Welcome! I want to warmly welcome you and share what I do.
Who am I?
I’m Karly, a writer, speaker, teacher, mom and more. I’m also a woman who had over 20 years of eating disorders. The ideas you’ll read about here came from my experience of healing my food suffering and listening to hundreds of other women who’d also struggled with food addiction, overeating, compulsive dieting, emotional eating, body hatred and more.
I tried just about everything to heal. I was a real overachiever and perfectionist. I thought if only I perfected myself enough then I would finally love my body and stop overeating. Nope. What finally worked for me was kindness – loving myself unconditionally. Being kind to myself is what changed my relationship with food, my body, and myself. It’s a path I now share and teach to others.
What is First Ourselves?
First Ourselves is the blog I started in 2006 to chart my journey out of food suffering. Now it’s a repository for hundreds of helpful articles to help you compassionately lose weight, end emotional eating, and heal a sugar addiction. We also offer a free support forum (sorry guys, it’s for women only) where you can talk to other women who are healing.
What’s my approach?
I use self compassion, self kindness, self acceptance, and self care to change your relationship with food, your body and yourself. I call my approach growing human(kind)ness – because it is kindness towards our tender humanity that enables us to change – to heal, to grow, and to move forward.
There’s lot of “how to” information out there on how to lose weight, be healthier, and eat healthier. What my work does is uproot the blocks – the whys – that get in the way. Remove the blocks – the why – and you can do the how – change how you eat, how you care for your body and more.
We’re a good fit. Where do I start?
If you’re looking for help with sugar, I’d begin with my first book, Overcoming Sugar Addiction, which shares my personal story of healing my sugar addiction. To remove the blocks that are keeping you stuck in sugar, I’d follow up with the sugar workbook and CDs, Becoming Binge Free. It’s the at home version of my sugar class.
If sugar and sweets aren’t your problem, but general overeating is, I’d begin with my online audio program, Heal Overeating: Untangled.
Where can you find my books?
Learn how I healed a decade long sugar addiction at sugaraddictionbook.com. Break free from overeating and emotional eating with Heal Overeating: Untangled. Buy my books on Amazon. Read my articles on The Huffington Post. See me in The Inner Weigh, an inspirational weight loss documentary.
What’s coming up?
I’m currently working on a daybook for overeaters and a Kindle version of Overcoming Sugar Addiction. You can also find me driving the soccer car pool, browsing flea markets, doing yoga, making jewelry, dancing with my husband, and singing in the car with my daughter.
Where am I?
I’m in Austin, Texas. Hire me to speak to your group.
