Embrace Your Strengths

EP 123 Hi November! with Barbara Culwell

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

Using the encouragement of Emily P Freeman and The Next Right Thing Guided Journal I reflected on my October and what were some of my gains and drains.  It was encouraging to see how so many energizing moments were reflecting my top 5 CliftonStrengths!   

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EP 122 A College Student ”Gets It!” with Bella DeGarmo

Bella's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Empathy, Developer, Adaptability, Input, and Connectedness. 

Bella is  a sophomore at UTSA,(University of Texas at San Antonio ) majoring in Global Affairs. She is  a student leader with Cru, and has  the privilege of seeing God work through the movement on her campus. She was born in Austin, Texas, but  grew up in three different countries around the world. She  loves to travel, read, and hike. 

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EP 121 Takeaways from Team Workshops with Warren and Barbara Culwell

Warren and Barbara talk about the value of learning about your CliftonStrengths with a team that you work with.  They share about some things they both observed from 3 different teams that recently met together for a Team Dynamics Workshop with CoreClarity.  One of the  key takeaways is  being encouraged and challenged to "see and know" those you work with in order to have more effectiveness and kingdom impact.   

Celebration Our 40th Wedding Anniversary  podcast episode with Warren and Barbara Culwell 

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EP 120 Finding God’s Comfort in the Unexpected Chapters of Life with Susan Reeves

Susan's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are:  Belief, Empathy. Context, Adaptability and Connectedness

Susan grew up in South Carolina and  graduated from Clemson University. She spent 35 years in college ministry with CRU and has been married to Shannon for 31 years. They have  two daughters, one grandson, two granddaughters.
Susan loves swimming 4-5x a week, baking, loves watching all kinds of sports live or on TV, going on dates with Shannon, being alone, camping, and  getting to be around her  grandkids everyday and every night (most of the time!)

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EP 118 Believing in Others More than They Believe in Themselves with Charmaine Lillestrand

Charmaine's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Strategic, Includer, Positivity, Futuristic and Woo 

Charmaine Lillestrand has crisscrossed the globe calling people to be all that God created them to be. She has led teams into the former Soviet Union, and then Russia, while living in Moscow for four years. She was coNational Director of the Worldwide Student Network, which
launched new ministries in over 200 locations globally. While her children were young, they led Agape Italia from Florence Italy for five years. Back in the US, she and her husband led a nationwide ministry called Cru City for 10 years. Today, and through it all, she often says, “The adventure God has in store for you far out reaches anything you could imagine for yourself!”

Currently she and her husband Greg live in Carlsbad, California and serve with Cru's Family Life Ministry.  Charmaine coaches leaders and consults leadership teams. You can reach her at charmaine.lillestrand@gmail.com

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EP 117 Building a Better Tomorrow with Story Telling Today with Jannelle Suzanne

Janelle's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Achiever, Woo, Developer, Responsibility & Belief

Janelle  lives in Austin, Texas, with her two very high-energy kids and two very high-energy dogs. They're a great match for each other. 

 

She  loves to spend all of my free time outdoors--even in these triple-digit temps. She even works outside when it's not so hot that my laptop overheats. When she's  not working or enjoying the outdoors, she is a  Soccer Mom, Theater Mom, and Chauffeur Extraordinaire. And she loves marathon naps (which might be surprising since she is an "Achiever")

 

You can learn more about what she does at louderagency.com and Mosaic Path.

 

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EP 116 Hi September! with Barbara Culwell

A quick recap of some team workshops in August... and some fun interviews in the pipeline for September!  All three of these ladies have Woo!   You know they will be inspiring to listen to!    

Also I look forward to travelings alongside my daugther Claire as she tells her amazing story at several pregnancy centers across the country.  

You can listen to an episode with her telling about her miraculous story and also about her book called Survivor the was released in 2021

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EP 115 Crossing Borders Impacting Students with Camille Watson

Camille’s Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Input, Learner, Positivity, Empathy and Intellection

Camille currently works as an International Admissions Coordinator at Baylor University. Her academic interests include linguistics, philology, and Third Culture Kid experiences. In her free time, she enjoys painting, hiking, and reading Russian literature.

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EP 114 Revitalizing Connection in the Church with Jamie Taylor

Jamie's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Learner, Connectedness, Relator, Strategic & Input

Jamie is a native Austinite who grew up making music in the church. She has a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from The University of Texas and has been teaching music and singing professionally for 16 years. Her worship experience began early, as a cantor in the Catholic Church, often singing with her Baptist father and big brother, and her music path continued after college as a contract musician and choir director for several Presbyterian congregations in Austin. Thanks to her broad professional experience and family history, Jamie has a passion for ecumenism and has participated in worship in many denominations across the city.

When she’s not making music, you can find her on Bull Creek trail, probably listening to Bible Project podcasts and accompanied by her dog, Theo (a.k.a. The Most Excellent Theophilus). The pandemic increased her passion for writing and gardening, leading to several published articles and a blog about the lessons she learns while trying to grow things in Central Texas.

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EP 113 Creating a Dynamic New Chapter in her 70’s with Margaret Griffes

Margaret's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Ideation, Connectedness, Strategic, Learner & Activator 

Margaret's  family was from Ft. Worth but she moved to Rome, Italy when she was 9. That has been a pattern in her family and that of her husband. They  are global nomads which has created so many opportunities to learn and adapt to people and places. She has  discovered through the CliftonStrengths that she has  so much more appreciation and openness to continue in her life explorations.

 

Her #1 Ideation is the most delightful discovery!  Her top 5 are exactly how she thinks and acts (#5 Activator!)  And knowing that 6 of Top 10 are Strategic has empowered her to search and accept new opportunities aligned with them.She is  exhilarated to have an opportunity to create and work with teams representing a variety of backgrounds and ages! Her current role as Vice Chair of Denver SIster Cities International has shown her that she can use her strengths to take advantage of the disruptions from COVID to understand and propose a reorganization after analyzing DSCI from a new perspective. She loves being in a dynamic, creative situation, learning the CliftonStrengths of others to form strategic alliances to accomplish objectives.

 

Thriving with  her husband Doug, after her latest construction project near Denver, with their pets and their organic garden.  They are amazed to be so excited to be involved with interesting projects and people!  

 

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