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Tips and reflections on ways to reduce chronic, ongoing stress and live a whole-hearted, fully present life.

Sep 15, 2020
2 min

What happens when you encourage colleagues or your children to "get on with it"?

There are so many feelings to be felt, yet I still hear "just be positive!", as though being positive will erase the discomfort of more...

Sep 9, 2020
2 min

What pulls you back into right now?

Like me, you may spend an inordinate amount of time in your head. Thinking, strategizing, planning, contemplating, unraveling complex...

Sep 2, 2020
3 min

How does coherence support meaning, no matter what?

There are a lot of out-of-the-ordinary things going on for many of us right now, so many it could make a person's head spin. Losing a...

Aug 26, 2020
3 min

What choices are you willing to make right now, when so much feels out of control?

When I am stressed, a persistent voice in my mind whines "Everything is out of control!" The superintendent's office hasn't prepared ...

Aug 21, 2020
3 min

Why invest your precious energy in nurturing connection?

You are stretched thin by the pandemic, trying to juggle a million balls at once. Or, you used to have a million balls to juggle and it...

Jul 29, 2020
2 min

What is the advantage of creating space for paradoxical feelings?

"How are you?" The answer I give to that question can either be performative "I am fine, and you?" Or real... "I am feeling...

Jul 22, 2020
2 min

What is happening when the once engaging conversation turns into "wah, wah, wah..."?

Try this on for size: You used to look forward to interactions with your colleagues or fellow board members, but now all you hear is...

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Hello, I'm Ricka -

I'm a Nationally Board Certified (NBC-HWC) Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coach. I specialize in working with physician leaders, corporate leaders, non-profit executives and their families to navigate complex work and personal issues so they can strengthen their relationships, heal, and feel hopeful about the future again.

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