Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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A Choice Worth Making

Today I’m over at Faith & Family LIVE! explaining why my belief in God remains in me even during the most difficult times. Please read A Choice Worth Making. Comments are open over there, and I’d love to hear what helps keep you faithful in the wake of disaster, suffering, or heartache as well asRead the whole post >>

· February 1, 2010 · Tagged With: Atheism, Columns, Spiritual Dryness, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Taming a Material Girl

You can read my latest feature at Faith & Family LIVE! today: Taming a Material Girl: Teaching Children Contentment. Enjoy these last few days of Advent. Blessings!

· December 22, 2009 · Tagged With: Columns · Filed Under: Virtues

Come One, Come All…and Win a Magazine Subscription

I’m over at Faith & Family LIVE! today sharing tips on how to host an Advent cookie swap. While you’re over there getting hungry as you dream of the heap of cookies you’ll soon have stashed, check out Faith & Family Days, which is a wonderful opportunity to not only support Faith & Family magazineRead the whole post >>

· December 9, 2009 · Tagged With: Columns · Filed Under: Catholic media, Giveaways

Tales from a Failed Perfectionist

You can read my latest Faith & Family LIVE! feature today: Perfect Schmerfect: Giving Myself Permission to be Human.

· November 18, 2009 · Tagged With: Columns, Perfectionism · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

New Column: Real Draw for Real Presence

I’m over at Faith & Family LIVE! today trying to explain why I’m Catholic. Or perhaps more to the point, why I bother to go to Mass when it’s not always easy to pay much attention to know where I even am with three little ones clinging to me. Here’s the Cliff’s Notes answer: ItRead the whole post >>

· October 27, 2009 · Tagged With: Columns · Filed Under: Eucharist

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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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