Kusukela ngesikhathi eneminyaka engama-21, uBarbara Wien usebenze ukunqanda ukuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu, udlame nempi. Uvikele izakhamizi ezigcawini zokufa esebenzisa izindlela ezinqamulelayo zokugcina ukuthula, futhi waqeqesha amakhulu ezikhulu ze-Foreign Service, izikhulu ze-UN, abasebenzi bezenhlalakahle, amabutho ezempi, amasosha, kanye nabaholi abasemazingeni aphansi okwandisa ubudlova nezimpi ezihlomile. Ungumbhali wezindatshana ezingama-22, izahluko, nezincwadi, kufaka phakathi Ukuthula nezifundo zezokuphepha emhlabeni, umhlahlandlela wokuphayona wezifundo oprofesa baseyunivesithi, manje oseshicilelweni lwayo lesi-7 Wakhe futhi wafundisa izingqungquthela eziningi zokuthula nokuqeqesha emazweni e-58 ukuqeda impi. Ungumqeqeshi ongenalo udlame, isazi sekharikhulamu, uthisha, isikhulumi somphakathi, isifundiswa nomama wababili. Uhole izinhlangano eziyisishiyagalombili ezingenzi nzuzo kuzwelonke, wanikeza izibonelelo ezivela ezinhlanganweni ezintathu ezixhasa ngezimali, waqinisa izinhlelo zezinkulungwane zamakhulu ekutadisheni ukuthula, futhi wafundisa emanyuvesi amahlanu. UWien uhlele imisebenzi kanye nemigwaqo ephephile yentsha ezindaweni zakhe zaseHarlem naseDC. Waziwa ngobuholi bakhe kanye "nesibindi sokuziphatha" ngezisekelo ezine kanye nemiphakathi yezifundo.
