Embrace Your Strengths

EP 170 Embrace Your Strengths Highlights of 2024

Every episode in 2024 was such a joy to chat with each person as we talked about how their top 5 CliftonStrengths are showing up in their work, life and relationships. Here is a quick flyover of a some of them you might like to listen to or share with a friend! 

# 149 Sisters Celebrating Strengths as Moms with Claire Culwell and Rachel Buchanan

#143 Connecting with My Big Brother: Exploring Strengths with Doug Griffes  

#137Jesse and Tricia  Marcos 

# 138 Soloman and Jamie Wang

#147 Tim Casteel 

#160 Journey to the Likeness of Jesus with Cheryl Fletcher 

#169 Nothing is Wasted with Davey Blackburn

#159 Friends in Life, Work and Loss with Katherine Thorwalson and Madison Bowen

#168 Stepping Up to Use Her Voice to Bring Hope to  Students with Racheal Mwale

#165 An Adventurous Learner in Life and Work with Anabel Jamail 

#151 Compelling Passions in Her Writing and Counseling with Christine Kaskow

#158 Leveraging Her Strengths: Counseling, Caring and Transforming Lives with Cricket Berlin

#167 Guiding Women to Treasure their Sacred Story with Laura Wilcox

#146 Bringing Genunie Joy and Care Every Day with Ophelia Chafagouline 

#134 Leading with His Passion for People with Brett Marcos

#144 Creatingh with Purpose with Hannah Hamza 

#148 Embracing God's Goodness in the Unexpected with Gayle Clark

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EP 169 Nothing is Wasted with Davey Blackburn

Davey's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are:  Achiever, Learner, Intellection, Focus & Maximizer 

In November 2015 Davey’s wife of 7 years, Amanda Grace, was tragically murdered in a home invasion. Davey was left to pastor their church as a single dad of their 15 month old son, Weston. 2 years later Davey remarried and God’s redemption story began to unfold. Davey and his new wife, Kristi, have devoted their lives to helping people through their valleys in life and teach them that when following Jesus, Nothing is Wasted. Davey and Kristi live in Indianapolis, IN with their three kids, Natalia, Weston, and Cohen. They founded Nothing is Wasted Ministries to help people partner with God to take back their story.

You can follow Davey on Instagram here. 

You can follow Nothing is Wasted Ministries on Instagram here. 

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EP 168 Stepping Up to Use Her Voice to Bring Hope to Students with Racheal Mwale

Racheal's top 5 CliftonStrengths are:  Activator, Communication, Strategic, Ideation & Futuristic 

Rachael Mwale is a single lady serving as a missionary with Campus Crusade for Christ in Zambia for 11years bringing hope and transformation to univeristy students.

She is deeply passionate about raising and developing Christian leaders on High schools and university campuses, empowering students to embrace and multiply Christian values, and inspiring them to impact their peers and communities for Christ.

Rachael’s calling expanded after the heartbreaking loss of her sister to suicide, which ignited her burden for addressing mental health issues among young people. She has since committed herself to taking hope to the hopeless, especially students struggling with depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation on campus. Currently studying mental health, equipping her to better serve and support these young people, guiding them to find healing, purpose, and meaning in Christ. Which in future she plans to open a Christian rehabilitation Center.

Through her ministry, Rachael has witnessed incredible transformations young lives restored with hope some recovered from the guilty and pain. Others found hope at the verge of giving up .and three of her disciples answering the call to full-time her holistic approach integrates mental health advocacy, including drug and substance abuse awareness and prevention programs, into her efforts to bring lasting change.

You can connect with Racheal at racheal.mwale@cccz.org or WhatsApp +260968062406

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EP 167 Guiding Women to Treasure their Sacred Story with Laura Wilcox

Laura's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Maximizer, Positiivity, Empathy, Belief & Woo 

Laura is the founder of Sacred Story Ministry which was started 13 years ago, She has a background in working with a missions organization for 20 years, reaching out to college students and business professionals. She graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary (Master of Biblical Studies), author of Capture My Heart, Lord and co-author of Living Your Story: 10 Biblical Principles That Matter and Beautiful Surrender: Singleness and Marriage in the Book of Ruth. 

Laura has served as a corporate chaplain to companies in Houston to bring truth into the secular workplace in a welcoming way. She lives in Houston and loves catch up time with friends and family, being in God's creation, and a bite of dark chocolate! 

