Defend and Deflect
Today, Karly talks about how most of us are used to defend and deflect, and how free you can feel if you simply stop doing that. Being open to everything is not something that we should be afraid of.

Today, Karly talks about how most of us are used to defend and deflect, and how free you can feel if you simply stop doing that. Being open to everything is not something that we should be afraid of.
Today, Karly shares what she calls her 'Steven Bradbury moment'... where she was working hard to make it happen, felt all kinds of stress and overwhelm, only to surrender and have all the obstacles drop out of the way to come out winning.
As Cyclone Oma passes over, Karly weathers the storm and comes to you from the safety and of her studio today, to play around with the idea of depression and explores the parallels between natural weather events and our mental state of mind.
Today, on Karlosophies, Karly hits the beach and unpacks how intention setting has been working for her, lately. She never really gave intention setting much power. It never really seemed to work for her. Until she had a bit of a shift in the way that she uses them. Now she's a convert.
Today, on Karlosophies, Karly breaks down her key lesson from the very tumultuous last month or two. She explores the idea that we have no control and complete control.
Karly chats about her many varied experiences in business and explores what has been the driving factor for what has worked in her life, and what has been a dismal failure.
On Karlosophies today, Karly hits the beach and unpacks her week swimming (er, drowning) in anxiety. She looks at whether it's possible to ever completely 'overcome' your mental health challenges and instead invites you to accept and look at the gifts it can bring.
What happens if we stop fighting what isn't and start surrendering to what is? What happens when we allow ourselves to free fall? What happens if instead of exhausting all our energy trying to keep our head above the water, we simply sank to the bottom? Today on Karlosophies, Karly has reached the point of surrender, once more. Right now, she has more questions than answers, but explores what surrender means and is it possible for a control freak, like herself, to actually let go?...
Do you find your feeling a little lethargic and a bit 'meh' at this time of year? Karly does. And today, on Karlosophies, she explores what it might be like to just surrender to wanting to do nothing... lean right into laziness. Is it even possible to do nothing?
Today, on Karlosophies, Karly hits the beach to highlight how often we can diminish our feelings to protect others, and how that impacts healthy boundaries.
Karly, of Karlosophies, hits the beach to say Happy New Year and reflects on her words of the year... which she used to think was utter bullshit. Now? Well, you'll just have to listen to find out.
Today, on Karlosophies, Karly hits the beach to unpack something major she's been working on... the idea that acceptance of the notion you don't have what you want, might be the one thing that brings it closer.
Today, on Karlosophies, Karly hits the beach to break down her very different approach to launching Frequency.
Today Karly hits the beach to extend on her last Karlosophies free flow convo and asks the question where do you find clarity?
Today on Karlosophies, Karly hits the beach in a bit of a state of confusion. She feels like she's kind of run out of things to say. But that doesn't stop her from landing on the 6 key areas she's focussing on and the sense of presence and peace they bring. Connect with Karly in her Show Up Speak Up facebook group , or on instagram.
Today, Karly hits the beach and unpacks a question that came to her on the drive down. 'Ask not what what you want, but what you want to create?' And with that subtle shift, we can take ownership of the life we want to create, rather than waiting for the world to deliver. You are invited to join Karly's free facebook community ' Show Up Speak Up '. See you in there!
Today, Karly takes Karlosophies back to the beach, and riffs on where she's currently at... She chats about how she's feeling pretty blergh about the online business space and explores what could be her next evolution. And she finds her self as a jumping dog magnet.
Today Karly is shining the spotlight on one of her favourite women, her singing teacher (who is way more than a singing teacher), Lisa Brown. Lisa has almost become a third character on her show. If you check out episode 150, you'll get a behind the scenes of the work they did together on Karly's first singing lesson is well over 20 years. Today's Karlosophies conversation is an exploration of the work Lisa does in the world, how women are often wearing shackles of society that stop them from ex...
Today, in Karlosophies, Karly changes things up and starts a mini series showcasing some of the women who have helped her 'find her freq'. We kick of with this episode that featured originally on Keeping Good Company. It's an open and honest conversation about what it's like to write a book, and an exploration on creativity and it's relationship to the chakra system.
Today, on Karlosophies, Karly shares where she's at... some big changes happening in camp Karlosophies, with the letting go of a successful project, and the beginning of something exciting and new.
Today Karly comes to you from the studio today to share why it's so important to her to practice speaking up. Trigger warning: there is talk of #metoo and sexual assault.
Today, on Karlosophies, Karly gets super ranty. She's feeling a bit (lot) over seeing people selling entrepreneurship as this easy ride to the dream life. And invites you to find some level of acceptance and joy where you are at, rather than pin your hopes and dreams on a destination that has been sold as the solution to all your problems. After all, wherever you go, there you are.
On Karlosophies today, Karly comes from the studio straight out of a kinesiology session with a powerful question to get you coming back to, and operating from your heart and creating your art (whatever that is) in the world. Join Karly's Show Up Speak Up group to be part of an incredible community of humans doing their best to show up in this world, just as they are. And interact with her on instagram @karlosophies . And if you are keen to start your own podcast, be sure to check out Radcasters...
Today Karly caught up with her friend Chara Caruthers and they chatted about all things creative expression. She's come home and chats about finding your voice, honing your message, creativity and expression... what allows us to step over the invisible line and move over just enough for us to dive into the expression of who we really are. And comes back to two key elements: practice and trust.
Karly riffs on how she's had this story all her life around how she just isn't a competitive person. Sharing that she isn't motivated by competition and actively disengages when there's a winner and a loser... and yet, going on in her inner universe, there is comparison and judgment when she doesn't measure up. So what does it mean to be uncompetitive?
Today Karly reflects on what came out of her funk last week. Sometimes we can get so wrapped up in avoiding the crap feels that we end up inadvertently end up stretching them out way longer than if we just felt them. She also shares her decision to bring back her much loved podcasting school, Radcasters. And reflects on how her willingness to get uncomfortable has positively impacted her life. As always, Karly would love to see in her facebook group, Show Up Speak Up . And if you are not already...
Karly hits the beach feeling very lack lustre, uninspired and all up in her head. She unpacks where she's currently at and explores how to move through those days when you are feeling just a little bit shit. To join Karly's free facebook community, hit up Show Up Speak Up and be sure to follow Karlosophies on instagram for daily laughs and inspo.
Today, we take a trip back to June 2017... Karly had made some major changes after finding herself hooked up to an ECG with an expected heart attack (thankfully, it was anxiety) thanks to six months straight of chronic cash flow issues. It's a deep conversation all about surrender and acceptance. This interview originally appeared on Samantha Nolan-Smith's Change the Game podcast and is being repurposed here with Sam's permission. Karly also speaks briefly to Sam about Australian Women's Day - c...
Note from Karly: SURPRISE!!! Lately, I've been feeling the call to create... and music has been screaming my name. But I'm not a musician. I mean, I play like half a dozen chords on the uke. And I transition between them about as elegantly as a baby elephant. Yet, music... songwriting... kept calling. Today, I drove out to the back of Uki for singing lessons and my incredible teacher, Lisa Brown, gave me a total hippy woo songwriting lesson. She asked me to connect to my womb, and write. I could...
Today Karly hits the beach to explore what it would look like if we dumped measuring our success by external factors and came back to showing up consistently because it feels good... not because we are attached to a certain outcome.