04/17/2026
Elated to be a part of this team of phenomenal women!!!
Let’s get Living!
It is BEYOND time to introduce… THE TEAM. Since I had no idea what I was doing in year one… I did the most Cara thing I could do, I just jumped.
If it sounded fun, terrified me, or felt like a challenge, I said yes.
There were MANY bumps and bruises along the way. I learned. And then the next year… I made even more mistakes.
But one BIG mistake I stopped making?
Trying to do it all on my own.
It wasn’t that I thought I had all the answers, far from that.
I just didn’t know what I needed, and I didn’t know how others would feel about helping, because lord knows the budget was non-existent!
I also wanted people to feel they could show up, as themselves and that would be more than enough.
But I knew I needed support.
So when I started letting people in, people who believed in this dream as much as I did… that is when things shifted.
That was the moment I started to see what Beyond Barriers could ACTUALLY become.
Each year I choose a word or a quote to help me focus, to challenge me.
2026 has been a big year. A challenging year. And honestly, maybe my favorite one yet.
The word?
EXPAND
Expand beyond the story.
Expand beyond fear.
Expand beyond the version of you that stayed small.
Expand the leadership.
Expand the space.
Beyond Barriers is no longer just an idea.
It’s no longer just MY thing.
It’s growing, stretching, becoming something bigger than I ever could have built on my own.
And that’s because of the women you’re about to meet.
These are the women who said yes.
Who stepped in.
Who bring their own magic, strength, wisdom, and truth.
THIS is Beyond Barriers, and it’s time you met them.
Daphne Giuriati Patton Cara J Flynn Ashley Erickson Sydney Robb Jennifer Robb Kimberly Hendricks Anne Kollmorgen Johnson Whitney Linville