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Embrace Your Strengths

Barbara Culwell

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 hear how you are matters in your work and relationships. Join Barbara as she helps you navigate how to find more joy and purpose in your life as you hear other’s stories of embracing their strengths!

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EP 200 Celebrating Episode 200 with Gerry Buchholz

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2025/12/09

Barbara and Gerry celebrate 200 episodes of Embrace Your Strengths! Gerry is EYS's biggest fan! She shares a bit about how knowing her strengths "saved her marriage" and also living out her strengths daily gives her joy and passion as she meets with folks and loves to share the life giving hope of knowing Jesus! You can hear more about her story on Episode 61. Barbara talks about the history of EYS and the joy she gets from connecting with people and encouraging them to live wholeheartedly

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EP 199 Restoring Broken Family Relationshipsin the...

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2025/12/04

Josue's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Restoraive Connectedness, Woo, Communication and ContextNicole's Top 5 Clfitonstrengths are: Maximizer, Empathy, Harmony, Futuristic and Developer Nicole and Daniel (Mambo) make their home in Denver, Colorado, though they originally from Wisconsin and Mexico City. Nicole is a dedicated career coach who thrives on helping people discover their purpose and professional direction. Daniel works as a financial broker helping people to understand how the financial

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EP 198 Nature, Nurture and Her Strengths: The Gift of...

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2025/11/18

Heather McDowell Macleod's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Positivity, Empathy, Developer, Communication & Includer Heather lives in Southern California with her husband, David, and their kids. Having grown up on CRU staff as the daughter of the McDowells, ministry has always been close to her heart. After six years of working directly with young adults, she recently stepped into the role of Director of Development at OC United. OC United is committed to keeping families together, preventing kids

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30:43

EP !97 Living Intentionally: A Life Devoted to People...

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2025/11/04

Tawny's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Belief, Activator, Responsibiility, Achiever and Connectedness Tawny has been with Cru almost 30 years having served in Baton Rouge, Costa Rica, Mexico, Colorado, and Orlando. She currently has the privilege of working with the Cru Coaching Center team as a launching specialist. Being able to help students start ministries across the U.S. and world where there currently are none is what she loves doing. She's married to Ryan and has two seniors, Sutton in

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EP 196 Love Rooted in God's Faithfulness with...

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2025/10/28

Michelle's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Harmony, Activator, Relator, individualization and Responsbility Michelle lives in Austin Texas with her husband Austin and two girls Katherine and Margo. She attended the University of Oklahoma and worked in campus ministry post college at SMU in Dallas. Most recently she has been a part of the team at Generous Giving doing follow up for their retreats that happen all over the country. Her favorite things to do include being active and being outside

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27:45

EP 195 Sojourning in France: Learning, Hosting and...

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2025/10/21

Lana's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Woo, Communication, Activator, Includer & Connectedness Lana is currently living in Aix-en-Provence, a town in the South of France! She and her husband just moved there in July 2025 for an opportunity with his work, as well as a desire to be a part of God’s plan for the nations. Currently she spends her days going to French school and enjoying all of the things that France has to offer! Before moving to France, she was a business strategy consultant and

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EP !94 Adapting to a New Chapter in Charleston with...

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2025/10/08

Kelsey's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Positivity, Strategic, Maximizer, Ideation and Adaptability Kelsey Linnartz is the artist and founder of LinnArtzy (yes, the name comes from her last name and a constant compliment, "you're so artsy"). She uses her top 5 strengths of Positivity, Strategic, Maximizer, Ideation, and Adaptability every day as an entrepreneur and creative. She's a live fashion illustrator who draws guests at parties and brand events—think personalized fashion sketches created on the

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EP 193 Championing Each Other in a New Season of...

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2025/09/30

Matt's Top 5 Strengths are: Adaptability, Context, Positivity, Woo & BeliefElizabeth's Top 5 Strengths are: Harmony, Relator, Discipline, Empathy & Focus Matt and Elizabeth live in Orlando, FL with their two sons, Caleb (2.5) and Shepherd (11 months). They met while serving in Italy with Cru, and recently moved back to the States. They now work at Cru's global headquarters, Matt in Risk Management and Elizabeth in Leadership Development and Human Resources. In their free time, they enjoy

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25:40

EP 192 Adoption, Trauma and the Power of Her...

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2025/09/25

Kathy's Top 5 Clifonstrengths are: Woo, Belief, Competition, Learner and Focus Kathy lives in Cedar Park, Texas, mom of four and grandmother to one. As Owner and Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, Kathy is using her strengths to help others on their emotional transformational journey. Kathy uses a new form of therapy that integrates eye stimulation to transform emotions, bringing rapid results. You can find her at kathyritzcounseling.com. Find out your strengths by taking the

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EP 191 Leveraging Her Strengths: Thriving as a...

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2025/09/09

Chloe's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Input, Strategic, Responsibility, Discipline and Restorative Chloe Larson has been teaching Latin in the School of Rhetoric at Veritas Academy in Austin, Texas, for the past five years, where she also serves as the Dean of Student Life for 5th-12th grade. A grateful alumna of Regents School of Austin (Class of 2015), Chloe went on to earn her B.A. in Integrated Marketing from Gordon College. Though her degree was in marketing, she found herself most inspired by

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44:21

EP 190 Passionate About the Kingdom of God and...

