Tag Archives: Mindfulness

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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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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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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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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