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Shelley Karpaty
Shelley Karpaty

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I’m a “recovering recruiter” from Silicon Valley now living with my family in the desert of the Coachella Valley. I am currently finding my way as a writer, meditation teacher, and mental health advocate which are all personal and purposeful in various ways. As a writer, I’ve been published in…

Who Am I

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Who Am I?
Who Am I?
Who Am I

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Published in

Practical Growth

·Apr 11

Is Body Dysmorphia a Right of Passage?

Finding a healthy body image. — Can you recall the series of embarrassing moments growing up, feeling awkward in your body? Societal expectations or aspirations always looming from the advertising or movies or social pressure abundant with messages that to be accepted and happy you needed to be thin. …

Mental Health

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Is Body Dysmorphia a Right of Passage?
Is Body Dysmorphia a Right of Passage?
Mental Health

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Practical Growth

·Mar 26

The Reality of Blaming Your Parents For All Your Challenges

Does personality come from our environment or is it hereditary? — I found myself treating my daughter the way I was treated growing up. Unable to handle her exuberant feelings and emotions, I only responded with, “It will be ok.” I began to walk away and leave her alone with her feelings, dismissing her. I knew no other way. …

Parenting

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The Reality of Blaming Your Parents For All Your Challenges
The Reality of Blaming Your Parents For All Your Challenges
Parenting

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The Personal Essayist

·Feb 25

10 Fun Facts About Me — Quick Stories from Adolescence to Adult

I mostly write about serious stuff, self-help, social psychology, mental health, and spirituality. I’m a curious seeker who hopes to help others from my gleanings but to get out of that serious nature, I’ve compiled a list that may get a recognition or smile out of you. …

Fun

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10 Fun Facts About Me — Quick Stories from Adolescence to Adult
10 Fun Facts About Me — Quick Stories from Adolescence to Adult
Fun

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Black Bear

·Feb 9

Restlessness and Remorse — How to Shift to Pleasure

A meditative approach — That inescapable, uninvited feeling of anxiety showing up at 3 AM, unable to take a deep breath, trying to yawn to get one good deep inhale but it falls short, halting halfway. It’s this incessant anxiety refusing to leave, like a force of nature, its grip so tight it squeezes…

Self Improvement

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Restlessness and Remorse — How to Shift to Pleasure
Restlessness and Remorse — How to Shift to Pleasure
Self Improvement

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Black Bear

·Feb 5

Anosognosia — Why People with Thought Disorders Don’t Get Treatment

Compassion for those living with Schizophrenia — My 20-year-old son sits at the dinner table with us, dog by his side — waiting attentively for any morsel of food to accidentally spill onto the floor. Before he begins eating, his eyes become wide as he looks at his food, and his mouth becomes a stressed-out teeth-clenched square…

Mental Health

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Anosognosia — Why People with Thought Disorders Don’t Get Treatment
Anosognosia — Why People with Thought Disorders Don’t Get Treatment
Mental Health

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ILLUMINATION

·Jan 27

The Significance of the Red String

This past weekend I graduated from a 2-year Meditation Mindfulness Teacher Certification Program with Sounds True. Sounds True is a spiritual-based publishing house that hosts amazing content for curious seekers. I came to the program by way of one of my key teachers, Jack Kornfield, as he was one of…

Mindfulness

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The Significance of the Red String
The Significance of the Red String
Mindfulness

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Jan 23

I'm so grateful that you have found an oasis in meditation. You are a brave soul.
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Thank you for your support. Much love.

Thank you for your support. Much love.

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ILLUMINATION

·Jan 21

The Who’s Lyrics that Made Me Weep and Spring into Action

I was in kindergarten in 1973 when The Who released Quadraphenia and its significance only hit me recently. It’s The Who’s third rock opera written by Pete Townsend and it follows a young man’s search for self-worth and importance. …

Parents

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The Who’s Lyrics that Made Me Weep and Spring into Action
The Who’s Lyrics that Made Me Weep and Spring into Action
Parents

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Black Bear

·Jan 10

Want to be a Better Parent?

Learn from your Child — This may seem like contradictory advice. You are the adult, right? The one with at least 20 years more life experience than your child, you have all the answers. The playbook from your childhood taught you everything you need to know about parenting. …

Mental Illness

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Want to be a Better Parent?
Want to be a Better Parent?
Mental Illness

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Shelley Karpaty

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