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2025/09/02

Caleb's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Competition, Arranger, Significance, Command and Achiever Caleb currently lives with his family in Sumter, SC, and I flies F-16s at Shaw AFB. He enjoys travel, outdoor adventures, and working out. You can follow Caleb on Instagram here Find out your strengths by taking the CliftonStrengths Top 5 Assessment Workshops and Coaching with Barbara Culwell Subscribe & Leave a Review on Embrace Your Strengths

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EP 189 Strengths that Carry You Through Life and Loss...

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2025/08/22

Todd's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Positivity, Woo, Communication, Belief and ArrangerCollyn's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Intellection, Context, Harmony, Responsibility and Belief Todd has served for 25 years with Generous Giving. Collynn has served for 10 years as a personal assistant to a wonderful local philanthropist. We have raised their five children in Orlando, FL and have gained three more as our children have married. We feel blessed to be engaged in our local community. We

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31:03

EP 188 The Sacred Gift of Long-time Neighboring with...

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2025/07/29

Jennifer's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Communication, Activator, Woo, Belief & Connectedness Jennifer Carson is wife to Bob for almost 30 years, mom to John and Ian and mother in law to the wonderful, Scarlett. Jennifer has been involved in ministry since college serving on staff with Cru for close to 20 years, then Gateway church in Austin. She has put down roots in their hippy dippy Brentwood Austin neighborhood loving on neighbors. When not traveling to see their adult kids in Bozeman,

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EP !87 Finding Hope and Healing through Lament with...

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2025/07/11

Erin's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Empathy, Developer, Harmony, Belief and Includer Erin Rodrigues is a Texas girl serving with Cru in Queens, NY with her family. She gained a heart for the world on an overseas summer mission as a college student, and, in a surprising twist to everyone around her, was won over by the vision of the gospel advancing throughout NYC. Eight years, a lot of coffee with students, a husband, and two baby girls later (one with Jesus and one in her arms), she continues to

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EP 186 Passionately Leading The Women of Pader,...

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2025/06/25

Holly's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Developer, Connectedness, Relator, Achiever and Adaptability Holly first visited Pader, Uganda in 2013. when she felt an immediate connection and a call from God to help the women restart their lives after a 20-year war in Northern Uganda. She founded the Non Profit The Women Of Pader Uganda to help provide a variety of programs and projects with goals of brining hope healing and empowerment to the women and community with a foundation in Christ and intentional

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EP 185 Living Purposefully as a Father and Pastor...

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2025/06/10

BJ's top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Woo, Communication, Maximizer, Input and CompetitionBJ met Jesus on a very hungover walk across campus his freshman year at the University of Florida (Go Gators!). He graduated with a history degree and a lifelong conviction: God is always faithful to His promises. Through college ministry, he met his wife Rachel, and nearly eight years later, they’re raising 3.2 kids—Elijah, Gracie, Mackenzie Joy, and “Fluffy,” due December ’25! BJ serves as the Director of

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EP 184 In Her Sweet Spot as a Therapist with Salena...

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2025/05/27

Sal's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Empathy, Belief, Connecteness, Adaptability and Woo Sal lives in Fort Worth, TX. and is a licensed therapist. She feels strongly Jesus has set her apart for this work and continually feels honored to walk with so many women on their healing journey. When she is not counseling women, she enjoy keeping up with Texas Tech sports, solo dates at local coffee shops, traveling, and time with family, friends, and her cats! You can connect with her about counseling

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EP183 Strengths Based Onboarding that Builds...

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2025/05/14

Suzanne's Top 5 Clifton Strengths are: Harmony, Empathy, Arranger, Connectedness & Activator.Suzanne Fox Trotter is an Associate Professor and the Director of Student Affairs at the Tufts University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program in Seattle. A proud Auburn Tiger, she began her academic journey in Public Relations but felt a powerful calling to physical therapy—and she’s never looked back. Suzanne earned her Master’s in Physical Therapy from Emory University in 1995 and went on to complete

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EP 182 Legacy Wisdom from a Grammie called “Honey"...

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2025/05/08

Beth's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Ideation, Input, Connectedness, Learner & Intellection Mother of four, grandmother of 1, Beth English has learned the refining power of waiting years to be a mother and grandmother. If there are encouragement cheerleaders in heaven, Beth wants to be one. She delights in small group discussions like the ones she has had mentoring women for over 50 years with Cru. She and her husband, David, frequently speak on Phases of Life for women and men. Her book, The

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EP 181 Serving with Joy: Loving Her Bonus Career...

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2025/04/29

Patti's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are: Relator, Learner, Focus, Achiever & Maximizer Patti has experienced Austin’s transformation since arriving at The University of Texas. With a degree in civil engineering, she spent the early part of her career collaborating with developers and planners to design subdivisions in Austin in the 1980s. During this time, she also began investing in Austin real estate, giving her firsthand experience with the city’s dynamic housing market. As she raised her

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