
Member Reviews

I used to follow Kate Strickler on Instagram before giving up all social media a couple years ago. I found her to be a breath of fresh air within the mom influencer space. Aging myself here, but I used to love the old-fashioned mom blogs of the early 2010s and I have enjoyed that a lot of influencers have shifted back to this model via Substack,etc, where I still read her newsletter.
While I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would, (I am not at all religious, so that aspect of this book doesn't resonate), most of it doesn't quite land for me given that she makes her living posting on Instagram, a platform responsible for perpetuating most of the issues she is lamenting. I unfortunately think it's impossible to have your cake and eat it too with this platform. If your goal is to stop comparing your life to others, there is one big tangible takeaway that is obviously nowhere to be found here, which is to get off of Instagram.
I will continue to read her newsletter since I am in a very similar life stage as her, a stay at home mom, etc and find her content truly relatable. Many thanks to NetGalley for this advance reader copy.