Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Join the Kind Conversation

Visit Kind Conversation Elizabeth Foss has created a space to encourage and to be encouraged. Won’t you join the conversation? About Kind Conversation (from Elizabeth Foss): The journey to this post was a long one, a prayerful one, and a surprisingly fruitful one. I have heard you and I have listened. I truly, truly hopeRead the whole post >>

· April 6, 2010 · Tagged With: Attachment Parenting, Body Image, Encouragement for Moms, Faith Inspiration, Health · Filed Under: Body Image, Fashion, Kate's Blog, Women's Issues

Some Further Thoughts on Feminism, Motherhood, and Having It All

I recently wrote a column for Inside Catholic that pointed a finger at certain schools of feminist thought for making women feel like less instead of more. The article sparked an interesting dialogue (some of the comments took issue with the column) and has prompted further thoughts from me. One of the many challenges ofRead the whole post >>

· March 14, 2010 · Tagged With: Columns, Motherhood, Rant, Women's Issues · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Rant, Women's Issues

I Am Woman

You can read my latest Inside Catholic column: I Am Woman.  Comments are open over there.

· March 12, 2010 · Tagged With: Columns, Motherhood · Filed Under: Women's Issues

You Call This a Diet?

When I hit the elliptical trainer, I like to read candy for the mind (as in junk). It’s a guilty pleasure and perhaps one I need to give up this Lent and beyond, especially after reading this while flipping through a fashion magazine this weekend: “There’s a backlash against diets that don’t include food becauseRead the whole post >>

· February 16, 2010 · Tagged With: Body Image, Eating Disorders · Filed Under: Body Image, Women's Issues

One-on-One with Domestic Violence

Caveat: This is a long post. It’s actually a reprint of a feature article I wrote several years ago for a women’s publication. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I wanted to share it in hopes that it might help someone out there or simply shatter some of the misconceptions about domestic violence. IRead the whole post >>

· October 30, 2008 · · Filed Under: Women's Issues

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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