Catherine Roscoe Barr is a neuroscience-based wellness coach, a longtime fitness professional, and a lifestyle journalist whose work has quietly transformed the lives of many. Her new book, FEEL BETTER NOW: The Life-Changing Power of Simple Pleasures, is a powerful offering — one that invites us back to ourselves through the rituals, reflections, and rewilding that make life feel not just livable, but delicious.
Her story is one of deep personal transformation — from growing up in a home where emotions lived beneath the surface, to finding her own voice through movement, writing, and eventually, helping others do the same. She has built a life’s work from lived experience: turning her healing into curriculum, and her curiosity into a business that’s as intimate as it is expansive — from private coaching to retreats, keynotes, and now, her beautiful book.
In this conversation, we talk about how home is shaped by movement; how long love can grow when it’s met with intention; what people often misunderstand about wellness; the quiet courage it takes to rescue yourself; and much more.
[TIMESTAMPS]
2:28 - Growing up
10:01 - What she started to understand about the mind-body connection
17:31 - Her meaning of wellness then vs. now
18:45 - Her book, Feel Better Now: The Life-Changing Power of Simple Pleasures
23:13 - Rewilding and why it is important
25:50 - What it is like to evolve together with her husband after many years
31:22 - If there was a point where she felt her lived experience around wellness could be translated into a medium that could help others
34:25 - The Life Delicious
36:21 - A tip for those who can’t yet feel deliciousness
38:37 - Her retreats
43:29 - How to be an expansive person for others but also being able to enforce boundaries
46:07 - What people get wrong about wellness
53:27 - Final question
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