Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Global Prayer Challenge for Moms, July 18-24

Recently, Delphine Ang, a passionate Catholic mother in the Philippines, reached out to me about joining a global prayer challenge for moms. We had the opportunity to Zoom and chat about our own mothering journeys as well as our prayer lives.  Here we were – two different moms oceans apart with unique mothering challenges; yet, we discoveredRead the whole post >>

· July 12, 2020 · Tagged With: Getting Past Perfect, Motherhood, Prayers, Speaking · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

A Coronavirus PSA

Image Credit: Grateful Rebekah  Quote credit: Simcha Fisher Consider this a friendly but firm PSA, but please start taking the coronavirus and its implications seriously. As Americans, we love our freedom. Yet, as Christians, we know that freedom (free will) can lead to stupid decisions. My husband is a doctor. A few weeks ago heRead the whole post >>

· March 15, 2020 · Tagged With: coronavirus, Faith Inspiration, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

In defense of “just” being a mom

{For those of you who follow me on Facebook and/or Instagram, you may have already read a version of this post, but I thought it was worth posting over here for my faithful blog remnant.} A few weeks ago, I shared some thoughts about motherhood over on Instagram in response to an influx of  Read the whole post >>

· February 7, 2020 · Tagged With: Encouragement for Moms, Motherhood · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Objects in mirror are more beautiful than they think they appear

I’ve been intentionally not spending as much time over on Instagram lately. Why? Because even though I’ve done my best to purge my feed of any accounts or posts that promote diet culture, the message that you’ll be happier if you’re fitter, thinner, occupying a smaller and/or more sculpted and lean body, and/or eating clean,Read the whole post >>

· January 15, 2020 · Tagged With: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Intuitive Eating, Weightless · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Running my own race

I’ll never forget the first time I ran six consecutive miles. I was 14 and I’d been running a three-mile loop all summerlong, several times a week. One morning I headed out to the park across my street, and I broke into a run. The sky was a steely grey and before long sheets ofRead the whole post >>

· November 20, 2019 · Tagged With: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Getting Past Perfect, Running, Spiritual Growth, Weightless · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”

―Flannery O'Connor

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