About Cara Barker

"Visionary and Artist of Life, Dr. Cara Lee Barker has spent over 50 years supporting the process of Post Traumatic Growth, helping literally thousands of adults and children internationally transform their secret suffering into greater strength, joyful living and purposeful direction. Coining the work 'Medicinal Creations', she teaches a unique process. How? By excavating healing symbols within dreaming, body symptoms and meaningful coincidences for the purpose of living more whole-heartedly. For those who sense there's more to life, her offering provides just that. Learn about Cara’s journey and be reminded that the process of disappointment and loss doesn’t end with acceptance; the stage of acceptance simply prepares us for deeper connection and collaboration with what helps us thrive. Her work, for close to half a century, focuses on what she calls “the Way of Soul;” aligning life with what nourishes body and soul. Join in to explore and act upon unexpected opportunity to love and be loved to create fuller enjoyment of life.


New Books:

Heart-Led Living: The 4 Cornerstones to Building a Better Life. Click here to buy it on Amazon!

The Four Cornerstones to Building Your Best Life provides practical tools to create meaningful answers to the stressful question “now what?” Through examples and stories, you will discover how to unearth significant messages and guidance using your dreams, body symptoms, and synchronicities. These cornerstones provide the foundation on which you can create an actionable blueprint for your next steps from this deep dive into your hidden personal wisdom!


Nightlight: Soul Calling, Body Listening, Heart Speaking. Click here to buy it on Amazon!

How many times have you yearned for rest, for inner peace, in this topsy turvy world gone crazy with crumbling? As a planet, we are standing on the precipice of a leap into the unknown and unknowable. There is no turning back. Meanwhile, we have hit epic numbers of natural disasters, deaths, homelessness, fighting, pandemics…and the list goes on. In the last five years, rates of depression and anxiety have gone up over 1000%. Teenage suicide has skyrocketed. The nightly news is so disturbing, that many of us have realized regular watching is not good for our health. Despite the turmoil, one must find a way through the darkness by following a light they create for themselves.

In addition to the above, you can also find a number of her other books on Amazon.com, including: The Love Project: Coming Home, World Weary Woman: Her Wound and Transformation and The Artist as Poet. Cara is also a featured writer in Saying Goodbye to Our Mothers for the Last Time, 2016. Lisa Hagen, publisher, and a featured writer for the Huffington Post.

Keynotes & Retreats:

If you are interested in having Dr. Barker for a Keynote address, and/or participating in a retreat here or abroad, please contact her here. An organizing sponsor for your private group retreat will need to handle enrollment and logistics. The fee is determined by whether you wish for a 3, 4, or 5 day experience. Each gathering includes meditation, mindfulness practice, rest, renewal, and creative generation. Only for those who are weary of the outer world noise, and yearn for greater vitality, joy, and awakening.

Art Show:

Cara hosted a retrospective art show entitled “Journey of the Soul at 70”. Check out the photos and an interview with Cara here.

Podcasts, Interviews & Webinars:

Cara was a guest on the Spotlight Network. View here.

Cara was featured in a webinar on the Oregon Friends of C.G. Jung website. View here.

Cara was a special guest for Lourdes Viado, Ph.D, MFT on her podcast. Listen here.

Cara was a guest on Blaine Bartlett’s Soul of Business. Listen here. Second page.

Cara was a guest on Read My Lips: The Degrees of Creativity! Listen here.

Cara was interviewed by Jack Canfield. Listen here.