Category Archives: Self-Acceptance

Posts about accepting ourselves just as we are

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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Emotional dips

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

Here’s one I prepared earlier … I wrote the bulk of this blog yesterday morning but was unable to post. My feelings change by the day but it feels important to share yesterday’s thoughts … I’m in a dip – … Continue reading →

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Embracing ‘what is’

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

The truth is that nobody has a charmed life. Everyone experiences heartache and pain (some more than others, I grant you that). But we all have a choice as to how we live. The most important lesson I have learned … Continue reading →

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Finishing what we start

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

If you’re anything like me, you have lots of big ideas, lots of hopes and dreams. You write them in notebooks and draw them on big sheets of paper in coloured pens. They are the desires of your heart, or … Continue reading →

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Self-love is where it starts

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Katherine Baldwin

Valentine’s Day isn’t easy for some of us. Everywhere we look, there are hearts, flowers and chocolates. Or couples smooching and holding hands. Some of us can ignore it. Some can dismiss it and deride it for its rampant commercialism. … Continue reading →

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