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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: Perfectionism
The wonder of you
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
Posted in Addiction, Body Image, Creativity, Eating disorders, Perfectionism, Women, Work
Tagged Eating Disorders, Packtypes, Recovery, schools, self-awareness, self-esteem, Workshops
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Progress, not perfection
I have a habit at this time of year – a time when many of us take stock of what’s gone before – to start fretting about all the things I haven’t achieved or accomplished in the previous 12 months. … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Happiness, Leisure, Love, Perfectionism, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Travel, Women
Tagged Packtypes, Recovery, Relationships, Retreats For You, Self-Confidence, self-esteem, Strengths, writers retreats, Writing
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Living with limitations
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
Posted in Addiction, Eating disorders, Health, Perfectionism, Relationships, Women
Tagged addiction, Eating Disorders, exercise, Perfectionism, Recovery, Strength, Weakness
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Dirty Dancing has a lot to answer for …
… and it’s not all about Patrick Swayze. Although he’s got a lot to do with it. I was 16 when the film came out (27 years ago!) and, I reckon, more impressionable than your average teenager. A group of … Continue reading
This is it
Here’s one I prepared earlier … and edited and uploaded once I got online … I’m writing this from a bed on a ward at University College Hospital in London. I came in via A&E for a brain scan and … Continue reading
Posted in Body Image, Health, Perfectionism, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged acceptance, Health, meditation, Women
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The final frontier
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise … Any Star Trek fans out there? I was a big fan, but that was many moons ago. Actually, this blog isn’t about space, although I did love … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Eating disorders, Faith, Happiness, Perfectionism, Women
Tagged anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder, hope, Stress
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Waiting for my honeymoon
Yes, I’m waiting for my honeymoon. But before you fall off your chair, no, I haven’t gone and got married. Nor am I even remotely close. I don’t think exchanging a few emails with a couple of random guys on … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, codependency, Creativity, Happiness, Love, Perfectionism, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged addiction, Codependency, Love, Paul Sunderland, Recovery, Relationships, Women
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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 Olympic spirit
As I cycled along one of the capital’s canal paths on a balmy evening late last week, it felt great to be British, great to be a Londoner and great to be alive. The national anthem rang out from a … Continue reading
Posted in Perfectionism, Positive thinking, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Athletics, London 2012, London Olympics, Olympic withdrawal syndrome, Olympics, Sport
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Beauty and the Brick
I’m not sure how many of you have followed the Samantha Brick saga, otherwise known as Brick-gate or, as I’ve decided to rename it, Beauty and the Brick. She’s a 41-year-old woman who wrote a piece for Femail, the Daily … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Body Image, Eating disorders, Perfectionism, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged beauty, Daily Mail, Samantha Brick, self-acceptance, self-esteem, Women
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