Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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A Coronavirus PSA

Image Credit: Grateful Rebekah  Quote credit: Simcha Fisher Consider this a friendly but firm PSA, but please start taking the coronavirus and its implications seriously. As Americans, we love our freedom. Yet, as Christians, we know that freedom (free will) can lead to stupid decisions. My husband is a doctor. A few weeks ago heRead the whole post >>

· March 15, 2020 · Tagged With: coronavirus, Faith Inspiration, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Running my own race

I’ll never forget the first time I ran six consecutive miles. I was 14 and I’d been running a three-mile loop all summerlong, several times a week. One morning I headed out to the park across my street, and I broke into a run. The sky was a steely grey and before long sheets ofRead the whole post >>

· November 20, 2019 · Tagged With: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Getting Past Perfect, Running, Spiritual Growth, Weightless · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

False humility and how to avoid it

I used to think I didn’t have a pride problem. I know, I know. The first sign that someone probably has issues with pridefulness is her belief that she doesn’t. But truth is, self-flagellation, more than self-promotion, always came more easily to me. Once during spiritual direction, I expressed similar sentiments. “You suffer from aRead the whole post >>

· March 7, 2019 · Tagged With: Body Image, Getting Past Perfect, Humility, Lent, Pride, Spiritual Growth, Weightless · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

The masks we wear

My two oldest daughters recently had a chance to get all dressed up as well as flex their social muscles at their middle school masquerade dance. They both returned home with a glowing review of the event. It was Rachel’s first dance, and I was so happy it proved to be a positive experience. IRead the whole post >>

· November 21, 2018 · Tagged With: Body Image, Lessons My Kids Teach Me, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Loving my here and now body

Never did I ever think I’d post a photo of myself in a swimsuit on social media. Fully-clothed selfies take me out of my comfort zone, so a selfie of me in a swimsuit? That’s damn right terrifying, especially when I’m occupying a body that I don’t always love for reasons that transcend what IRead the whole post >>

· September 6, 2018 · Tagged With: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Intuitive Eating, Spiritual Growth · 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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