Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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More Quiet, Less Grinch

Do you love this time of year but also find yourself feeling frazzled? Me, too. Join me over at Faith & Family LIVE! as I try to reclaim the peace that is supposed to be at the heart of this season.   Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception!

· December 8, 2011 · Tagged With: Columns · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

App, App Hooray!

(Forgive the corny post title. A former supervisor/editor of mine used to say I that I perhaps had too much of a knack for coming up with puns.) I’m working on a future health column for Faith & Family magazine,* and I’m looking for some good Smart Phone/iPad/iPod apps that help to keep you healthy.Read the whole post >>

· August 2, 2011 · Tagged With: Columns, Health, Media Inquiries · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Writing Elsewhere

You can read my latest column at Fathers for Good: The Home-Cooked Advantage – 5 Steps to a Happy Meal at Home. The article features Fr. Leo of Grace Before Meals (you know, the priest-chef who dueled it out with Bobby Flay on the Food Network and won!). I’m also honored to have a guestRead the whole post >>

· July 14, 2011 · Tagged With: Columns, Family, Writing · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Dealing with Eating Disorders

I’m honored to be over at Fathers for Good today sharing tips on how to reach out to a child who might be suffering from an eating disorder or poor body image. My insight is based on my own experience grappling with a clinical eating disorder and a negative body image. I hope it mightRead the whole post >>

· May 10, 2011 · Tagged With: Body Image, Columns, Eating Disorders · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

10 Simple Birthday Ideas

I have an article up over at Faith & Family LIVE! that shares 10 simple ways to make your children feel special on their birthdays. Enjoy!

· April 18, 2011 · Tagged With: Columns, Traditions · 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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