Would you like to interview Karly or share the work of Growing Humankindness?
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Warmly,
Karly Pitman
Here are a selection of bios of Karly:
A short bio:
Karly is a writer, teacher, poet, and trainer who brings understanding to overeating, emotional eating, binge eating and the other ways we care for trauma. She offers resources and support for those who self soothe with food and who want to soften the judgment, anxiety, and shame they carry about their struggles.
A long bio:
Karly is a writer, teacher, poet, and trainer who brings understanding to overeating, emotional eating, binge eating and the other ways we care for trauma. She offers resources and support for those who self soothe with food and who want to soften the judgment, anxiety, and shame they carry about their struggles.
Growing Humankindness, the cradle of her work as a writer, teacher and mother, means to soften what has hardened within us, to claim the wholeness that is our birthright. This work arose from two things – from Karly’s own experience with eating disorders, depression, and anxiety, and from bearing witness to others’ stories of rupture and rebirth.
Her work arises from relational neuroscience, contemplative spiritual practice, ritual, and from listening to our stories about food, nourishment, and how we give and receive care. She especially loves weaving the insights of relational neuroscience with the warmth of spiritual practice, as they rest in the same water.
There’s a ‘deeper story’ that lives underneath the surface stories of our struggles, and this story is both more true and more merciful. Sitting at the feet of her students, she’s witnessed this story being born, over and over. From her beloved teachers – especially Dr. Gordon Neufeld and Bonnie Badenoch – she’s learned to trust the healing impulse within, the wisdom of our coping strategies, and how we’re so cared for, starting with our biology.
Karly teaches and facilitates classes, writes books, poetry and a reader supported newsletter, O Nobly Born, and speaks to groups to bring soft eyes to our shared vulnerability. She loves sharing and practicing the principles of relational neuroscience because she’s seen how this understanding softens shame and brings us home to ourselves. And she regularly dives into the soul and the handmade, doing as much as possible with her body and hands.
You can find Karly at Growinghumankindness.com and in Austin, Texas, where she walks among the oak trees and tends her ancestors, the written word, and her kin of family and community. In all she remains in awe of the human heart.
Photos:
If you need a high res photo of Karly, please let us know in your media request. (You can find this form at the top of the page.)
You may also use these photos below for your publication, program or event, as long as credit is given to Larry Stanley Photography and you link to growinghumankindness.com.
Karly’s media experience:
If you’d like to know a bit about Karly’s background and media experience, she’s a seasoned media guest and has appeared in scores of interviews and podcasts. She was also featured in the weight loss film, The Inner Weigh (2010).
Her work has been featured on media outlets like MSN, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Shine, Beliefnet.com, and The Huffington Post. Her approach is particularly good at helping people find compassion with their human struggles and vulnerabilities.
She also has a background in journalism, having worked for The Tennessean, the Nashville daily paper, and as a freelance writer.
What others have said:
“A true gem! Honesty combined with vast knowledge makes her an outstanding guest.
She gave the listening audience hope that they could overcome addiction.” – Kelly Cappasola, Executive Producer, Forever Young Radio
“You have a voice made for radio.” – Jimmy Moore, host, Livin’ La Vida Low Carb show
“You’re one of our all time favorite guests.” – Vicky and Jen, hosts, What Really Matters
Click here to listen to an audio excerpt from Karly’s interview with Carlette Christmas on On Point.