Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Advent Blessings!

I know I’ve been MIA from blogging and writing for my personal website for ages now. The reasons for my dearth of posts are many. First, I was feverishly working on my second book this past summer, which will be officially released on March 3rd, 2017. Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in theRead the whole post >>

· December 21, 2016 · Tagged With: Advent, Getting Past Perfect, Pregnancy, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

What the media’s fat-shaming of pregnant Kim Kardashian is saying to our children

So today I was part of a virtual discussion for HuffPost Live about fat-shaming during pregnancy and the recent hateful headlines about the pregnant Kim Kardashian. Whenever I have live interviews whether via the Internet or on the radio, I worry a child might interrupt, but my dad distracted the kids and enjoyed their company.Read the whole post >>

· April 1, 2013 · Tagged With: Body Image, Motherhood, Pregnancy · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Huffpost LIVE Interview Today

Please join me along with several other guests on Huffpost Live at 11:30 EST today (April 1st) for a candid discussion in response to this blog post about the hateful headlines attacking Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy weight gain. Tune into the conversation here. Happy Easter!

· April 1, 2013 · Tagged With: Body Image, Media, Pregnancy · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Thomas’s Birth Story

The very early morning of August 28th, 2011 Around 2 a.m. I woke up restless. I was feeling crampy, but this was nothing new. Contractions had been coming and going for weeks. For anyone new to my blog, here’s a brief recap of my most recent pregnancy: I started bleeding early on and was afraidRead the whole post >>

· September 19, 2011 · Tagged With: Natural Childbirth, Pregnancy, Spiritual Growth, Thomas · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

It’s a…

…BOY! I’m still in shock. I just assumed we’d be adding some more sugar and spice to our growing family. Meet Thomas Kemp Wicker born today at 4:38 p.m. I was blessed to have another natural birth. I absolutely could not have done it without my amazing husband, skillful midwife, and wonderful nurse. Thomas isRead the whole post >>

· August 28, 2011 · Tagged With: Gratitude, Joy, Natural Childbirth, Pregnancy · 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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