We recently had the chance to connect with Cara Barone and have shared our conversation below.
Cara, it’s always a pleasure to learn from you and your journey. Let’s start with a bit of a warmup: What are you being called to do now, that you may have been afraid of before?
I’m being called to slow down! For most of my life and the first 15 years of my career, I was in a constant race. I was always rushing to “get there” – to achieve, to prove, to arrive at some invisible milestone where I imagined I’d finally feel successful, settled, fulfilled.
But after walking through a chronic health challenge and burnout, I came face to face with a truth that changed everything “there is no there.”
The finish line I was chasing doesn’t exist.
Life, work, isn’t a race to be won. And slowing down- something I used to associate with failure or falling behind – has become the bravest thing I’m learning to do. It takes courage to pause when the world tells you to hurry. To be present, instead of productive. To choose depth over speed. But I’m no longer interested in building a life and business that looks impressive on the outside but is chaotic and pressure-fueled on the inside. I’m building a movement where women reign from rest 🙂
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I didn’t start in this field. For over a decade, I built my career at LinkedIn—spanning San Francisco, London, and Australia. It was everything I believed success was supposed to be: global roles, rapid growth, and endless opportunity. I loved the work. But even then, I measured myself by how much I could produce, how fast I could climb, and how well I could perform.
Eight years ago, I stepped into entrepreneurship and built a personal brand helping women turn their corporate skills into online freedom. Through my former signature program, The Five-Figure Lunch Break, I guided hundreds of women in launching and scaling businesses. It was powerful work—but something deeper was quietly calling me.
That calling revealed itself when my health collapsed. Mold toxicity, chronic illness, and full-body burnout brought my life to a halt. I lost my energy, clarity, and the identity I built on pressure. I could no longer chase success through force. I had to learn how to live—and achieve—without urgency.
That season became my turning point. I immersed myself in nervous system science, brain retraining, and the power of neuro-rewiring. I realized most women don’t struggle because they lack ambition—they struggle because their bodies are still wired for survival. They’re building dreams from fight-or-flight.
Today, my work lives at that intersection—where ambition meets nervous system healing.
I help ambitious women rewire their minds and bodies from pressure, subconscious sabotage, and survival mode into peace, wealth, and authentic success through the science of neuro-rewiring and brain retraining.
Because women don’t need to choose between impact and inner peace.
We can hold both—abundance and ease, visibility and safety, success without self-abandonment.
I don’t just teach women how to rise into everything God has called them to be, I teach them how to rise without burning themselves alive to get there.
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who saw you clearly before you could see yourself?
My dad! He always spoke life into me – seeing my potential and thought I was simply the best at everything. He swore I’d go to Harvard, play on the basketball team there, but I chose warm, U of Tampa instead, The Harvard of the South they say:) ). He got me the book, “the Power of Positive Thinking” at an early age, which really created a solid belief system of “I could do anything that I put my mind to.” I’m forever grateful for that early-on belief installation and seeing me as the woman who could do anything.
What fear has held you back the most in your life?
The fear that has held me back the most in my life has been the quiet, relentless fear of not being good enough.
It didn’t matter how much I achieved—whether I was working internationally at LinkedIn or later running a successful business—there was always an inner voice asking:
“Did I do enough? Could I have done better? Are they happy with me?”
That fear showed up as imposter syndrome, overthinking, constant self-editing, and the need to prove myself. I would replay conversations, rethink decisions, compare my path to others, and stay trapped in cycles of “almost ready” instead of fully owning who I was.
What’s powerful is that the very fear I once thought disqualified me is now the doorway to my purpose. Because I have lived inside that question—“Am I enough?”—I am able to help other women break free from it. And I’ve learned this: it doesn’t matter if you’re in the boardroom or building a business—almost every woman carries that same quiet fear.
Today, I teach women how to rewire it. How to stop chasing worth through perfection, and start embodying worth as identity. Because when a woman finally knows she is enough—her voice changes, her leadership changes, her wealth changes.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
My closest friends would tell you that what matters most to me is living a life anchored in faith, purpose, and adventure.
They know my relationship with God guides everything I do. I believe every woman carries a unique brilliance—gifts placed in her by God—and nothing moves me more than watching her finally own them.
I’ve traveled to over 25 countries and lived in three, and those experiences shaped my love for different cultures, perspectives, and the courage it takes to expand your life beyond what you’ve known.
But at my core, what matters most is helping women walk in their purpose. I’m deeply passionate about guiding them to remove the blocks, sabotage, and fear that keep them from fully stepping into who they were created to be. Because when a woman becomes free in her gifts, she doesn’t just change her life—she changes the world around her.
Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
When I’m gone, I want people to say: she made me better. I always felt seen, loved. And I loved her energy.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.carabarone.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carabarone
- Other: tiktok: @carabarone
