances, and closes with a short prayer asking God to restore laughter and trust.
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WEBSITE :daraleigh.com click here: https://www.dara-leigh.com/ FOR "From Stuck to Started: 7-day Identity Reset challenge"
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Host Dara opens up about fatigue and spiritual fog and shares three guiding words she received: healing, hope, and glory. She explains how healing restores identity, hope anchors you through uncertainty, and glory transforms struggle into lasting strength.
If you're feeling stuck or short-circuited, this episode encourages rest, trust in the process, and the reminder that you are created with purpose and still designed to win.
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This episode explores the greatest love story: God’s unconditional love for you, shown through Jesus and a desire for relationship.
It encourages meeting people where they are with intentional presence—calls, handwritten notes, shared coffee, prayer—and choosing practical ways to show love to the lonely, grieving, or overlooked.
Close with a brief prayer and a reminder that God sees you and loves you, inviting listeners to reflect that love this Valentine’s week.
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In this episode the host shares a candid, faith-driven reflection on recent struggles, recognizing that fear—not victimhood—was narrowing their focus. Drawing on Proverbs 3:5-6, they explore what true trust in God looks like, offer practical questions to help listeners surrender control, and close with a prayer and invitation to a simple week-long reset.
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Host Dara shares a raw, real-life episode about a week full of unexpected problems, stress, and exhaustion, offering comfort that feeling overwhelmed doesn’t mean failure. She encourages listeners to pause, breathe, and surrender their worries to God.
Practical steps include finding quiet time with God, talking to someone safe, taking one faithful step at a time, and resting instead of trying to fix everything at once. The episode closes with a prayer and a reminder that you are not alone and still designed to win.
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Good morning and welcome back to Design to Win. Dara shares a late-night message about hearing God say "build it and they will come," calling listeners to obedience, identity, and the specific calling God placed in their hearts.
She invites you into the Reset Challenge—pray for restoration, realign with God, and step forward with courage and faith, trusting that your life was designed on purpose to make a difference.
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WEBSITE :daraleigh.com click here: https://www.dara-leigh.com/ FOR "From Stuck to Started: 7-day Identity Reset challenge"
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In this heartfelt episode Dara speaks prophetically about how today’s school systems and culture teach young people to tie their worth to performance rather than their God‑given identity. She urges listeners to recognize each child’s unique design and to stop comparing value based on visibility or achievement.
She introduces a year‑long reset to help students and adults discover how their minds are wired, restore identity, and invites parents, educators, churches, and communities to serve together to change culture one child, one classroom, and one family at a time.
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WEBSITE :daraleigh.com click here: https://www.dara-leigh.com/ FOR "From Stuck to Started: 7-day Identity Reset challenge"
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From the publisher's feed
Welcome to Designed to Win by Dara Leigh, the podcast that empowers you to rise above doubt, defeat negative voices, and step fully into your God-given identity. Dara speaks to students, parents, creatives, dreamers, and those with learning differences — reminding each person that challenges don’t define you; Christ does.
Here we talk about purpose, calling, mental strength, biblical wisdom, and how to navigate real-life struggles with grace and courage. Every episode is a reminder that you were created with gifts the world needs — and with God, you are designed to win.
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