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Barbara Culwell sits downs with individuals to hear how they are on the path to living out their God given purpose as they are understanding and developing their Top 5 CliftonStrengths. You will be encouraged to understand more about what is great about YOU and your own strengths. Join Barbara as she helps you navigate how to find more joy and purpose in your life through discovering your best self.
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Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
David's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Woo, Communication, Positivity, Strategic & Developer
Christie's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Connectedness, Empathy, Responsibility, Positivity & Developer
David and Christie live in Austin, Texas and have been married for 30 years. They have three adult children and one grandchild with another on the way!
David works part-time for The Bible Project and together they are owners of a Cosmetology and Barber School. They love people and bring joy and hope to those around them!
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Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Warren's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Harmony, Belief, Communication, Intellection and Analytical
Barbara's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Harmony, Adaptability, Empathy, Connectedness & Maximizer
Warren and Barbara live in Austin, Texas and have been married 43 years. They both enjoy mentoring men and women and loving and caring for folks in their home with warm hospitality. Their two daughters are married and they have 7 grandchildren.
Recent books Warren is gleaning from are: Preparing for Heaven by Gary Black and Dallas Willard and Living Like Backward by David Gibson
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Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Dan's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are :Context, Activator, Maximizer, Futuristic & Learner
Julie's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Activator, Relator, Belief, Responsibility & Connectedness
Dan and julie were married in 1983 and have enjoyed a lifetime of ministry opportunities. 17 years with CRU working with College students and the past 25 years in church ministry. They currently live in Grand Island, NE where Dan is the Lead Pastor at the Grand Island Evangelical Free Church and Julie is the Teaching Director for the local Community Bible Study. They have 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren and love pursuing growth in their own marriage as well as helping others in theirs. They have also been presenters at the Family Life Weekend to Remember conferences for 30 years.
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Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Amy's Top 5 Strengths are: Belief, Developer, Empathy, Context and Harmony
Amy is a grief and trauma-informed coach who helps individuals find hope, healing, and purpose after experiencing deep loss. Having lost her own son to heart disease, Amy truly understands the weight of grief and the struggle of holding on to faith in the midst of suffering. Through her writing, speaking, and coaching, she encourages people to be honest about their emotions, embrace vulnerability, and hold tight to God’s promises, even when it feels like faith is slipping away. Amy’s approach is rooted in a biblical, trauma-informed framework that empowers individuals to move from isolation to connection, from despair to hope. She offers clear, actionable steps to help clients rediscover their sense of self, find community, and create a path forward, even after life-altering grief or trauma. Amy specializes in coaching individuals who have experienced a variety of deeply painful situations, including child loss, miscarriage, stillbirth, adoption trauma, family fractures, medical trauma, grief, and prolonged singleness. Her coaching style is warm, engaging, and transformative, creating a safe and supportive space for healing. Clients often describe Amy as nurturing, connected, loyal, approachable, and wise—qualities that help them feel seen, heard, and empowered to move forward through their pain. Whether navigating complex grief or life’s toughest challenges, Amy’s compassionate approach helps others rediscover hope, healing, and clarity. Amy holds a masters degree and is certified as a Nothing Is Wasted Trauma-Informed Pain to Purpose Coach. She also works full-time with Nothing Is Wasted Ministries, helping people live fully and purposefully despite tragedy.
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Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Shelby's Top 5 Clifton Strengths are: Responsibility, Discipline, Activator, Relator & Futuristic
Shelby is a technology program manager living in Austin, TX. She credits her first job producing and booking concerts with her now-career of managing and influencing people to get things done. She's an avid traveler who now has to balance her inability to say no to an adventure with being a new homeowner. She's involved in her church, enjoys live music, jogs around Town Lake, and time with friends.
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Friday Jan 03, 2025
Friday Jan 03, 2025
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
#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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Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
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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Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
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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Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
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.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
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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