 

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EP 166 Equipping Women for Strength-Based Leadership with Sheri Onishi

Sheri's top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Connectedness, Input, Positivity, Ideation and Includer 

Sheri Onishi has been on staff with Cru for 37 years, serving with the campus ministry (SLM) in the US, Venezuela, Latin American and the Caribbean leadership team and now the VP team for the campus ministry with the focus of Leadership development. She has a masters from Dallas Theological Seminary and is a certified Spiritual Director. She is married to Keith and is mother to Rachel, Mary and Tucker.

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EP 165 An Adventurous Learner in Life and Work with Annabel Jamail

Annabel's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are:  Includer, Positivity, Responsibility, Learner and Belief 

Annabel is a teacher by training and adventurer by desire who lives in Austin, TX. She has worked for camps, public schools, private tutoring and as a sailing instructor. She is happiest when on or by the water and surrounded by loved ones.

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EP 164 Strengths Shining as Senior Photo Stylist in Waco with Lucy Diaz

Lucy's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Connectedness, Empathy, Developer, Woo and Communication

Lucy is  a creative, stepmom, and eternal extrovert living in Waco, Texas. She is the senior photo stylist for Magnolia, a lifestyle brand focused on the importance of home and connection. Her  favorite things to do are spending time with friends, traveling and seeing new places and people, yoga and dance, and hanging out with her husband, Jordan, and his 8-year-old Benjamin. She is  originally from Orlando, Florida, where most of her  family and friends live, so she also tries to travel back home as much as possible. She   believes life is all about connecting with others, having fun and making memories, and living like Jesus!

You can follow Lucy on Instagram here! 

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EP 163 Motivated by the Love of Her Father with Margaryta Besediuk

Margaryta's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are:  Responsibility, Learner, Arranger, Significance & Communication 

Margaryta  is Ukrainian and lives in Ukraine, Rivne.  She is married and has  two  wonderful sons. She does women ministry in the church and Biblical Counseling. Margaryta  enjoys walking and spending time with a book and also to be with family and enjoying nature. 

 

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EP 162 Energized to Empower Men in Their Spiritual Growth with Micah VanDover

Micah's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Significance, Activator, Futuristic, Competition,  and Self Assurance 

Micah comes from a real estate/business background and has a consuming passion about connecting people to Christ through evangelism, discipleship, learning the Bible better, and living out God’s Word. Micah would not rather be doing anything else than helping equip the church to know God and make Him known. Helping men thrive in their relationship with Christ and seeing that vertical relationship transcend every horizontal aspect of their lives - from marriage to parenting, from work and to leisure - is an opportunity he is thankful to pour his life into. Currently Micah lives in Austin, Texas, is married with 4 children and is the Men's Pastor at AustinRidge Bible Church Southwest Campus.  

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EP 161 Beyond: A Book about Legacy and Wisdom with Carol Dodds, Mary Henderson, Lyn Alexander and Judy Douglass

Carol's Top 5 Strengths are:  Activator, Connectedness, Woo, Belief, Communication 

Mary's Top 5 Strengths are: Maximizer, Strategic, Learner, Communication, Responsibility, 

Lyn's Top 5 Strengths are: Positivity, Empathy, Harmony, Connectedness & Input 

Judy's Top 5 Strengths are: Developer, Connectedness, Positivity, Stratetic & Input 

Website for Beyond: Creating a Love you Love in your 50's, 60's, 70's and more

Carol Dodds has enjoyed working alongside her husband, Stuart, with Cru and Athletes in Action since 1982. Carol is a passionate speaker, life coach, and mentor. She is the founding director of Encore, an organization in Austin, Texas for influential women over fifty. Carol and Stuart have three children and one granddaughter.

 

Mary Henderson is an author, counselor and speaker devoted to helping others overcome the barriers keeping them from being all they can be. She and her husband, John, have lived and worked toward this goal throughout New Zealand, Eastern Europe, Russia and the United States. They have three grown children and two grandchildren. Her website is Mary Henderson

 

Lyn Alexander is deeply committed to developing rich, lasting relationships with her family and those she mentors. She served as the Executive Director of TruCare in Austin, Texas, and has held positions at The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Pictures, and McDonnell Douglas. Lyn and her husband Dan have three children and three grandchildren.

 

Judy Douglass loves encouraging people to be all that they were created for. She is an author, speaker, podcast host, and Director of Women's Resources for Cru. She is the founder and host of Prayer for Prodigals, an online community for those who love someone who is making destructive choices. She has three children and ten grandchildren. Her website is Judy Douglass

 

Find out your strengths by taking the CliftonStrengths Top 5 Assessment  

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