Katherine Baldwin
Katherine Baldwin
I am a writer, dating and relationships coach, mid-life mentor and motivational speaker. I'm the author of How to Fall in Love - A 10-Step Journey to the Heart and I write for the national media on topics including love and dating, how to change unhelpful habits and have healthy relationships, and other aspects of personal growth. I coach people to create healthy, loving and authentic relationships with themselves and others, and lives they truly love. I lead workshops and run retreats. You can find out more about me at www.katherinebaldwin.com and www.howtofallinlove.co.uk or read my blog at www.fromfortywithlove.com
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Category Archives: Fertility
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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Fertility matters
Some of you will have had enough of reading about the Get Britain Fertile campaign, fronted by broadcaster and mum of two Kate Garraway and fertility expert Zita West and sponsored by First Response, makers of the pregnancy test kit … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Fertility, Pregnancy, Recovery, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, Dr Gillian Lockwood, egg freezing, Fertility, First Response, Get Britain Fertile, Infertility, IVF, Kate Garraway, Midland Fertility Services, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Women, Zita West
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The Baby Gap – the book
This is the second time I’ve used the title The Baby Gap for a blog post. The first was on April 2, 2011, two years ago. Wow, two whole years. That’s a sobering thought. Have I really been blogging that … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Fertility, Love, Pregnancy, Relationships, Women
Tagged babies, baby, Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, children, Dating, egg freezing, Fertility, get the guy, Infertility, Internet dating, IVF, Jo Hemmings, Matthew Hussey, Online Dating, Relationships, Salli Glover, singleness
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It all started here
‘Maybe No Baby’ is the headline of a feature I wrote for The Sunday Times today on infertility and childlessness, particularly among women of my generation, late 30s, early 40s, and the difficulties of meeting eligible partners. It’s on page … Continue reading
Posted in Fertility, Pregnancy, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged BBC Newsnight, Childless, Childless Women, Childlessness, Fertility, Infertility, IVF, Newsnight, singleness, The Sunday Times
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The curse of the capable woman
I spent the August bank holiday weekend with a bunch of intelligent, capable, successful, sporty women in their late 30s and early 40s. We were doing what independent, childless women of our age do on a bank holiday – pleasing … Continue reading
Posted in codependency, Fertility, Leisure, Perfectionism, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Trust, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged acceptance, Love, Relationships, self-acceptance, Women
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The return of the baby bug
It came back. Only momentarily, as I’m well aware of the futility of spending time thinking about things I can’t control or that are far in the future. But the baby bug made a brief return appearance. There’s an explanation … Continue reading
Loss and the life cycle
My dear old Grandad passed away on Friday. He was 99, eight weeks short of his 100th birthday and his telegram from the Queen. He was quite a man – incredibly resilient – and it was a real feat to … Continue reading
Posted in Fertility, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Death, Life, Mortality, Women
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Filling the void
So my last post, Dating with baby goggles on, got me thinking. Hopefully it got a few of you thinking too, but it’s definitely got me pondering the whys and wherefores of life, relationships, motherhood and all the rest of … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Fertility, Pregnancy, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Women, Work
Tagged Fertility, Spirituality, Women, Work
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Dating with baby goggles on
It’s September 13th, which means I’m forty-and-a-half. This is a little worrying, both professionally and personally. Professionally because I’d hoped to turn this site into something more over the course of my 40th year – an online magazine at least, … Continue reading
Posted in Fertility, Pregnancy, Relationships, Trust, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Fertility, Pregnancy, Trust, Women
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Strength in weakness
I haven’t blogged for a while and have had a rather slow, quiet and pensive week following my exhausting trip to Maputo, Mozambique. I’ve been nursing my swollen, dry eyelids, catching up on sleep, watching a little too much TV … Continue reading
Posted in Eating disorders, Fertility, Health, Leisure, Self-Acceptance, Travel, Trust, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Eating Disorders, Fertility, Travel, Trust, Women, Work
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