Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Ghostbusters

If you’re anything like me, you’re not haunted by ghosts or goblins. Yet, there’s probably something less supernormal but more real that haunts you and has a way of preventing you from living a full life. Is there a past sin you’ve never confessed? Or are you grappling with residual guilt that remains from anRead the whole post >>

· November 2, 2011 · Tagged With: Body Image, Faith Inspiration, Forgiveness, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

7 Quick Takes: The Gratuitous Baby Shot, Time Marches On, & Other Random Tidbits Edition

— 1 — We’ve been engaged in some serious germ warfare around here. I had the first fever I’ve had in ages, and it knocked me out. I felt like a Mack truck had rolled over me; I was so achy. I’m getting old. Good news is I got over it very quickly, and theRead the whole post >>

· October 28, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Body Image, Encouragement for Moms, Sugar & Spice, Thomas, Weightless · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

What to Say to a Friend Who’s Convinced She’s Ugly

It was the summer after my freshman year of college. I no longer thought I had an eating disorder (just two years later I would relapse and discover just how entrenched I was in the pursuit of thinness). I was studying journalism and theatre in Italy. I felt independent, young, free, inspired – and fat.Read the whole post >>

· October 17, 2011 · Tagged With: Body Image, Weightless · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

A Cure for Comparing: Seeing with God-Eyes

A kind reader, who said she ordered my book, recently* sent me this message: “I was wondering if you may be able to answer a question. I see so many people look at themselves and complain about how they look. It seems that so many women like to compare themselves to others. I try notRead the whole post >>

· October 10, 2011 · Tagged With: Beauty, Body Image, Weightless · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Weighty Issues

Join the weighty conversation over at Crisis Magazine following my interview with Zoe Romanowsky. (Just don’t mind the embarrassingly large photo of me.) An excerpt: “I truly believe that women, in particular, suffer from poor body image as a result of a spiritual attack. It all started in the Garden of Eden, when Satan temptedRead the whole post >>

· September 30, 2011 · Tagged With: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Weightless, Women's Issues · 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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