543: Susan Winchester – The Workplace Is Sacred Ground: Healing, Awakening, and the End of “Not Good Enough”

In this episode, Susan Winchester talks about how The Workplace Is Sacred Ground. !https://yoursacredpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Susan-Winchester-150x150.jpgSusan J. Schmitt Winchester is a former Fortune 150 and Fortune 500 Chief Human Resources Officer (Applied Materials and Rockwell Automation), an executive coach, TEDx speaker, and international bestselling author of Healing at Work, co-authored with Martha Finney and recognized as an Amazon International Best Seller in five countries. After more than 36 years leading at the highest levels of corporate America, Susan came to see the workplace not as something to escape, but as one of the most powerful and sacred places healing and awakening can happen. For most of her career, her success was fueled by a quiet belief that she was not good enough. Today, sober for more than 22 years and grounded in her faith, she teaches that the workplace itself is deeply spiritual, that the people who trigger us most are often our truest teachers, and that self-acceptance is the medicine so many high achievers are missing. Her purpose, and her soul’s work, is to teach self-acceptance to create a more joyful world. ## For More Information ★ To learn more about Susan Winchester visit her website: https://susanwinchester.com/ ★ If you enjoyed the show, please leave us a five star iTunes review. Visit Spiritual Rockstar Podcast at https://yoursacredpurpose.com/ for more information! ★ I encourage you to join our Rock Your Sacred Purpose Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/246228169428755 ★ Do you want to Meditate and Make Money? Grab your Free meditation today: YourSacredPurpose.com   ## Show Notes ★ 3:51 – There’s this constant pressure on employees to continue to do more with less. ★ 12:42 – These bumper car moments are huge opportunities for us to practice healing and practice becoming conscious and aware. ★ 19:35 – As we start to understand the things that upset us, the people who upset us, we can actually start to calm our nervous system by releasing the judgement we have towards them. ★ 27:37 – Every time I tell this story I get emotional and get chills up every single nerve in my body. It was like God was sitting in the hotel room, in the chair, and I heard him say to me ‘Susan, you need to stop drinking or you are going to hurt yourself or someone else’. ★ 41:15 – The struggle with the workplace is that perfectionism is highly rewarded, workaholism is highly rewarded. ★ 47:02 – We have a lot of leaders who are leading people from a dysregulated state. ★ 49:39 – Grab your copy of Susan’s book ‘Healing at Work: A Guide to Using Career Conflicts to Overcome Your Past and Build the Future You Deserve’ here: https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Work-Conflicts-Overcome-Deserve/dp/1951744527/ ★ 51:47 – Damage is not doomed and the rest of your life is yours. ★ 55:28 – Check out Susan’s TEDx talk “Tackling Perfectionism at Work” here: https://youtu.be/OY8WhA045iE ★ 1:02:58 – Do you want to Meditate and Make Money? Grab your Free meditation today: https://www.YourSacredPurpose.com ## Listen to the Show    [](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3X_YBw1DlB9_ih30S-I7VQ) The post 543: Susan Winchester – The Workplace Is Sacred Ground: Healing, Awakening, and the End of “Not Good Enough” appeared first on Your Sacred Purpose.