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About Katherine Baldwin

I am a writer, coach, midlife mentor, motivational speaker and the author of How to Fall in Love - A 10-Step Journey to the Heart. I specialise in coaching women and men to have healthy relationships with themselves so that they can form healthy and loving romantic relationships and lead authentic, fulfilling lives. I coach 1:1, lead workshops and host retreats.

Being childless and motherless on Mother’s Day

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Katherine Baldwin

Back in 2011, when I first launched this blog, I was grappling with a series of questions. Will I have kids? Do I want kids? How am I going to have kids if I’m single and I don’t want to … Continue reading →

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How to thrive in 2025

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Katherine Baldwin

I’d love to support you to thrive in 2025 so this is an invitation to come and join me at my new blogging home, ‘From Midlife With Love’ on Substack, if you haven’t already done so. I already have a … Continue reading →

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Welcome to ‘From Midlife with Love’ – on Substack

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Katherine Baldwin

Dear Readers, Firstly, a huge thank you for being here, for reading me and for supporting my writing. I know some of you have been following me since ‘From Forty With Love’ first launched, thirteen years ago now, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Loving You Is the Right Thing to Do

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Katherine Baldwin

Welcome to Love Day, otherwise known as Valentine’s Day. Today is an opportunity to shower yourself in love and compassion and to send messages of love to those who need them the most. I was doing some journaling earlier, as … Continue reading →

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2024: What three words?

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Katherine Baldwin

Welcome to 2024! As we enter unchartered territory and prepare to traverse new terrain, I’d like to suggest that we create a map or a guide to help us to navigate through the year in a way that honours our … Continue reading →

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How to build a brighter future

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Katherine Baldwin

We build a brighter present and future by breaking free from our past. By breaking the chains that bind us. By making choices and taking actions that are different to the ones that previously led us, or our parents or … Continue reading →

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Finding the courage to thrive

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Katherine Baldwin

Are you thriving or barely surviving, just getting by? Do you use ‘survival tools’ or unhealthy coping mechanisms to numb your feelings, escape your emotional pain or cope with the challenges of life? As you’ll know if you’ve followed me … Continue reading →

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You stole my light

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Katherine Baldwin

You stole my light Dimmed it Shrouded it Crowded it out You stole my voice Silenced it Censored it Switched it to mute You stole my space Seized it Encroached on it Squeezed me small You stole my spirit Quashed … Continue reading →

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I belong to myself

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Katherine Baldwin

When some of our fundamental needs go unmet in our childhoods, we emerge into adulthood with a hunger or a craving for those needs to be met. We then seek out ways to get those needs met, often harming ourselves … Continue reading →

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What’s my womb for? Pondering my purpose as a childless woman

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Katherine Baldwin

I started this blog, From Forty With Love, just before my 40th birthday, in part to share my confusion about my age and stage and to pose the questions I couldn’t get out of my head: How on earth did … Continue reading →

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