Cary Umhau believes deeply that God is bigger than we often imagine and that everybody one meets (including one's own self) is an image-of-God, never-to-be-repeated miracle. And that we therefore ought to slow down and take it all in.

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She consults, writes, speaks and teaches on that concept. She’s the author of Burning Down the Fireproof Hotel (a spiritual memoir and manifesto for living what she calls a spacious life).

 

Cary's writing and work have been featured in The Washington Post, BBC World Service Radio, PBS Nightly Business Report, and on number of podcasts. ​

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She and close friend Joey Katona founded SPACIOUS in 2011 as a neighbor-loving, life-celebrating organization and consultancy. SPACIOUS shares open-hearted, expansive things that people are doing and creatively connects communities, often across unnecessary borders and divides. 

 

Cary is also co-founder of a DC-based hunger nonprofit, Breadcoin, that uses a community-funded food token to resource non-profits and insure that anyone can eat with choice and dignity at local restaurants while being enveloped more fully into the community. Breadcoin encourages table meals and makes it possible for those who can't always afford to host can do so.

 

A grandmother, frequent roadtripper, and musical theater nerd, Cary has been married since 1982 to Andrew, and they live in the Washington, DC area and spend a lot of time in NYC too.

You can find Cary's writing on Substack. 

 

She can be found on Instagram, on Facebook, or just send an email.