Tag Archives: Recovery

Becoming more whole

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Katherine Baldwin

I’m so grateful for the sound of the sea this morning and for the band of bright sunlight on the horizon. And I’m grateful for the cold breeze and the wet sand. My walk on the beach just now lifted … Continue reading →

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Festive feelings

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

It’s not all snowflakes and tinsel, jingle bells and ho, ho, ho. It’s not all jolly times and happy memories. Christmas has the ability to remind us of Christmases past and perhaps, for some of us, Christmas hasn’t always been … Continue reading →

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How I fell in love

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

It began with me – with falling in love with myself. I know that’s a cliché, that you’ve heard it before, read it in some glossy women’s magazine. But that’s where I had to start. I really couldn’t accept and … Continue reading →

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The Embrace

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

I speak to my Mum and hear the relentless passage of time. In her voice, I hear my difficulties, struggles, doubts, insecurities and pain, magnified a hundred times, exaggerated by age, by decades spent alone and by the absence of … 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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Finding Our Voice

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

“I intentionally get myself in situations beyond my ability and then rise to them” This is an affirmation I picked up from a book I’m reading and working through – Barbara Stanny’s Overcoming Underearning. It feels fitting for today, as … Continue reading →

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‘Them’ and ‘Us’

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

We’d crouch wide-eyed on the sand, our hands cupped under our chins, and watch with wonder as the Land Rovers filed past, towing behind them shiny, white speed boats containing excited, blonde-haired children in colourful swimsuits. We’d watch as the … Continue reading →

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Why I go to therapy

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

Therapy has helped get me to where I am today, or most importantly where I was on Saturday and Sunday – playing in the sea with my partner, just a short drive from our new coastal home, thinking I absolutely … Continue reading →

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Family

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

For some of you, it’ll seem quite bizarre that I’m having these feelings and writing this post at the grand, middle-age of 45. Others, I know, will understand. Some of you have already had years belonging to your own family … Continue reading →

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Becoming whole

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Katherine Baldwin

This blog post, like me, is a work in progress. But I’m going to post it anyway. In fact, I’m going to write it in half an hour and post it immediately, so I have time for lunch, to get … Continue reading →

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