The Authentic Mother: Creative Art Engagement to Support the New Parent

Beginning at day-one, the adventure of parenthood is unlike any other. The Authentic Mother is a companion book for new parents and their loved ones that validates the complex experience of parenthood, shares new research about the ways parenthood re-wires the brain, and offers creative exercises to process and explore the multitude of feelings a new parent may experience. From working with postpartum healing to navigating your marriage and your in-laws, this book provides support, guidance, and validation for the authentic experience of early parenthood.

Kate King is a licensed mental health therapist and a board certified art therapist with almost two decades of clinical experience working with clients in her private practice in Denver, Colorado. Additionally, Kate is the founder and owner of The Radiant Life Project, which offers workshops, retreats, speaking, and online programs to help her audience access and integrate powerful healing and growth within themselves. Her mission is to create a ripple-effect of health and meaningful joy in our world by helping her clients and audience learn to cultivate radiant lives for themselves that shine so brightly they impact and improve the lives of those surrounding them as well. Kate's work is filled to the brim with inspiring resources, tools, and practices that provide an accessible entry-point into a life of greater authenticity, fulfillment, and illumination. 

Kate's work incorporates the fusion of brain science, diverse psychotherapeutic modalities, spiritual practices, creative expression, and attuned connection to provide a unique and effective strategy not only for healing and growth, but for the true freedom that comes with authentic living. It is Kate's utmost passion to teach others how to reclaim their truest Selves and intentionally create and sustain a life that absolutely radiates with joy, possibility, wholeness, and meaningful purpose.