Catherine Roscoe Barr

Keynote Speaker | Vancouver, British Columbia

Neuroscience Based Wellness Coach & Best Selling Author
Stress Management & Human Potential Expert

Catherine Roscoe Barr's Expertise: Brain Science & Neuroscience, Psychological Safety, Human Connection, Stress Management, Nutrition & Fitness, Health & Wellness, Work Life Balance, Burnout Prevention, Peak Performance, Mindset & Goal Accomplishment, Time Management & Productivity and Personal Leadership.

Catherine Roscoe Barr

About Speaker Catherine Roscoe Barr

Catherine Roscoe Barr is a neuroscience-based wellness coach, veteran fitness professional, lifestyle journalist, and #1 bestselling author of FEEL BETTER NOW. For over twenty years, she has helped thousands translate the science of wellbeing into practical habits that build greater capacity and shift from functional freeze to fully alive. Catherine Roscoe Barr brings this expertise to one endlessly relevant speaking topic: neuroscience-based wellbeing. Drawing on decades of coaching, journalism, and research, she distills complex science into memorable frameworks that bridge the gap between knowing and doing. Catherine has delivered keynotes and workshops for organizations including Industrial Light & Magic, Lululemon, Saje Wellness, Destination BC, Royal Columbian Hospital, Shangri-La, Four Seasons, and Fairmont Hotels.

Catherine Roscoe Barr Biography

Catherine Roscoe Barr is a neuroscience-based wellness coach, keynote speaker, veteran fitness professional, lifestyle journalist, and #1 bestselling author of FEEL BETTER NOW. For over twenty years, she has helped thousands build capacity and shift from functional freeze to fully alive. Her expertise is grounded in science, shaped by experience, and driven by a desire to help others suffer less. She speaks on one endlessly relevant topic: neuroscience-based wellbeing.

Catherine Roscoe Barr began her fitness career in 2001 while completing her BSc in neuroscience, researching neurodegeneration. Drawn from disease prevention toward health promotion, she taught fitness at university before becoming fitness and social director at a retirement home. There, a couple, ages 98 and 102, gave her a glimpse of joyful longevity. She continued to work across the fitness industry before burning out despite knowing what she “should” do to feel well.

A move to Australia and magazine internship launched Catherine Roscoe Barr’s freelance writing career and, back in Canada, her journalism turned toward wellbeing as she studied current literature on mindfulness, neuroplasticity, stress management, habit formation, and human flourishing. A natural pattern recognizer, she connected ideas across disciplines and identified gaps in traditional approaches. She turned that investigative lens inward, asking what could bridge knowing what helps us thrive and actually living it.

That exploration transformed her life and gave rise to a new direction. Catherine Roscoe Barr reverse-engineered what helped alleviate her own suffering into practical strategies for others. She combined movement and nourishment with mindfulness, rest, and connection, first sharing these practices with private coaching clients, then facilitating multi-day wellness retreats, and later compiling these concepts into her book, so anyone could access these principles and put them into action.

Catherine Roscoe Barr’s writing has appeared in Canadian Living, BC Business, The Vancouver Sun, MONTECRISTO, IMPACT, WestJet, and alive magazine, and her expertise has been featured by CTV News, The Globe & Mail, Breakfast Television, Best Health Magazine, and Global News. She has delivered keynotes and workshops for Industrial Light & Magic, Lululemon, Saje Wellness, Destination BC, Four Seasons, and Fairmont Hotels — where she explores functional freeze, self-leadership, nervous system regulation, sustainable performance, circadian health, and joyful longevity. Known for warmth, authenticity, and engaging style, Catherine Roscoe Barr turns complex science into memorable frameworks, strategies, and rituals. She positions wellbeing not as a perk or pause from performance, but as the foundation for sustainable success and lifelong vitality. Ultimately, her mission is to help others experience more of what it means to feel fully alive.

Catherine Roscoe Barr Topic Presentations

Catherine Roscoe Barr From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Neuroscience Based Wellbeing

Books
Catherine Roscoe Barr
  • Feel Better Now: the Life Changing Power of Simple Pleasures
Interviews
Catherine Roscoe Barr
  • Wellness Wednesday: Choosing Unity over Division — Neuroscience-based Wellness Coach Catherine
  • Catherine Roscoe Barr on Overcoming Self-limiting Beliefs
  • Catherine Roscoe Barr on Rewiring Stress Patterns
Podcasts
Catherine Roscoe Barr
  • A Neuroscience Based Approach to Stress, Cortisol & Recovery with Catherine Roscoe Barr —
  • How to Get More Happiness with Less Effort
  • Feel Better Now and Find Joy in Life's Little Pleasures with Catherine Roscoe Barr
  • Divine Health Podcast — Feel Better Now: the Life-changing Power of Simple Pleasures with
Articles
Catherine Roscoe Barr
  • Why are We Unhappy? a Vancouver Neuroscience Coach Explains
  • A Formula for Feeling Better
  • Feel Better Now: How Simple Pleasures Can Transform Your Wellbeing

Catherine Roscoe Barr Speaking Testimonials

"“It’s so easy to forget the basics of wellness in today’s overly busy world but Catherine Roscoe Barr was able to gently remind us of the importance of self-care in maintaining our health and truly being able to get the most out of life. If you’re considering this course, do it! You won’t have any regrets.”"

Erin Treloar

"“The retreat with Catherine Roscoe Barr was just what I needed. My takeaways are raw and personal – many I had never considered before. I learned how to reconnect with myself and what’s important to me. I felt safe and happy all weekend. I’m grateful for the people who shared this journey and for the new friendships I made.”"

Tamara Taggart

"“Catherine Roscoe Barr is one of the most exceptional speakers and facilitators I have worked with. Her knowledge, enthusiasm and positive spirit kept all of us engaged and motivated. I cannot recommend this retreat or Catherine enough! The content I learned is a life changer for me.”"

Jen Murtagh

"“Catherine’s retreat has made me more self-aware, given me a few extra tools to help me tackle some of my challenges, given me the nudge to do something about it, and the knowledge that I’m not alone in this.”"

Tori Wesszer

"“Catherine has definitely given me those tools and reminded me that I have the power to be what I really want to be and to be a happy person moving forward. … The value that I’ve seen in myself doing this program has been giving me confidence and … the strength to say, ‘I’ve got this. I’m okay. I can do this.’ … Working with you, Catherine, has been so great because … there was no blaming. It was, ‘We can work on this together. How can I support you?’ … It’s really important to work with somebody that you can relate to or they can relate to you, so you don’t feel at any point, ‘Oh, I shouldn’t really say this..."

Kate Harris

"“There’s an aha moment every week, it seems like. … It’s given me permission to finally banish my all-or-nothing mentality and to transcend this perfection paralysis, which has absolutely paralyzed me for 20 years. … This idea that you presented, that every small thing matters … that’s been freeing. It’s been so freeing. … I’m sensing a shift, and I’ve never had a shift before. … You are incredibly empathetic, you’re kind, you have life experience in all of this, which has been key for me. … You bring your infectious joy to the screen. … You make it really easy and safe for people to open up, to talk, to..."

Lisa Cuthill

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