Category Archives: Eating disorders

Keeping the spirit of adventure alive

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Katherine Baldwin

There was once a time, back in 1999, 16 years ago, when I flew from Mexico City to Caracas via Miami on an expired passport. I knew it had expired before I got on the plane. I’d noticed the date … Continue reading →

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The wonder of you

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Katherine Baldwin

There was a time, some seven or eight years ago, when I’d sit in an office every day, staring at a computer screen, feeling like a light had gone out inside – inside of me. Back then, I had a … Continue reading →

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Extreme self-care

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

A few Fridays ago, I took my first anti-depressant, just half the dose my doctor had prescribed. On the Saturday, I took the remainder of the scored pill I’d sliced in half the day before. Then on the Sunday, I … Continue reading →

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When everything feels wrong

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

There are days when everything feels wrong. Days when you feel so far away from the robust, strong, healthy, confident, dynamic go-getting person you want to be and sometimes are. Days when you wonder where your enthusiasm for life, for … Continue reading →

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Living with limitations

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

Weakness has never been one of my strengths. I’ve always detested it in myself and I’ve disliked it in others. So much so that I’ve ridden roughshod over my own weaknesses, ignoring them or fighting against them in a way … Continue reading →

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Shortcuts

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

Wouldn’t it be great if we could take shortcuts – if we could get where we wanted to go with a click of our fingers or make things happen with a twitch of our nose (anyone remember Bewitched from years … Continue reading →

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Finding my way back

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

This photo was taken when I was 22. I’d just finished at Oxford University and was about to head off to Italy to drive minibuses across Tuscany for a high-end travel company. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Food is my friend

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

In recent months, I’ve shared some of my culinary adventures on Facebook – my first attempts at making soup or my forays into baking coconut and banana bread – and a few friends have expressed surprise that I got to … Continue reading →

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Looking forward

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

It’s been a while since I made New Year’s resolutions. I decided a while back that they no longer served me – I would set myself unrealistic goals then beat myself up for not sticking to them. In the past, … Continue reading →

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Baking my way back

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

It’s been more than three weeks since I’ve posted on this blog and I’m hoping you’ve all been having such a wonderful summer that you haven’t noticed my absence. If you have, you may have been thinking I’ve been having … Continue reading →

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