Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Let’s talk about anxiety and depression

Do I have your attention now? I frequently find random videos and images created by some quirky kid on my camera roll. This one cracked me up because there’s still a limit on how much TP we can pick up at our local grocery store, and what’s crazy to me is some single college kidRead the whole post >>

· September 25, 2020 · Tagged With: Anxiety, Attachment Parenting, Depression, Encouragement for Moms, Faith Inspiration, Getting Past Perfect, Motherhood, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

How to not let poor body image moments take you or your life hostage

My family had a rough February. For those of you who don’t follow along with me on social media (I mostly “hang out” over on Instagram these days) on February 6th we received a heartbreaking call at about 4 am that our beloved Pop (my husband’s father) had suddenly and unexpectedly passed away from aRead the whole post >>

· March 24, 2018 · Tagged With: Body Image, Grief, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Kate update

I apologize for the radio silence around here. Actually, I don’t. Or I shouldn’t. I’m working on not feel guilty about things that really have nothing to do with my morality or my value as a human being, and frequent blogging (or blogging at all) just doesn’t fall into either of those categories. That said,Read the whole post >>

· November 16, 2017 · Tagged With: Advent, Getting Past Perfect, Motherhood, Natural Childbirth, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Finding Grace in Eye Boogers

“Mama, I have tons of eye boogers!” My day yesterday started with these very words. Sure enough, Thomas’s eye was gunky with boogers and had a shade 0f pretty pink. And it should be noted, that typical boy, he was pretty pleased with all the grossness. “You have pink eye.” I told him. “Pink eye?”Read the whole post >>

· February 17, 2017 · Tagged With: Encouragement for Moms, Getting Past Perfect, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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

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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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