Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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{If you also subscribe to my newsletter, I apologize that this will be a repeat!}  The Catholic Moms Summit is going strong and has brought together tens of thousands of moms from all over the world for the biggest gathering of its kind EVER. It’s been an amazing experience so far! If you haven’t registeredRead the whole post >>

· November 14, 2020 · Tagged With: Anxiety, Body Image, Depression, Encouragement for Moms, Getting Past Perfect, Weightless · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Objects in mirror are more beautiful than they think they appear

I’ve been intentionally not spending as much time over on Instagram lately. Why? Because even though I’ve done my best to purge my feed of any accounts or posts that promote diet culture, the message that you’ll be happier if you’re fitter, thinner, occupying a smaller and/or more sculpted and lean body, and/or eating clean,Read the whole post >>

· January 15, 2020 · Tagged With: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Intuitive Eating, Weightless · 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

A change of running (and living) plans

So often when I discuss body image, I relate it to how we see ourselves aesthetically and physically. We look in the mirror and all we see are the dimples, the flabby stomach, the weak arms, or the extra skin. We see a photo of us, and we can’t stand how we look in it.Read the whole post >>

· June 14, 2019 · Tagged With: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Getting Past Perfect, Lessons Kids Teach Me, Running, Trust, 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

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Hi, I’m Kate

 

I'm the author of two nonfiction books Getting Past Perfect and Weightless, a storyteller*, overthinker, eating disorder survivor, mom of five, book junkie, socially awkward nerd as well as a speaker (so basically a walking and talking contradiction), and a perfectionist in recovery.

I am currently working towards my MFA in Fiction at Warren Wilson. Thank you to everyone who has read my drafts, offered feedback, and cheered me on. The writing life is often solitary, but I wouldn’t be here without a community of support.

 

*Imperfect motherhood story for Rabbit Box (no children will harmed in the telling of the story and Mom had permission to share this video)

*Some BODY to Love story for Rabbit Box

 

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