Your Next Phase with Barbara Churchill

In this episode, I get personal. I share my favorite things about my favorite holiday – Thanksgiving. It’s a short and sweet reminder of the gifts that come with a gratitude practice and I share my a…

I continue to focus on gratitude this week and this episode is all about creating a gratitude culture in the workplace. You may be asking yourself if you have time for yet another initiative that may…

It’s the beginning of the holiday season here in the US and if you’re like most people, you already feel overwhelmed at everything you have to do to get ready for the festivities. Sometimes it all fe…

Have you ever experienced a time when you had to make a decision or had one of those life moments that took your breath away?

It’s what we do that can make the difference between a run of the mill sit…

All month we’ve been exploring the different aspects of play and how to add more of it into your work and life. This week, I’m sharing with you something so personal and profound – and I know it’s go…

It’s easy to think we know what it means to play. I mean, how complicated can it be? You just go outside and play, right?

Not so fast.

Adults have become so serious about life, work way too many hours …

(This is a 4-part series on the benefits of play and how to add more of it into your life and have more fun.)

When is the last time you took yourself out for a play date? Just you, no one else. 

That l…

This is a 4-part series on the benefits of play and how to add more of it into your life and have more fun.

We need to have more fun in our lives, wouldn’t you agree?

What did you used to do as a kid t…

For decades women were told they can have it all. Then in the 70’s that changed to “doing it all” and society bought into the fantasy.

Women everywhere were pushing themselves to do more. They overext…

So many successful women feel that shame of not measuring up to where society says they should be. Or even more damaging, the self-imposed set of standards that no human could ever life up to. Shame …

We’ve all heard about people pleasing but did you know there is more to it than wanting them to like you?

We all have habitual behaviors – some are useful and others, like people-pleasing are not. It …

Time.

We tell ourselves we never have enough of it and yet we have the same amount as everyone else – 24 hours in every day.

So why do some people seem to create these amazing lives and you feel like y…

You work hard, right?

You get a jumpstart on the day and stay late to tie up loose ends. You probably hop on your laptop after dinner to wrap up anything that came in after you left the office (or wal…

We’ve been raised to believe that we gain confidence by doing something and not just doing it but doing it well.

When someone sings a song and nails it, we assume they have confidence. We assume they’…

As a woman, you wear a lot of hats.

At work: coach, mediator, creative, motivator, leader, analyst. And throw in your title for good measure.

At home: friend, wife, mom, director of fun, bookkeeper, tr…

Our world has become more and more fast-paced and there never seems to be enough time in the day. Have you noticed that?

We think we need to be doing more to get ahead, but the truth is, we need to sl…

Have you ever noticed how many times you think about how other people should behave?

Your spouse. Your kids. Your boss.

You name it. We all do it – and it causes so much unnecessary drama. It’s because…

(This is part 4 of a 4-part series on independence and freedom)

Do you find yourself toning down your personality to blend in?

Maybe you don’t share your true thoughts on a particular topic at work bec…

(This is part 3 of a 4-part series on independence and freedom)

When you think of freedom, what comes to mind? Being unencumbered? Working for yourself? Living without constraints?

These are all exteri…

(This is part 2 of a 4-part series on independence and freedom)

How do you make decisions?

Have you ever thought about that? Most of us don’t. We go about our daily lives making hundreds of decisions a…