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My name is Katherine Baldwin. I am a journalist, writer and blogger who loves to write from the heart. I began this blog as I turned 40. I'm now 45, and counting. But I'm sticking to From Forty With Love. You can read more about my journalism and writing at www.katherinebaldwin.com or follow me on Twitter @From40WithLove. Thanks for stopping by!
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Tag Archives: acceptance
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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Looking forward
It’s been a while since I made New Year’s resolutions. I decided a while back that they no longer served me – I would set myself unrealistic goals then beat myself up for not sticking to them. In the past, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Eating disorders, Fun, Love, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Travel, Women
Tagged acceptance, addiction, Eating Disorders, Gratitude, Recovery
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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 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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Somebody to love
When I looked at my last blog post just now, I felt sad – and not just because it was entitled ‘A space for sadness’. It’s dated June 5th. Twenty-one days ago. Three weeks. That would be fine if I’d … Continue reading
Posted in codependency, Happiness, Love, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged acceptance, Emily White, Jeanette Winterson, Loneliness, Lonely, Love, Relationships, Sadness, Women
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Great expectations
In the spirit of honesty, upon which this blog is built, I confess that I spent the first hour or two of my 41st birthday – on Tuesday just gone – in my pyjamas, in my bed and in tears. … Continue reading
Posted in Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged acceptance, Ageing, Childfree, Childless, forties, Women, Women of the World
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Why weight?
Something odd happened recently. For the first time in my life (apart from the two occasions when I got salmonella poisoning), I lost weight without trying. This may not seem odd to other people, to those who have a more … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Body Image, Eating disorders, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged acceptance, addiction, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Perfectionism, Women, Women of the World, WOW
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