Kate Wicker

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Why ‘Giving It Your Best’ is Overrated {A Guest Post & a Giveaway!}

Today I’m honored to have Stephen Martin share a guest post that’s sure to help recovering perfectionists like myself. Stephen is a speech writer and journalist who blogs at Messy Quest.  His first book The Messy Quest for Meaning: Five Catholic Practices for Finding Your Vocation, was just released by Sorin Books. Be sure toRead the whole post >>

· May 9, 2012 · Tagged With: Guest Bloggers, Perfectionism · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Teaching Kids About Charity {A Guest Post}

I’m honored to have Emily Kirchner sharing a guest post. Emily is a freelance writer for Discount Catholic Products, an online retailer of Bibles, prayer cards, First Communion gifts, and many more. She learned the importance of charity at an early age, thanks to her mom who always brought her along when doing volunteer workRead the whole post >>

· May 7, 2012 · Tagged With: Charity, Guest Bloggers · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Dinner at Grandma’s

A guest post by none other than my own mom! — The smells – that’s what brings me back to the good old days of Sunday dinners at my grandma’s house – the smell of her china cabinet when opened to set the table, the smell of all of her culinary delights bubbling on theRead the whole post >>

· September 28, 2011 · Tagged With: Family, Guest Bloggers · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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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