Category Archives: Creativity

This is how we heal

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Katherine Baldwin

I often refer to it as walking towards the fire. It’s when we go towards situations that scarred us in the past. It’s when we take a chance and risk being triggered. It’s when we put ourselves in the line … Continue reading →

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Lonely in lockdown? You’re not alone

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Katherine Baldwin

Loneliness. Aloneness. Isolation. Lockdown. These words are roaming around my mind right now, prompting my fingers to search out letters on the keyboard. I don’t know in what order to put the words. I don’t know where this blog will … Continue reading →

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The bittersweet road of recovery

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Katherine Baldwin

Whenever I get well again after being ill, I realise just how unwell I’ve been. You’d think I’d be used to this by now, but it surprises me every time. When I’m ill, I don’t actually believe I’m ill, not … Continue reading →

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Facing our deepest fears

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Katherine Baldwin

I began writing this post back in May, when the feelings I describe in it were close to the surface, so close that they spilled out onto the page, or the computer screen, at great speed. But I then got … Continue reading →

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I want to be seen

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Katherine Baldwin

I want to be known. I want to be seen. I heard author and activist Glennon Doyle use these words in an interview with fellow author Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame and more recently, Big Magic) a few … Continue reading →

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Giving up on ourselves

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

Do you give up on yourself? Do you let the energy drain from your dreams? Do you let the light go out on your ideas? Do you get all fired up and excited about something, then feel your enthusiasm dwindle … Continue reading →

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Finishing what we start

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

If you’re anything like me, you have lots of big ideas, lots of hopes and dreams. You write them in notebooks and draw them on big sheets of paper in coloured pens. They are the desires of your heart, or … Continue reading →

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Celebrating courage

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Katherine Baldwin

It was International Women’s Day yesterday, a day when we celebrate our female icons and all the courageous things they’ve done over the years, a day when we speak out for women everywhere, trying to make sure women and girls … Continue reading →

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‘Them’ and ‘Us’

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

We’d crouch wide-eyed on the sand, our hands cupped under our chins, and watch with wonder as the Land Rovers filed past, towing behind them shiny, white speed boats containing excited, blonde-haired children in colourful swimsuits. We’d watch as the … Continue reading →

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PR for the Petrified

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

Can I be real, authentic, open, honest, vulnerable AND a successful, credible businesswoman? I hope so, because I don’t feel I have a choice. Not anymore. This is a topic that’s on my heart and in my mind and that’s … Continue reading →

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