Welcome to High Road to Healing
You always have a choice. Consciousness is the high road. And free will is your superpower.
Sherold Barr
High Road to Consciousness means two things to me. One, it’s the choice I keep making—and it IS a choice. When life breaks me open—and it has, repeatedly—I choose consciousness over unconsciousness. Love over fear. Awakening over survival mode. No one can make this choice for you. No guru, no teacher, no program. This is your free will in action. Maybe you’re making that choice too. Maybe that’s why you’re here. The other meaning is this: consciousness IS the high road. It’s the path we choose when we exercise our power to respond rather than react, to awaken rather than stay asleep. It’s not the easy road, but it’s the one that leads us home to who we really are. And it’s always, always available to us as a choice.
So why a newsletter and why now? As I see it, High Road to Consciousness is a way for me to have a closer, more direct relationship with seekers, teachers, and fellow travelers on this path. Yes, here’s me in Portland, Oregon waving to you with my dog Teddy sitting next to my writing desk.
I hope this will be a more personal, more durable space for us to create the kind of spiritual community we can’t create anywhere else. A place to talk about consciousness work, share what we’re learning, and support each other in choosing the high road when life gets hard. A place to go deeper than surface-level positivity and remember that we always have a choice. I’ll share teachings on consciousness and the power of free will in choosing our response to life, what I’m learning from David Hawkins and Byron Katie about the choice point in every moment, behind-the-scenes glimpses of writing my memoir about choosing love over fear again and again, practical tools for transforming your relationship with money by choosing abundance consciousness over scarcity, stories from my own journey of repeated trauma and the choices that led to awakening, and the questions I’m living with right now in my early 70s.
Whether you sign up for free or upgrade to a paid subscription, I hope you’ll join me. Let’s walk this high road together.
Free subscribers have access to
Weekly teachings on consciousness, spiritual awakening, and the power of choice in every moment
Stories and insights from my memoir-in-progress about choosing to rise in consciousness through crisis
Practical applications of consciousness work and how to recognize your choice points in everyday life
Reflections on what it means to exercise your free will to choose love over fear, again and again
Paid subscribers receive all free content plus
Deep-dive teachings on shadow work, the Map of Consciousness, and spiritual practices that actually work
Occasional ‘Pop Up’ Q&A sessions where we explore consciousness practices together
Early access and special pricing for “Smart Women Make Money” (launching end of March 2026)—my program that transforms your relationship with money through consciousness work
Guided meditations and somatic practices for healing and choosing higher consciousness
First looks at memoir chapters and the messy, beautiful process of writing spiritual truth
My deep gratitude because being a paid subscriber means you’re directly supporting me and this work of raising consciousness in the world
Either way, welcome and thank you! I’m glad we’re on the high road together.
About me
I’m a master life coach, consciousness teacher, and entrepreneur with 25 years of experience building successful businesses and helping people—especially women—transform their lives. I teach consciousness work based on David Hawkins’ Map of Consciousness and Byron Katie’s inquiry methods, and I’ve spent years studying Jungian psychology and somatic healing practices.
I’m writing a memoir about the twenty-year journey through four major traumas (2005-2025) and what happened when I chose consciousness instead of survival mode. The pivotal moment came in 2017 when a near-fatal car accident in Baja, Mexico became my greatest spiritual teacher. Broken and bleeding, I had a choice: fear or love. I chose love. I chose gratitude. I chose consciousness. That choice changed everything. And here’s what I learned: we always have that choice. Free will is our superpower. No matter what life brings, we can choose how we meet it.
I live in Portland, Oregon with my husband John (an ER/trauma physician for 30 years) and our Australian Labradoodle, Teddy. When I’m not writing, teaching, or coaching, you’ll find me camping in our Airstream, tending my urban farm and gardens, or finding restoration in the natural world. I’ve been in recovery for several years. I’ve spent the past five years deepening my writing practice—learning to tell the truth on the page.
I also host the High Road to Consciousness podcast, where I share these teachings in conversation. You can find me sharing insights on consciousness and spiritual awakening across various platforms.
What readers say
“I love reading what you write because it is raw and real which takes me to a place that is meaningful. I look forward to receiving more Awakening to the Truth notes. Thank you.”
—Kay Van Patten
My coaching clients describe me as lighting “a fire of inspiration” that moves them from stuck to unstoppable.
I’ll help you create momentum quickly—my clients report being “surprised about how quickly everything came to fruition.”
I help you take action on dreams you thought were impossible.
Rapid Relief from Emotional Suffering
Clients report “immediate” relief and growth from inquiry.
I’m a master at helping clients neutralize inner critic and negative self-talk.
Trained 700 hours in Byron Katie’s Institute, I’m an expert in using inquiry to question stressful thoughts.
Why This Matters Now
We're living through collective trauma. When you stop believing every fearful thought, you stop adding to collective anxiety. When you choose love in daily interactions, you change your consciousness and energy field around you.
Your personal awakening is how we heal the world.
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For the seekers, the sensitive, and the soul-awakened. If life has cracked you open, you belong here.
Free subscribers receive: Weekly reflections + access to paid workshops ($49) plus free quarterly Gatherings with Sherold.
Paid subscribers: Everything plus live Gatherings and free workshops on Clear Your Money Blocks, the Spiritual Practice of Aging, and more.
Coach with me: I coach people who are stuck or need accountability, support, and mindset work to make their dreams a reality. Please email me at sherold@sheroldbarr.com, and I’ll send you my coaching information.
You are not what happened to you. You are what you choose to become.
Subscribe below and join others who are choosing consciousness over unconsciousness, love over fear, truth over comfortable lies.
With fierce love, Sherold
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