Career Transition Coach

Speaker, Author, The Burnout Lady

Feeling too exhausted, overwhelmed, and stuck to even begin to plan a path out?

I help mid-career women get their mojo back, chart a new course, and build a life and career that lights them up.

“Imagine feeling confident and excited about your next breakthrough, whether it's healing from burnout or navigating the next big leap in your life and career.”

Coaching, Courses & Workshops to help you:

  • reimagine a new beginning

  • restore clarity, confidence, and vibrancy

  • recover from burnout + reclaim your wellbeing

  • get back in the game after a layoff, on your own terms

  • explore a new chapter when you’re not sure what’s next

  • grow into a promotion or launch your own consulting business

  • develop your powerful professional value proposition and story

Reach out now to start your journey out of burnout and into a life that lights you up.

I’ll support you in reconnecting with what matters most in your life and provide strategy, accountability, and thought-partnership—all with a warm, good-humored vibe.

Hi, I’m Cara

I’m a career transition coach, speaker, and author of Burned Out to Lit Up: Ditch the Grind and Reclaim Your Life, an award-winning guidebook for burnout recovery.

In my first career, I spent 20 years learning how to survive and ultimately thrive in the 24/7, always-on, pressure-cooker real estate development business. My teams produced over 3,000 homes in the San Francisco Bay Area, creating over $1.5B in value.

Trying to be everything to everyone (except myself), I learned about burnout the hard way, and after a frightening wake-up call, spent nearly two years learning how to heal and create my own definition of a rich, full-bodied, joy-filled life.

Now I help burned out mid-career women get their mojo back and build lives and careers that light them up.

Top 3 myths keeping you feeling stuck, trapped, and burned out:

  • Myth #1 There’s something wrong with me. I feel disconnected, exhausted, overwhelmed, and my confidence has taken a dive. Why can’t I keep up and handle the pressure (like everyone else)?

  • Myth #2 I have to know exactly what I’d rather do + have a 20-point plan to get there before I even consider making a change. But I have no idea where to start and no energy to even consider it!

  • Myth #3 Somewhere along the line I’ve lost track of what I find fun, relaxing, or even interesting. But I don’t have time to tend to my own health, interests, and dreams right now. Someday I might.

Top 3 truths that will set you free:

  • Burnout isn’t a sign of doing things “wrong.” It’s a result of hustling and grinding so freakin hard to do it all “right” and still feeling like a failure. And trying to be everything to everyone (except ourselves) until we grind down to dust. PS - pretty much everyone else is struggling too, so take load off ma'am. Please and thank you.

  • It’s really hard to see the possibilities glittering out there for you when you’re soul- and bone-tired. And no one plans every single step to charting a brave new course 100% in advance - it evolves as we move forward and the horizon stretches with each new step we take.

  • You can’t pour from an empty cup. The more you nourish yourself inside and out, the more you have to give to your loved ones, work, and the world. This is the truest win-win I know.

    PS — not knowing what you enjoy anymore is a HUGE red flag but the good news is you can reconnect with your vibrant, fabulous, essential self.

    PPS — your to-do list from the world will NEVER be done, so forget about it and start living your best life now.

Pathways to restoration and inspiration

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Ditch the Grind and Reclaim Your Life

Noteworthy Editorial Reviews:

  • Booklife by Publishers Weekly: "…direct, no-nonsense prose is both refreshing and effective… bursting with sensible pointers and insight.."

  • Kirkus Reviews: "…chock-full of helpful, battle-tested advice." (Starred Review)

  • Reader Views: "….powerful, energetic, encouraging way to get back to the real you and reclaim yourself… A must read." (Bronze Award Winner)

  • Feathered Quill: “dynamic exploration… will be much appreciated by any reader…”

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