Category Archives: Dating

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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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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Is This Childless Grief or Childhood Grief?

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Katherine Baldwin

Grief. It’s multi-layered. Layer upon layer, stacked on top of each other, infused with memories that date back years, like ancient minerals threaded through rocks. When we grieve for something in the here and now, this grief often triggers a … Continue reading →

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Breaking free from the past

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Katherine Baldwin

If you are ready to break free from the legacy of your past and step forwards into freedom, this blog will inspire you to go for it. Continue reading →

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To control or to trust? That is the question

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Katherine Baldwin

Do you trust the outcome or do you try to control it? I confess that despite many years of personal development, healing and growth, I still find myself trying to do the latter. Trying to control the outcome. Trying to … Continue reading →

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How Coronavirus taught me to be still

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Katherine Baldwin

After years of rushing, racing and running, coronavirus has forced me to slow down. It’s like I have a brake in the middle of my chest. As soon as I start to rush or hurry, or as soon as I … Continue reading →

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It’s OK to make mistakes

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Katherine Baldwin

Yesterday, I sent an email to my mailing list, consisting mostly of single women on a personal development path, entitled “Open this if you’re looking for love.” The email invited them to take a look at my How to Fall … 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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How do I know if I want kids or not?

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Katherine Baldwin

OK, so you might be wondering why I’m asking this question. You might be thinking: haven’t we been through this already? Haven’t we covered this topic from all angles and in all forms of media since this blog launched back … 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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