This Is So Awkward hosts Vanessa Bennett and Cara Natterson asked the HARD questions about raising girls. YES, we talked Sephora and product and crop tops, and I think we came up with some pretty good answers. We also dug into the cultural minefield of social media...
I was so thrilled to talk with one of my parenting author heroes Jessica Lahey about all things interviewing—especially when it comes to kids. I shared how I created focus groups of girls from all different backgrounds and lived experiences to create deep, engaging...
📣 Pre-orders are open! And I’m thrilled to partner with amazing indie bookstore, Little Shop of Stories, as the official launch hub for Strong As a Girl: Your Guide to Raising Girls Who Know, Stand Up For, and Take Care of Themselves 💪 Why I wrote it:Because girls are...
🚨 BIG NEWS! My new book Strong As a Girl is coming in October—and the early love has absolutely floored me. 💥 This isn’t just a parenting book. It’s a toolkit, a love letter, and a movement for anyone raising or supporting girls ages 5 to 12. Strong As a Girl is...
I am thrilled to share my new Audible Original podcast, Soldiers of Science, which I co-wrote with Alan Alda (who also narrates). Here's the backstory. Two years ago Audible asked me to look into a little-known program during the Vietnam War that enabled doctors—all...
It was a pleasure to talk about how you can take care of yourself as a mom with Stephanie on the Therapist Mom of Twins podcast. Need the inspiration to start taking care of you? Check out our important conversation!
Kate Rope decided shortly after graduating from college that she wanted to be a journalist. But it was only after ten years of actively pursuing a writing career, and then battling postpartum anxiety, that she found her true calling.
I was thrilled when Alyssa Milano asked me to write an op-ed on my experience with postpartum anxiety and why we need to prioritize the emotional wellbeing of moms at the personal and policy level. Check it out on her website patriotNOTpartisan.
I had a blast talking to the lively and hilarious Sheletta Bundridge and Lindy Vincent about how to support young girls in getting in touch with their anger and expressing it productively. Take a listen to these ladies. Hear Kate on the Two Haute Mamas Podcast.
I was so happy to connect with the awesome women of the Pickup Line, a fantastic newsletter that delivers everything you need to know to your phone so you have something to do while you're, wait for it, waiting in the pickup line! We all agreed that helping moms take...
Becoming a mother is a huge transition that brings an incredible range of emotional responses. Some are known as the “baby blues,” a two-week period of mood swings and a feeling of overwhelm after delivery. Others can happen in pregnancy, begin or last longer than two...
Self-care is not a catch phrase and it is not just mimosas and manicures. It's a regular practice that restores you. Think back over your whole life—childhood, high school, dating, college, your first years living on your own. What have you done that has brought you...