Category Archives: Relationships

Boys can cry too

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Katherine Baldwin

It’s been ages. So long, in fact, that I’ve had a birthday since I last posted and haven’t even blogged about it. I’m now 44 – and wondering how long I can keep blogging under the name, ‘From Forty With … Continue reading →

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Progress, not perfection

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

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 →

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Rescue remedy

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

Take one glum woman. Dip her in the cold sea a few times then plunge her into the icy waters of the Ladies Pond on Hampstead Heath so she can float around with the leaves and the ducks. Encourage her … 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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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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Dirty Dancing has a lot to answer for …

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

… 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 →

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I know who I am

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

On Tuesday of last week, a few hours before a scheduled phone call that I was pretty sure would mark the end of a brief courtship with an attractive man I really liked but kind of knew wasn’t for me … Continue reading →

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My authentic self

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

Being my authentic self in relationship – particularly in relationships with men whom I find attractive and with whom I want to be in relationship – is my biggest challenge, according to well-placed sources (my therapist). Because being myself carries … Continue reading →

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What’s your truth?

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

How do we know what our truth is? How do we know that what we sense is our intuition or instinct is actually that, rather than deep fears rooted in our distant past? How do we navigate our way through … Continue reading →

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One day at a time

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Katherine Baldwin

Don’t ask me how it happened but more than three weeks have passed since I last posted here. I know some of my readers (particularly my non-London friends) start wondering whether there’s something wrong if I don’t blog. But this … Continue reading →

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