Hi, I'm Kate.
Mother, partner, friend, and founder of Centered Motherhood — a quiet space for women learning to hold the many threads of a full life without unraveling.
How Centered Motherhood began.
Hello everyone — my name is Kate and I'm a 41-year-old mother of two (4 and 7). I'm also married to a great guy and I work full time. To say life is crazy would be an understatement. When I first became a mom, I felt so overwhelmed: how do I be a great mom, how do I balance the insanity of life while also still taking care of myself, my marriage, and work full time.
I would be lying if I said I had it all figured out, but I have learned a lot along the way over the past 7 years. Now life, while still chaotic, feels manageable — and I'm able to have a lot more joy and peace along the way.
Centered, not balanced.
Balance is a myth. It implies a perfect, sustained equilibrium between career, marriage, mothering, friendship, and self — and the moment one thing shifts, the whole thing tips. I have never met a woman living a full life who feels balanced. I have met many who feel guilty for not being balanced.
Centered is different. Centered is a practice, not a destination. It's the act of returning, again and again, to the woman underneath all the roles — and tending to her on purpose. Some days you lean hard into work. Other days you lean hard into your kids, or your marriage, or yourself. The center holds because you keep coming back to it, not because you ever stand perfectly still.
Centered Motherhood is built on five quiet pillars — your professional self, your marriage, your mothering, your friendships, and your own care. None of them get equal time every day. All of them get intentional time across a season. The work is in noticing which one has gone quiet for too long, and gently turning toward it again.
What you'll find here is honest writing, small repeatable rituals, and a refusal to perform. No should-dos. No highlight reel. Just the real version of building a life that feels like yours — and a village of women doing the same.
What we believe
Center over balance
Balance implies a perfect equilibrium that doesn't exist. Center is a practice.
Small, repeatable rituals
Tiny daily acts compound into a life that feels like yours again.
Honest conversation
No performance, no shoulds. Just the real version of the work.
Come find your Center.
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