Category Archives: Self-Acceptance

Posts about accepting ourselves just as we are

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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The life that hasn’t gone to plan

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Katherine Baldwin

I’ve just spent a long weekend in the company of nine wonderful women whose lives, like mine, haven’t gone to plan. These women, attendees on my How to Fall in Love retreat, had expected things to work out differently. Some … Continue reading →

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Lent of Love

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Katherine Baldwin

Eight years ago, I sat on the loo at London’s Southbank Centre, glanced down at my thighs, shook my head from left to right, sighed out loud, and then made a decision. No more, I said to myself. No more. … Continue reading →

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I want to be seen

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Katherine Baldwin

I want to be known. I want to be seen. I heard author and activist Glennon Doyle use these words in an interview with fellow author Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame and more recently, Big Magic) a few … Continue reading →

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Easing gently into 2019

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Katherine Baldwin

Happy New Year! Firstly, I want to say how grateful I am to you for reading my blog. I know some of you have been following me for a very long time – since this blog began nearly 8 years … Continue reading →

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Coping with Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

Does Christmas push your buttons, stir your emotions, reopen old wounds, or prompt tears? Does it remind you of the things or the people you don’t have in your life, or the things or people you have lost? You are … Continue reading →

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Overcompensating for low self-worth

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

Do you overcompensate because you don’t feel good enough? Do you do too much, work too hard, clean too thoroughly or spend too long worrying about your appearance because you don’t feel worthy or acceptable as you are? I definitely … Continue reading →

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Am I childless or childfree?

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

Am I childless or childfree? Or am I neither? Am I somewhere in between? I drafted this blog earlier this week but couldn’t finish it at the time. I’ve returned today to edit it and to share it with you … Continue reading →

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I love you but I have to let you go

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

Have you ever loved something or somebody but had to let that thing or person go? I imagine so. We don’t get through life without loving and losing, without experiencing pain, grief and loss. Unless, of course, we choose not … Continue reading →

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