A Day In Her Life Episode 4: A Day In Her Life with Kate Bowler
May 2, 2023
Kate Van Geldern-Bohler, lifestyle blogger and cookbook author behind Domesticated Life and New England Invite, shares her day balancing recipe development and parenting on the South Shore. She talks about going full-time after maternity challenges, slow-start mornings and strict time-blocking, scheduling shoots around light and weather, fitting workouts after drop-off, and the family rose-and-thorn nighttime ritual.
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Maternity Leave Pushed Her To Blog Full Time
- Kate turned full-time into blogging after a stressful pregnancy with no adequate maternity leave forced a now-or-never choice.
- She took disability, didn’t return to her corporate role, and built a flexible career that let her be present for early childhood years.
Schedule Around Your True Energy Rhythm
- Kate realized she's not a morning person and reorganized her schedule around when she's actually productive.
- She accepts slow mornings, does light admin while her daughter wakes, and reserves creative work for later when energy is higher.
Book Accountability To Actually Exercise
- Do schedule workouts as booked classes with accountability if you struggle to self-motivate.
- Kate uses virtual classes she’s paid for to force attendance and moved workouts to after school drop-off for better consistency.
