KATE KRIPKE, LCSW
Psychotherapist | Mentor | Author | Podcast Host | Speaker
Are You Solving the Wrong Problem?
A new perspective on navigating uncertainty, strengthening relationships, and expanding what’s possible.
We live in a world that celebrates great problem solvers. But it doesn’t matter how good we are at solving problems if we’re solving the wrong ones.
When the stakes are high, outcomes are uncertain, and control is limited, even the most capable people can find themselves working harder, taking on more responsibility, and trying to fix things that may not actually be broken.
What if the key to better outcomes isn’t doing more, but learning to recognize what a situation actually requires?
Kate Kripke brings a fresh perspective to this question, exploring how we can turn uncertainty into progress rather than chaos.
Meet Kate Kripke, LCSW
For more than 20 years, Kate has supported thousands of highly capable, ambitious women through the transition to motherhood—one of life’s most high-stakes, unpredictable, and low-control experiences.
What she observed was striking: Even the smartest, most capable people can find themselves struggling when reality doesn’t match their expectations. The very skills that have made them successful can become obstacles when uncertainty takes over.
Drawing on decades of clinical experience, Kate now brings these insights to a much broader conversation about human behavior, leadership, relationships, and the intelligence we need to navigate life’s most important moments with clarity, confidence, and connection.
Suggested Conversation Topics
Are You Solving the Wrong Problem?
Why highly capable people sometimes direct their greatest strengths toward problems that don’t actually need solving—and how to recognize what a situation truly requires.
When Control Creates Chaos
How our attempts to manage uncertainty, prevent disappointment, and control outcomes can unintentionally create more stress, conflict, and disconnection.
The Hidden Cost of Mistaking Discomfort for Danger
Why uncertainty, disappointment, and unmet expectations can trigger an urgent need to act—and how learning to distinguish discomfort from danger changes the way we respond.
Two Kinds of Intelligence: Are You Using the Right One?
Strategic intelligence helps us plan, predict, analyze, and solve. Relational intelligence helps us stay present, understand what’s happening, and remain connected. Knowing which one a moment requires changes everything.
What Motherhood Can Teach Us About Leadership and Human Potential
Why one of life’s most unpredictable experiences offers powerful lessons about responsibility, trust, connection, and remaining effective when we cannot control the outcome.
Hear Kate in Conversation
Kate brings warmth, curiosity, clinical insight, and relatable stories to conversations about human behavior, relationships, and personal growth. An experienced podcast host and guest, she’s appeared in more than 50 podcast interviews.
The JOY CEO with Lori Pine
Ambition, Anxiety, and Motherhood: Strengthening Relational Intelligence with Kate Kripke
Electric Ideas with Whitney Baker
What Gets in the Way of Feeling Present, Patient and Connected in Motherhood
Motherhood Uncut
Kate’s own podcast exploring the complicated, often unspoken realities of motherhood.
Kate is the author of Reinventing Supermom and host of Motherhood Uncut. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, CNN Health, USA TODAY, and HuffPost.
Let’s Have a Conversation
What if your listeners walked away with a new way to understand the challenges they face—and greater confidence in their ability to navigate them?
Kate welcomes conversations about leadership, relationships, motherhood, human potential, and what it takes to thrive when life doesn’t go according to plan.
