Kate Baer: Tolerating Imperfection

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Kate Bowler

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Poet Kate Baer found herself inundated with the demands of motherhood and little time to write. Nothing was easy and then, at a breaking point, it felt impossible. If she wanted a creative life, she was going to have to redefine “perfection” (perfect mom! perfect woman!) and learn to tolerate a lot more imperfection instead. On this episode of Kate & Kate, they discuss: How friendships give permission to speak honestly (and why your friendships are actually important) Why not every experience (motherhood, marriage) is “fulfilling” How they each went off-script to find meaning Kate Baer’s great love for Panera Bread CW: postpartum depression *** Find me on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter. Be sure to subscribe to my weekly email for bits of wisdom, prayers, free downloads, and more. No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) is now available wherever books are sold. Order your copy, today. Introducing, GOOD ENOUGH: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Available wherever books are sold. Join us for Lent. Receive a free lenten reflection guide, here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	We live in a culture that celebrates positivity, speak positively, good vibes only, don't
0:08.8	manifest that kind of energy.
0:11.9	So what about when things aren't going as swimmingly as we might have hoped?
0:17.7	Might we speak honestly?
0:20.1	Could we tell the truth?
0:22.0	Even if it's negative?
0:24.0	This is everything happens, and I'm Kate Boller.
0:28.2	There are some people who act like human truth serum.
0:32.7	When they say the true thing, it makes everyone else follow suit.
0:38.0	My kid is having issues at school, and I'm worried he's falling behind.
0:42.0	Ah, same, same, same.
0:45.0	My aging mom lives alone, and I don't want to take away her independence.
0:48.4	I don't know what to do.
0:50.6	Same, same, same.
0:52.6	Oh, your marriage is struggling?
0:55.2	Same.
0:56.4	I'm worried I've missed it, the opportunity or the relationship or the chance to apologize.
1:01.0	Same.
1:03.8	Sometimes people help you echo back the truth, with a clear and resounding same.
1:09.7	Today, I'm talking with the human model of truth serum herself, Kate Bear.
1:16.5	Kate Bear is an author and poet.
1:18.8	Her first book, What Kind of Woman, was a number one New York Times instant bestseller,
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