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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: grief
Being childless and motherless on Mother’s Day
Back in 2011, when I first launched this blog, I was grappling with a series of questions. Will I have kids? Do I want kids? How am I going to have kids if I’m single and I don’t want to … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, grief, Relationships, self-acceptance, self-love
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Is This Childless Grief or Childhood Grief?
Grief. It’s multi-layered. Layer upon layer, stacked on top of each other, infused with memories that date back years, like ancient minerals threaded through rocks. When we grieve for something in the here and now, this grief often triggers a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, codependency, Dating, Infertility, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged addiction, childhood trauma, Childlessness, Codependency, Dating, grief, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Trauma, Women
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The joy of being alive
It could have been an awful week. Mid-January. Dark mornings. Bleak skies. And the first anniversary of Mum’s death. A week to be endured and quickly forgotten. Instead, it was a memorable and magical week. Why? Because I gave myself … Continue reading
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Tagged bereavement, Dorset, Durdle Door, grief, Loss, Love, Radio 2, Recovery
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Christmas hurt and Christmas presence
It’s that time of year again, that time of year when I cry bucketloads of tears, that time of year when my emotions are heightened and I get in touch with multiple layers of grief and loss. It’s that time … Continue reading
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Tagged Childless, Childlessness, Dating, Eating Disorders, grief, Loss, Love, Relationships, Women
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The many faces of grief
This morning, I swam towards the sun along a shimmering pathway of light. With every stroke, I reached for the distant yellow ball, before pausing to lie on my back and take in the blueness of the sky. The sea … Continue reading
From breakdown to breakthrough
As I prepare to celebrate my 50th birthday on Saturday, I’ve been reflecting on my milestone birthdays to date and the breakdowns and breakthroughs that have accompanied them. On my 10th birthday, I was dealing with feelings that I had … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, Breakdown, Breakthrough, Childfree, Childless, childless not by choice, Childlessness, Eating Disorders, fifty, grief, Loss, overeating, Recovery
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The courage to grieve
It takes huge courage to grieve – to grieve the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, the absence of children, the loss of our health or the loss of the life we thought we’d have. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged bereavement, Childless, childless not by choice, Childless Women, Childlessness, Death, grief, Loss, Recovery
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I celebrate you
I know it’s hard to get out of bed sometimes; that you wake up feeling overwhelmed with grief and fear, with tears in your eyes. I know it often feels like you’re floundering, living the wrong life, or like you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Health, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged bereavement, gentleness, grief, inner child, Loss, self-acceptance, self-care, self-love
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The day my mother died
When my phone rang on January 13th, I hoped against hope that it was my alarm waking me up, although I knew, deep down, that it was the middle of the night. That could only mean one thing: Mum had … Continue reading
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Tagged bereavement, Childless, childless not by choice, Childless Women, Childlessness, Codependency, grief, Loss, Recovery
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2021: Your call to adventure
Can you hear it? Can you hear the call to adventure? Can you hear the call to claim your seat at the table. To take up your space. To make your voice heard. To be the person you were always … Continue reading
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