Tag Archives: meditation

The danger of ‘if only’ thinking

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Katherine Baldwin

I spent a lot of my childhood peering through other people’s windows, both literally and metaphorically, wishing that my life was more like theirs. Wishing I lived in their house. Wishing I had their parents. Wishing I had their clothes. … Continue reading →

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Loving myself consistently

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

I’m having a tough week emotionally. A lot of grief is coming up. A lot of pain. I’m processing a lot of feelings, digging deep, unearthing stuff that’s buried far down. What’s it all about? On the surface, it’s about … Continue reading →

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Dread

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

I can remember it vividly. I left the gym at Belvedere’s, my senior school in Liverpool, and walked past the netball courts and out onto the street, where Mum was sitting in the car waiting for me. I was sobbing … Continue reading →

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A life that matters

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

What would you do if you believed your life really mattered? I asked myself this the other day while sat on a striped deckchair outside Foyles bookshop on London’s vibrant South Bank. It was early evening and I’d nipped into … Continue reading →

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The answer is spiritual

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

At the end of my yoga workout at home this morning – done to a lovely DVD a friend put me on to, Ali MacGraw, Yoga, Mind & Body – a definition of Namaste (the salutation often spoken in a … Continue reading →

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This is it

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

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 →

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Faith and uncertainty

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Katherine Baldwin

I asked a friend of mine the other night who’s been married for some 13 or so years and who still looked totally in love with his wife how on earth that was possible. What was their secret? How had … Continue reading →

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