Karly is a passionate, empathetic, nurturing teacher who’s available as a workshop leader for conferences and retreats, corporate wellness programs, spiritual organizations, corporations, health care companies, private groups, and healthcare professionals seeking CEUs.
Karly’s approach, growing human(kind)nessTM, is a map for using self compassion, self kindness, and self acceptance to heal the emotional roots of addictive and compulsive behaviors. While pertaining to recovery from food-related emotional pain, including overeating, binge eating, bulimia, sugar addiction, and weight obsession, her approach can be applied to other addictive patterns.
Growing human(kind)nessTM removes the barriers to self love, allowing men and women to shift out of compulsive patterns and to create positive change in their lives.
Breakout workshops (1 to 2 hours):
- The Heart is Big Enough – discover the power of self kindness, self compassion and self care to create emotional healing and to shift out of addictive patterns with food
- How to get out of your own way – Learn how to stick to your food plan and weight loss goals without will power
- Become Binge Free – Walk away from a binge with Karly’s unique 4 step process, the Binge Rescue worksheet
- You Belong to Me – “Rock your cravings to sleep” with unconditional self acceptance.
Day-long / weekend workshops:
Growing Human(kind)nessTM: 6 tools to stop overeating through self compassion
- Learn 6 practices that get to the roots of overeating
- Create greater self love and ease the anxiety of “I’m terrible for overeating.”
- Unhook from food cravings and the drive to overeat
Growing Human(kind)nessTM: 6 tools to stop sugar bingeing through self compassion
- Unhook from sugar cravings and the desire to sugar binge
- Learn 6 practices that get to the roots of sugar addiction
- Create a supportive internal and external environment to let sugar go
The Body Beloved: Use the power of self-compassion to love your body
- Create a more positive, healthy body image
- Create realistic, achievable, positive expectations for body weight
- Swap anxiety, fear and control based care of the body for reverence, care, love and respect
What kind of organizations invite Karly to speak?
Clients include universities, women’s groups, and corporations, such as Indiana University, The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, IU-PUI Medical School, Lululemon Athletica, Girls for a Change, and the Montessori Teacher’s Association.
Feedback from clients and students:
“You are holding the space for some wonderful personal growth and healing. I appreciate the nurturing kindness.” – Joan Jacobs, coach, workshop participant
“What you have to give is something so uniquely special. The information is useful and powerful but the LOVE and genuine feeling behind what you share is priceless.” – Carllie Jaxen, workshop participant
“I think of your class as if you are the kind person breaking through that snow just ahead of me on cross country skiis – I get to go in your tracks, it’s still really hard (and good) exercise, and yet, you are breaking my trail, making it just that much easier…Thank you for helping me!” – Margaret Cleveland, workshop participant
I wanted to let you know that since our [work together], I have completely stopped eating any sugar or flour and something shifted inside of me, in a very positive way. Your devotion to your cause is a powerful vibration, and I am very grateful!” – Rhianne Newlhand, workshop participant
“I have been wrestling with my “food problem” since I was 12. I have tried more diets, taken pills, injections, read more books, talked to more people, spent more time trying to solve this “issue” than I care to think about!…But I felt no one understood or addressed the roots of the emotional piece of this problem, which is the biggest challenge and obstacle for some of us. Until Karly…Karly ‘gets it’ because she has walked the path. She has a great gift to share with others in pain and struggling. I believe she can help them achieve the freedom and peace they desire. The lessons are informative and get to the heart of the problem. The coaching was very helpful — illuminating, insightful and led me to some key new learnings…My thinking has shifted from discipline or rigidity to a new understanding or feeling about GRACE. And it’s meaning to me in this part of my life. I feel very hopeful again!” – Marilyn Hawke, workshop participant
“You make me feel free and capable of getting through my food ‘stuff.’ I’m finally starting to ‘get’ what you’ve been saying for the past year – that we have everything we need inside of us to heal…You have a VERY soothing, nurturing voice. That adds such a warm fuzzy feeling when listening to your words of wisdom. It’s like being hugged by you while listening to you.” – Theresa Rose, workshop participant
“I truly feel that I have you to thank for reframing my life-long personal battles. Only because you said, and kept saying, change will only come if I love myself now, as I am, and accept that any kind of true change will only come slowly over time. I can’t thank you enough for that message, that wisdom.” – Carrie Levy, workshop participant
