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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.
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Category Archives: Childless
V for Valentine’s, V for Victory
“The best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times – although such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, codependency, Dating, Happiness, Love, Perfectionism, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, Codependency, commitment, Dating, Fear, Flow, Happiness, intimacy, Love, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Nonfiction, Personal development, Psychology, publishing, Recovery, Relationships, Self-help, Selfhelp
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Yin and Yang
“What’s it like to be loved by me?” I asked last night, kind of joking. “Intense,” he said with a laugh. “Intense?” I replied, in quite a high pitch. “Intense?” But I couldn’t help laughing along with him. “Intense isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Dating, Happiness, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Tagged Childless, Childlessness, commitment, Dating, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Single, singleness, Women
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Becoming more whole
I’m so grateful for the sound of the sea this morning and for the band of bright sunlight on the horizon. And I’m grateful for the cold breeze and the wet sand. My walk on the beach just now lifted … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Dating, Happiness, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Tagged commitment, Dating, intimacy, Love, Online Dating, Recovery, Relationships
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Festive feelings
It’s not all snowflakes and tinsel, jingle bells and ho, ho, ho. It’s not all jolly times and happy memories. Christmas has the ability to remind us of Christmases past and perhaps, for some of us, Christmas hasn’t always been … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, Happiness, Love, Perfectionism, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged acceptance, Childfree, Childless, Christmas, Dating, grief, Loss, Love, Recovery, Women
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Ageing disgracefully
I’ve just put my dear Mum on the train in Bournemouth, destination North Wales. As I sat her down and made sure she was comfortable and that she knew where her coat and case were, and as I asked a … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Health, Relationships, Women
Tagged Ageing, Childless, Childless Women, Childlessness, Dorset, inner child, Love, Motherhood, Old Harry Rocks, Poole, West Bay
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Being real
I’ve brought the wrong speech, I thought, as I stared at the four pages of A4 in front of me and looked up at the audience. I’ve definitely brought the wrong speech. What now? I’d written nearly 3,000 words on … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, Eating disorders, Empowerment, Faith, Women
Tagged authenticity, Breakthrough, Perfectionism, Real, Vulnerability
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Choosing hope
Yesterday, I felt my life was meaningless because I didn’t have children. That feeling doesn’t hit me very often. And it hasn’t hit me for a while. As you’ll have read on this blog, my life has been changing in … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Fertility, Happiness, Infertility, Love, Mentoring, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Trust, Women
Tagged acceptance, Childless, Childless Women, Childlessness, hope, Love, Real, Relationships, Transformation, Trust, Women
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Becoming whole
This blog post, like me, is a work in progress. But I’m going to post it anyway. In fact, I’m going to write it in half an hour and post it immediately, so I have time for lunch, to get … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Empowerment, Happiness, Infertility, Perfectionism, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childless, Childlessness, Infertility, Jody Day, Johanna Walker, Recovery, Spiritual Women Leaders, Women
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Love is …
I wrote a first draft of this blog post a few months ago. I woke up one morning and felt moved to tell you all how much I love my boyfriend (OK, so I think I’m going to have to … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, codependency, Dating, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Tagged commitment, commitment phobia, commitmentphobia, Love, Relationships
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From fantasy to reality
I’ve been living in a fantasy world. A world in which this blog or my half-written book gets discovered, I get offered a big-bucks publishing deal and someone else writes the book for me or holds my hand every step … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, Creativity, Recovery, Relationships
Tagged addiction, Do The Work, Fantasy, Maturity, Reality, Recovery, self-awareness, Steven Pressfield, Taking Responsibility, Workshop
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From Forty With Love 