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What if your greatest strengths could help you navigate life’s biggest challenges—and even shape the way you parent? Discover how understanding and leveraging your unique talents can transform your career, relationships, and family life. Join the conversation with Kennedy Rogers, Director of Strengths Leadership and Student Impact at Wichita State University, as we explore the power of CliftonStrengths, the intersection of ADHD and personal growth, and the freedom that comes from embracing who you truly are.

Highlights

• Kennedy’s journey from discovering her strengths to leading others at Wichita State University
• The difference between CliftonStrengths and other personality assessments
• How strengths-based approaches empower both individuals and parents
• Navigating ADHD: reframing challenges as assets
• The “balcony and basement” concept—how strengths can help or hinder us
• Parenting with intention and letting go of perfection
• Practical ways to apply strengths in career, education, and daily life
• Encouragement for skeptics and those feeling lost or in transition

Chapters

00:23 — Kennedy’s work at Wichita State and her strengths journey

01:14 — What is CliftonStrengths? How does it differ from other assessments?

02:37 — The science and validity behind strengths-based tools

04:31 — Strengths in times of transition and personal growth

07:47 — ADHD and strengths: Kennedy’s personal story

12:21 — The “balcony and basement” of strengths

15:14 — Using strengths to find vocational direction

17:46 — Kennedy’s path from sales to higher education

21:57 — Parenting, education, and letting kids be themselves

27:29 — Strengths-based parenting and letting go of societal expectations

29:14 — Final thoughts, where to find Kennedy, and resources

Resources Mentioned

• CliftonStrengths (Gallup StrengthsFinder):
  https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx
• Wichita State University:
  https://www.wichita.edu/
• Strengths-Based Parenting (Book):
  https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/253676/strengths-based-parenting.aspx
• Connect with Kennedy Rogers on LinkedIn:
  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennedy-rogers-3187618a/
  
  

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