This episode of The Becoming Podcast is for anyone who has felt like they’ve lost themselves in caregiving, or in the demands of midlife.  This month, author Kate Washington joins me on the pod to…

This episode of The Becoming Podcast is for anyone who has felt like they’ve lost themselves in caregiving, or in the demands of midlife.  This month, author Kate Washington joins me on the pod to…

Podcast Episode · Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle · August 6 · 34m

Join Annie Fox and local author Kate Washington for an afternoon of connecting to self and community. The workshop price includes a signed copy of Midstream, light refreshments and a special surprise ...

Join Annie Fox and local author Kate Washington for an afternoon of connecting to self and community. The workshop price includes a signed copy of Midstream, light refreshments and a special surprise ...

Freelance Writing Direct talks to author of Midstream Kate Washington about shaping a memoir around a recurring challenge, writing candidly about divorce and self-reclamation, and incorporating resear...

The memoir took Kate Washington around the world and brought a sense of healing after years as a caregiver.

How Kate Washington Rediscovered Herself After Years of Intensive Caregiving

The memoir took Kate Washington around the world and brought a sense of healing after years as a caregiver.

How Kate Washington Rediscovered Herself After Years of Intensive Caregiving

The sky was a hazy yellow gray, the AQI was a “very unhealthy” three hundred, and it was one hundred degrees as I loaded my car with an overnight bag and a hopeful last-minute tote holding a swimsu…

The memoir took Kate Washington around the world and brought a sense of healing after years as a caregiver.

Years after his medical crisis, I was still exhausted and disconnected. Swimming 50 wild swimming holes for my 50th birthday made me whole again.

Lit Hub has partnered with a slew of publishers to launch its second-ever Summer Reads giveaway. Ten lucky winners will take home all of the below books (more than two dozen!) to get their s…

How Kate Washington Rediscovered Herself After Years of Intensive Caregiving

The sky was a hazy yellow gray, the AQI was a “very unhealthy” three hundred, and it was one hundred degrees as I loaded my car with an overnight bag and a hopeful last-minute tote holding a swimsu…

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Years after his medical crisis, I was still exhausted and disconnected. Swimming 50 wild swimming holes for my 50th birthday made me whole again.

A former Sacramento Bee dining critic had a challenge for herself: do 50 swims before her 50th birthday. Her new book details her aquatic adventures around California.

"First Sentence Fridays" is a new series at Avidly, highlighting the prose and process of new books. Avidly: What’s the first sentence of your book? No

Lit Hub has partnered with a slew of publishers to launch its second-ever Summer Reads giveaway. Ten lucky winners will take home all of the below books (more than two dozen!) to get their s…

Our staffers on good books for America’s big birthday.

Lit Hub has partnered with a slew of publishers to launch its second-ever Summer Reads giveaway. Ten lucky winners will take home all of the below books (more than two dozen!) to get their s…

Kate Washington spent years giving everything to everyone else — caregiving, motherhood, a failing marriage — until she was empty. Her answer was cold

A memoir of jumping feet first into a new life, reclaiming long-forgotten joys, and discovering a renewed sense of self after divorce, offering a fresh vision of midlife to women who have abandoned th...

This openhearted memoir from Sacramento Bee food critic Washington (Already Toast) details her attempt to swim in 50 different l...

A memoir of jumping feet first into a new life, reclaiming long-forgotten joys, and discovering a renewed sense of self after divorce, offering a fresh vision of midlife to women who have abandoned th...

In this episode of The Caregivers Podcast, author Kate Washington joins us to discuss her powerful memoir, Already Toast, and the invisible crisis of caregiver burnout. We explore the raw emotional re...

Podcast Episode · Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver · 02/18/2025 · 57m