Through Her Eyes, with Dr. Kate Sorokas
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How did Dr. Kate Sorokas first conceive the idea for *Through Her Eyes*?
I truly dreamed it up at a retreat that I was at as a newer mom. It was the first time I had taken a nap, probably since I had had my sons. And I went to sleep. had like had a dream and woke up and said like wow I want to read this book that I had just like Dreamt about.
Well, hello, and welcome to Uncorking a Story. I'm your host, Mike Carlin, and today I'm joined by Dr. Kate Sarakis. Kate holds a PhD in health education and is a writer, speaker, and advocate for maternal mental health. From her own harrowing early days of postpartum depression, Kate found herself floundering and white-knuckled her way to creating a village. Now she uses her radical empathy and quick wit to help other women do the same. With much more understanding and ease. Her debut novel, Through Her Eyes, is a thriller inspired by her real life struggle with new motherhood. Welcome to Uncorking a Story Kate.
Hey, thank you so much for having me. I'm delighted to be here.
I'm delighted to have you, Kate. I'm curious, where does your story as an author begin?
Oh my gosh. So I have always used writing as a tool to process, to engage. I have a big academic background with my doctorate. So I've written a lot of not so exciting things, but I this particular like to become an author, I truly dreamed it up at a retreat that I was at as a newer mom. was down in North Carolina um with a mother's coach, mother circle run by Beth Berry from Revolution from Home and I it was the first time I had taken a nap, probably since I had had my son's And I went to sleep. had like had a dream and woke up and said, like, wow I want to read this book that I had just like dreamt about and I was telling a friend of mine about it and she was like, Well, maybe you're supposed to write it and I was like
Oh.
And so with this book that I've truly dreamed it up during my first nap as a as a new mom. So
You mentioned sons. Did you have twins?
Uh no, they have two little boys. They're exactly two years apart.
Okay, gotcha. You mentioned that. I'm like, jeez, I wonder if she has twins because I am the father of triplets.
Ah yeah. Nope, not a muscle's mouth. I've Yeah. Don't know if I could have made that.
I you know, it's interesting. I I hear about people talking about, you know, writing the book they they, you know, want to read. But I've never heard of someone saying or or or writing the book they've dreamt. So I think that's uh that's that's a pretty cool way of the universe reaching out to you and and giving you a little bit of I don't know if you'd call a divine inspiration or sort of universal inspiration.
Very much divine in inspiration. Especially there was so much of this story that is uniquely tied to like my own personal story and then the stories of the women in around me and in my family, that it's truly a book that I think I only could have written as well. And so it's a um Yeah, I have to I have to think that it was handed over to me as a gift during that first rest uh as a new mom.
So I'm curious the decision to approach this as a work of fiction versus a memoir, because it sounds like you're leaning into a lot of your personal experiences and perhaps the the shared experiences with other new moms. What what drove you to writing this as a work of fiction?
Yeah, you know, I have been asked that before And I don't have a really like there was never a point where I was like, I should write this about myself. I think there's a a memoir piece where you're like, I don't know if I have much to say personally. Um, if I were to write it as a memoir, like who am I as like Kate Sorakis to be out there, like, oh, being a mom is real hard. Um, but I do think that when we approach stories and um hardships through fiction, that's where we can actually build empathy. Because one of the big pieces I found with my m my personal motherhood story is that when I would share about things being hard. People would um would often say, you know, every once in a while you get someone who'd be like, Yeah, yeah, honey, it is hard.
Like you're just doing your best.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Dr. Kate Sorokas first conceive the idea for *Through Her Eyes*?
0:00–4:56
2
Why did Kate choose to tell her postpartum story as fiction instead of a memoir?
4:56–10:06
3
What role did the Celtic goddess Bridget and the Irish fire ceremony play in the novel?
10:06–14:32
4
How did the manuscript evolve after the editor called the first draft “depressing”?
14:32–18:44
5
What was Kate’s experience querying agents and how did she end up self‑publishing?
18:44–24:02
6
How does Kate balance the demands of motherhood, writing, and promoting her book?
24:02–28:58
7
What does Kate say about building a “village” for mothers instead of focusing on self‑care?
28:58–33:09
8
What future projects or advice does Kate share for aspiring writers and new moms?
33:09–37:12