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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

How to care for your body and soul

October 21, 2021 by Kate Mayer Leave a Comment

Why isn’t this working? Hello? Is this thing on? Hello? This thing called my body — what is happening, or rather, why is nothing happening? I am doing all the right things: working out, running, eating less, drinking lesser – and yet still, at a certain age, my age, it really doesn’t matter how hard you work, how hungry you are, the body refuses to budge. Yet still you do

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Ripping the wings off butterflies: thoughts on yoga menopause

February 22, 2019 by Kate Mayer 5 Comments

Yoga for menopausal butterflies

Nobody else is flinching. They’re all breathing. In and out. In. And. Out. Eyes gently shut, all the women are centered on their mats, breathing, hands at heart center, I can’t help but think like a praying mantis. Who kill their partner after sex. via GIPHY But these women don’t seem violent at all, they’re all super chill. I know, because my eyes are wide open and I’m scanning the

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Top 10 Items for Moms of a Certain Age

December 9, 2010 by Kate Mayer 4 Comments

The lovely ladies over at Rants from Mommyland posted recently on Useful Mom Inventions. Which is very funny because they’re in the throws of breastfeeding and diapers, drive thru and happy meals. But I, thankfully, am not. Been there, done that. Not to say I’m done momming, because the work has gotten a whole lot harder. But for Moms approaching my age, a lovely 46 with menopause staring me square

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Boobs. Boob, boobs, boobs.

October 26, 2010 by Kate Mayer 13 Comments

I need to work. I need to write. I’m on deadline. But I have bigger issues. Or actually, smaller, saggy, deflated ones. Bumpy, lumpy cyst filled boobs. Husband is a self-proclaimed boob man. He likes boobs, big ones. Apparently, with me, he chose the filler between the ears over the fluff inside the bra ‘cuz really, the only time I had enough boob to bounce was when I was pregnant.

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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...

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