Hosted by Barbara Nixon · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 145 episodes
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If you’re ready to Smash Your Own Ceiling and focus on your own growth and personal development, you’re in the right place.Barbara Nixon is a Success and Leadership Coach with nearly 30 years’ experience. With a down-to-earth style, she shares practical tools and inspiring conversations to help you upgrade your mindset and grow your confidence.This podcast is for inspiration and personal development, not medical or mental health advice. Everything shared is intended to prompt reflection, not tell you what to do. Guest views are their own.
Barbara Nixon hosts Smash Your Own Ceiling, a education show with 145 episodes published.
Today I'm talking to Author of the book Rewilding the Corporate Mind, Thom Dennis and we talk about: - How to find your purpose - How to learn from nature to improve how we work and live - The importance of living system
Have you ever compared yourself to others, and as a result found yourself playing small? If so, this is the episode for you as I share some tips on how to kick comparisonitis to the kerb. For more info on how to remove t
This is a fantastic conversation with the amazing Stuart Powell all about how to re-think the stories we tell ourselves to become limitless. We talk about: - Why Stuart hates boxes - The importance of identities - Leanin
In this episode I talk to James Perryman all about what we both learnt from going through burnout. We cover: Our burnout stories The micro decisions we make throughout the day Decision Fatigue Being able to say no And ma
This week I'm answering the question - why do I feel like an imposter in a role I've clearly earned? And I have to say this is really common, so please know this isn't because you're not capable, but because you're human
A success habit this week, all about Ken Blanchard quote...'catch people doing things right' and how that's evolved for me over the years. This is strength spotting in action (from a positive psychology perspective) and
Have you ever wanted to keep work and home separate, or struggle to build trust at work? In today's Success Habit Barbara Nixon is talking about Steven Covey's Emotional Bank Account and how you can use this to build tru
Welcome to this weeks episode of the Smash Your Own Ceiling podcast. This week I'm sharing a chat that I had with Chris Wilson. You can find out about Chris here. We talked about how doing endurance challenges really hel
How do we get to switch off without someone needing us, or without us dragging ourselves back into the weeds? If this is something that you need to learn this is the episode for you. For more information visit: barbarani
Trigger Warning - At around the 6 / 7 minute mark, ourconversation moves into a personal account of a mental health crisis and brief suicidal thoughts. I stronglybelieve these stories are important to share and seriously
When was the last time you carved out time to just think...in this episode Barbara Nixon talks about the value of thinking time. For more info and to complete the Confident Leaders Scorecard visit Barbaranixon.co.uk
In this episode Barbara shares about a workshop she used to run where people shared about the traits of their good and bad boss, and the importance of how you make people feel. She mentions a book called Mattering by Jen
Have you every found yourself: Wanting everyone to like you? Fixing everyone's problems? Or feeling nervous to speak up? Then this is for you...and heads up...this episode is very relevant for men too. In this chat with
In this episode, Barbara Nixon introduces one of her most beloved coaching concepts the Pocket of Air. If your brain feels full, your diary is back-to-back, and you can't remember the last time you did something just for
In this episode Barbara Nixon chats to pricing expert David Abbott. This is such a fantastic conversation where David and I talk about: How to create time in your day to get new ideasPutting yourself in environments wher
Have you ever found yourself resisting something you really want to do, or avoiding something that is out of your comfort zone? In this episode Barbara shares how getting comfortable with being uncomfortable helps you to
Resilience is something that gets talked about a lot, but how do you keep going when the knock backs keep happening? In this episode with the fantastic Larry Long Jnr we talk about: - How to reframe rejection - How to ch
In this fantastic conversation with the lovely Dr Lynda Shaw we talk about: - The importance of healthy debate - How to manage change - How to build trust with people - The things that make us human And the neuroscience
If you're craving momentum, this is for you. In this episode Barbara takes you through step by step how to get the momentum you want, feel productive and really start to get things done to make the progress you want. If
We've all heard the phrase work smarter and not harder, but how do you do that? This is what I'm diving into with the fabulous Liz Hardwick. Liz is an award-winning Professional Speaker and Tech Entrepreneur, known for d
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