Cara Polk is the owner and founder of LIVING WELL DESIGNS.

Her business mission is to empower people to LIVE WELL in their lives, their space,  within themselves.

Services include motivational speaking, in-person and web-based workshops, individual and group mentoring, and environmental design space consultations geared to teaching people how to use their homes and offices as "support systems" for their personal lives and careers. 

The vision for LIVING WELL DESIGNS came while Cara was healing emotionally and physically from cancer. Her goal was to share the "life lessons" she had learned with those who are ready to create positive change in their personal lives and careers.

Prior to creating LIVING WELL DESIGNS, Cara spent 20 years as a computer software consultant, certified in the implementation, roll-out, and agency-wide training of IBM's Lotus Notes and Domino server applications.

She has delivered in-person and distance-learning training throughout the United States, including IBM, Dell, 3M, AMD, Microsoft, Lotus, Mastercard, USAA, the FAA, the U. S. Army, the U. S. Federal Court System, the Texas Legislature, the Texas State Bar, the University of Texas, and Austin Community College.

Cara is certified by the Texas Real Estate Commission to teach Feng Shui courses for realtors. She has trained a wide range of people from army generals to federal judges.  She holds a Masters Degree.

Cara has served as a volunteer caseworker for both the Austin Rape Crisis Center and the American Cancer Society's Reach-to-Recovery program.

She grew up in the central Texas Hill Country, living for a time in the home of her uncle, Fred Gipson, author of the Walt Disney children's classic, OLD YELLER.

Read Cara's story Reinvent Your Life in "Success For Women" magazine

View her video Cancer Taught Me How To Live at capessa.com,
an inspirational website for women

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