Cara Szellemes – Author | Founder of 180Selfcare

Author, Artist, Performing Artist & Founder of The Soul Spa

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About Me

Proudly neurodivergent (AuDHD), I am the author of Amazon No. 1 bestseller Your Brilliant Un-career: Women, Entrepreneurship, and Making the Leap and will soon be releasing my upcoming book: Too Much: ADHD Burnout & You.

A professional writer, artist/performing artist and entrepreneur, my eclectic career includes being a former tech startup founder, birth doula, women’s retreat facilitator, and marketing consultant and coach to CEOs, scientists and notable organisations.

My story is one of resilience, adventure and possibility. I grew up in a Christian cult, survived two devastating bushfires, had a near-death experience, battled chronic anxiety, depression and PTSD, and lost my partner in a tragic accident. I also worked on an archaeological dig in the Middle East, led media and marketing at the Woodford Folk Festival, advocated for trauma-informed maternity care as President of Maternity Choices Australia (formerly Maternity Coalition), raised three boys as a single parent, won a tech startup competition, and, in my bid to banish burnout, radically transformed my own health and self-concept. I am now forging a new path with The Soul Spa, a burnout recovery practice, and to support this, I am currently completing my Master’s in Counselling.