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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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Tag Archives: Childless
The life that hasn’t gone to plan
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
Posted in Childless, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childless, Childless Women, Childlessness, grief, Jody Day
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How do I know if I want kids or not?
OK, so you might be wondering why I’m asking this question. You might be thinking: haven’t we been through this already? Haven’t we covered this topic from all angles and in all forms of media since this blog launched back … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, codependency, Dating, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Tagged ambivalence, Childless, childless not by choice, Childless Women, Childlessness, Motherhood, social infertility
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Ambivalence and commitment
This morning, I sat outside the beach hut, looked out at the vast expanse of sea before me and cried. I cried because I’d just had a massive adrenaline come-down after writing a deeply personal article on ambivalence about motherhood … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, codependency, Dating, Happiness, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Tagged ambivalence, author, Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, commitment, Love, retreats, The Guardian, Writing
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Am I childless or childfree?
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
Posted in Childless, Infertility, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childless, childless not by choice, Infertility, World Childless Week
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Embracing ‘what is’
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
Posted in Childless, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged acceptance, Childless, Childlessness, Codependency, healing, Relationships
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Ambivalence about motherhood
Whenever I do a short radio or TV interview, I come away wishing I’d said things differently and made my points more clearly and succinctly. In most cases, I come away wanting to write, wanting to make sense of my … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, codependency, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged ambivalence, BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, grief, Motherhood, Sian Harries, Woman's Hour
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Seize the day!
I feel like I’ve written this blog before, or one very like it. I thought about going back through my previous posts to have a look, to avoid repeating myself, but I didn’t want to. I just wanted to write. … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Dating, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childless, Childlessness, Dating, Gateway Women, How to Fall in Love, Personal development, Relationships, Self-help, Single
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A Bed Full of Memories
I’m staying in my old flat in London this week, the flat I lived in for 13 years, from the ages of 31 to 44. As I got under the covers last night and wrestled with sleep – my washing … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Dating, Happiness, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged addiction, Childless, Childlessness, Codependency, Eating Disorders, Infertility, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Single, singleness
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V for Valentine’s, V for Victory
“The best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times – although such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, codependency, Dating, Happiness, Love, Perfectionism, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, Codependency, commitment, Dating, Fear, Flow, Happiness, intimacy, Love, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Nonfiction, Personal development, Psychology, publishing, Recovery, Relationships, Self-help, Selfhelp
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Yin and Yang
“What’s it like to be loved by me?” I asked last night, kind of joking. “Intense,” he said with a laugh. “Intense?” I replied, in quite a high pitch. “Intense?” But I couldn’t help laughing along with him. “Intense isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Dating, Happiness, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Tagged Childless, Childlessness, commitment, Dating, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Single, singleness, Women
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