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EPISODE · Dec 23, 2025 · 26 MIN

Doing to Being | How Letting Go of “Shoulds” Helps Women Redefine Success and Well-Being

from Women's Health, Wealth, and Happiness | Interviews to Inspire · host Christina Vidovich - Visibility Strategist and Founder of Women Getting Visible

Barb Scala is a success transformation coach, strategist, and former attorney who helps women “bloom” into lives that actually match their values, not just their résumés. As co-author of Sanity Savers: Tips for Women to Live a Balanced Life and creator of the Bloom Business Incubator, she knows firsthand what it means to leave an overachieving, externally defined path and step into a version of success rooted in authenticity, fulfillment, and balance. In this episode of Women’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness | Interviews to Inspire, Barb how shifting from constant doing to grounded being can change everything about how women experience their bodies, work, and daily lives.​Barb unpacks the “weeds” that choke our well-being—fear, blame, shame, guilt, distorted stories, limiting beliefs, and harsh self-talk—and explains how her B-L-O-O-M Seeds for Success framework helps women slowly clear them out. Through core values work, personality tools like the Enneagram, and gentle but honest coaching, she guides clients to see their strengths clearly, honor their energy, and design work that aligns with who they really are instead of who others expect them to be.​She also talks about the emotional realities of transition: overwhelm, swirling in self-doubt, “toe-dipping” and starting and stopping, and the fear of being judged when you step out of a traditional career into something more soul-led. With stories from her Bloom Business Incubator and her own journey from practicing law to coaching, Barb offers practical mindset shifts and compassionate permission to move at your own pace, set boundaries, and let your well-being—not other people’s opinions—set the tone for your next chapter.​#beingnotdoing #womenwhobloom #authenticliving #successonmyterms #womenswellbeing #lifetransitions #healthwealthhappiness #interviewstoinspire____________________ YouTube: @interviewstoinpirehttps://www.youtube.com/@interviewstoinspireSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4c7PZX19CDFAOkEhfGUoAAhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/interviewstoinspireApple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/womens-health-wealth-and-happiness-interviews-to-inspire/id1808177271Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interviewstoinspire/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/interviewstoinspireLinkedin: LET’S CONNECThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/christinavidovich/https://www.linkedin.com/company/interviewstoinspire____________________ #entrepreneurs #whwhi2i #healthwealthhappiness #interviewstoinspire #ChristinaVidovich#womenempoweringwomen #inspirationalwomen #trailblazingwomen #womenpodcast #womeninterviews #inspiring #women#inspirationalinterviews #visibility ____________________ Women's Health, Wealth, and Happiness | Interviews to Inspire ZIMAF entertainment international ©2025

Barb Scala is a success transformation coach, strategist, and former attorney who helps women “bloom” into lives that actually match their values, not just their résumés. As co-author of Sanity Savers: Tips for Women to Live a Balanced Life and creator of the Bloom Business Incubator, she knows firsthand what it means to leave an overachieving, externally defined path and step into a version of success rooted in authenticity, fulfillment, and balance. In this episode of Women’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness | Interviews to Inspire, Barb how shifting from constant doing to grounded being can change everything about how women experience their bodies, work, and daily lives.​Barb unpacks the “weeds” that choke our well-being—fear, blame, shame, guilt, distorted stories, limiting beliefs, and harsh self-talk—and explains how her B-L-O-O-M Seeds for Success framework helps women slowly clear them out. Through core values work, personality tools like the Enneagram, and gentle but honest coaching, she guides clients to see their strengths clearly, honor their energy, and design work that aligns with who they really are instead of who others expect them to be.​She also talks about the emotional realities of transition: overwhelm, swirling in self-doubt, “toe-dipping” and starting and stopping, and the fear of being judged when you step out of a traditional career into something more soul-led. With stories from her Bloom Business Incubator and her own journey from practicing law to coaching, Barb offers practical mindset shifts and compassionate permission to move at your own pace, set boundaries, and let your well-being—not other people’s opinions—set the tone for your next chapter.​#beingnotdoing #womenwhobloom #authenticliving #successonmyterms #womenswellbeing #lifetransitions #healthwealthhappiness #interviewstoinspire____________________ YouTube: @interviewstoinpirehttps://www.youtube.com/@interviewstoinspireSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4c7PZX19CDFAOkEhfGUoAAhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/interviewstoinspireApple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/womens-health-wealth-and-happiness-interviews-to-inspire/id1808177271Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interviewstoinspire/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/interviewstoinspireLinkedin: LET’S CONNECThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/christinavidovich/https://www.linkedin.com/company/interviewstoinspire____________________ #entrepreneurs #whwhi2i #healthwealthhappiness #interviewstoinspire #ChristinaVidovich#womenempoweringwomen #inspirationalwomen #trailblazingwomen #womenpodcast #womeninterviews #inspiring #women#inspirationalinterviews #visibility ____________________ Women's Health, Wealth, and Happiness | Interviews to Inspire ZIMAF entertainment international ©2025

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