Embrace Your Strengths

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 

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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

 

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EP 160 Journey to the Likeness of Jesus with Cheryl Fletcher

Cheryl's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Strategic, Activator,  Belief, Positivity & Responsibility 

Cheryl grew up in Southern California, and graduated from Baylor University.  She worked aa a Young Life Staff,  at First Evangelical Free Church in Austin, Christian Assembly in Los Angeles and most recently at Menlo Church with multi sites in the Bay Area, California.    

Now she is  ”retired” but is also waiting to see what is next! 

 

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EP 159 Friends in Life, Work and Loss with Madison Bowen and Katherine Thorwaldson

Madison's top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Developer, Empathy, Restorative, Harmony, Communication  

Katherine's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Empathy, Relator, Developer, Connectedness Adaptability 

Born and raised in San Antonio, Madison made her way to Texas A&M where she studied accounting and met her now husband, Marshall. They married in 2016 and made their way to Austin in 2018. Together, they have a precious three year old daughter, Atlee, and yellow lab, Hank. For work, Madison oversees accounting and operations at Brookline Wealth. She enjoys watching Atlee experience new things, spending time with loved ones, traveling and starting her morning with the Today show.

From a young age, Katherine knew she had a passion for listening and helping shoulder the burdens of others. After majoring in Psychology at Texas A&M, she went on to study Counseling at Dallas Theological Seminary. It was clear to her upon graduation she did not want to pursue her counseling license and, instead, started a career in recruiting. Through God’s kindness and an incredible hook-up from Madison, she started her favorite role yet with Brookline Wealth in 2023. Katherine has been married to Dylan since 2015, and they have two boys at home, Stone (4) and Beck (2). Katherine enjoys reading fiction, being in nature, finding treasures with her boys, and laughing. 

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EP 158 Leveraging Her Strengths: Counseling, Caring and Transforming Lives with Crickett Berlin

Crickett's Top 5 Strengths are:  Harmony, Restorative, Relator, Learner & Responsibility

Crickett Berlin is a native Austinite. She has been married to her husband, Scott, for 17 years and they have two teen boys, Jett and Maverick. Crickett worked for over a decade as a registered nurse but now works as a licensed therapist providing Christian based counseling. Crickett also serves in her church community facilitating grief support groups and caring for women who are experiencing difficult life transitions. Crickett and her family love to explore the world and she has traveled to over 40 different countries!

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EP 157 Embracing Each Other's Strengths with Barbara Culwell

Sheri's Strengths are: Maximizer, Strategic, Relator, Communication & Woo

Julie's Strengths are: Empathy, Input, Adaptability, Positivity & Intellection  

As longtime friends through our work with Cru, Sheri, Julie and I have learned to see and appreciate each other's unique strengths as we spur each other on in our lives and ministries. Being together in person is always a gift when we live three different states.   In this episode you will hear how "seeing” each other thru the lens  of our strengths can be  taste of appreciating and valuing the strengths of the people in our lives.   

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EP 156 5 Takeaways from Uganda with Barbara Culwell

Barbara's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Harmony, Adaptability, Empathy, Connectedness & Maximizer 

Barbara lives in Austin, Texas loves to come alongside others to help them "embrace their strengths" as they understand their top 5 Cliftonstrengths through one on one coaching and team workshops.  She is continually learning more personally about her strengths  as she helps  others see how magnificent they are too!
 
She "Connects with Others to Help Them Discover They Matter".  She is married to Warren, mom to two married daugthers and "Babsy" to 7 grandchildren.

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EP 155 Cultivating Hope and Legacy with Jean-Marie Jobs

Jean Marie's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Individualization, Connectedness, Belief, Achiever, & Responsibility 

Starting her training career in 1998, Jean-Marie is a master trainer, having delivered over 20,000 hours of in-person training and coaching time. Her experience ranges from corporate markets in the US to inter-cultural work in Canada, Holland, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Jean founded GAP Community, Inc. (a nonprofit corporation) in 1998 and Yellow Marker, Inc. (consulting and training) in 2012 with the vision of bringing character and values to the foreground, personally and professionally. In 2022, Jean joined forces with Novus Global, a premier training and executive coaching organization, where she leads the Train the Trainer through the Meta Performance Institute. Jean has worked with large organizations such as Disney, ESPN, Microsoft, Interstate Batteries, United Airlines and BMW in corporate culture and change management.  Her specialties include leadership development, mastering mindsets and communication/team building.

Jean also served for 15 years as a volunteer Law Enforcement Chaplain in Sonoma County, retired in 2015.  She has been volunteering with The Six Foundation since 2014, working with first responders and veterans as a Cognitive Coach.

In 2018, Jean published her first book on leadership, The Art of Feeding Heroes, leading from the inside out.

Jean is dedicated to:

• Unleashing Passion – When people come alive, they bring creativity and enjoyment to their workplaces.
• Developing Character –Inviting people into their inherent greatness synergizes relationship in every sector of life.
• Creating Legacy – Each person has the opportunity to choose how they relate to their life and in doing so, create an intentional mark on their relationships, in their communities and on the environment.

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EP 154 Reading, Writing and Reflecting with Amanda McKinley

Amanda's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Intellection, Input, Positivity, Strategic, & Learner 

Amanda McKinley has lived in Austin for 25 years. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a double major in English and Spanish literature. She has a master’s degree in Foreign Language Education. She is passionate about books, theology, culture and writing. She will be teaching an Apologetics and Ethics class at Austin Classical School in the fall. She is married to Jim McKinley and they have two children, Marshall (14) and Ellie (13).

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EP 153 Living For Others So They Know They Matter with Rachel Greiner

Rachel's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are:  Woo, Belief, Strategic, Learner & Achiever

Rachel Greiner strives to live the motto, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Her pro-life experience and passion for empowering others lead her to speak to groups across the U.S. and in South America; she’s also been featured on national radio and podcast. Rachel is Director of CLR Bridge Ministries at Christian Life Resources in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  To get her attention, just mention food!

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