Welcome! I’m Sherold Barr, a two-time entrepreneur, coach and writer. If you’re new here, I’m happy you’ve found my Substack site.

I’m a master coach and have written blogs on my website for years. At age 47, I started a high-tech PR firm, Extraordinary Work Group, and from 1998 to 2003, I was responsible for global media and analyst relations for Microsoft Healthcare Solutions Group, HL7, and healthcare software partners representing clinical trials, security, and hand-held devices for physicians.

After my youngest brother was killed in 2005 (it’s a cold case), I downsized my PR firm to one client and grieved.

In my fifties, I wanted to work with people. I became a master life coach in 2009. For a decade, I helped women start online businesses until I was in a near-fatal car wreck in Baja, Mexico, in 2017 that required six abdominal surgeries for me to survive.

It was in the hospital I realized I needed to write about my experience because, after a near-death experience, I was in the place of my true Self, and my ego was offline for months afterward. The miracles began when I surrendered and let go.

I’m currently writing a memoir about surviving and growing after trauma. Each traumatic experience brought about a spiritual awakening that changed my life. I discovered a power greater than myself is at work in the world. I live spiritually, focusing on gratitude, love, and kindness.

I know a thing or two about resilience and grief after trauma. I have evidence the Universe is benevolent before, during, and after a trauma. Life has taught me that we live in a kind Universe, and I have evidence I’ll share with you. Everything I plan on sharing is from my experience.

I want you to trust your experience in life.

I’m married to John, a retired ER doctor. We live with Teddy, our six-year-old Australian Labradoodle. I have a son and a wonderful daughter-in-law, and now I’m blessed to be a grandmother to a toddler. We live in Portland, OR.

I consider nature my church and spend as much time in the wilderness as possible. We camp off the grid in Bambi, our 19-foot-Airstream, as much as possible in the summer.

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I’ll teach you the practices I’ve learned to live meaningfully.

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