Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, I almost said no to extra money. Recently, I was offered a small opportunity to do some extra work from home. Five hours a week. Two months. A pretty good hourly...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, I think adulthood has made me worse at something I was surprisingly good at when I was young: Walking into the unknown. When I was in high school, I knew I wanted to...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, A few years ago, I discovered something that changed far more than my diet. It changed how I think about change itself. When I decided to improve my health, I knew I...
23 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, I thought the hard part was getting it. Turns out, getting it just unlocked a new set of problems. My husband and I recently made a major purchase. It was connected...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, The biggest mistake isn't making the wrong decision. It's solving the wrong problem. A few days ago, my sister gave me several zucchini from her garden. I already...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, The other day, I had one goal. Find a cronut. If you've never had one, it's exactly what it sounds like, a croissant and a doughnut somehow becoming one thing....
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, Water has no effect on fake flowers. I read that sentence in an email this morning. I'd never heard it before. So, naturally, I looked it up. Most people use it to...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, The biggest lie we tell ourselves isn't to other people. It's the one we repeat in our own heads. "I want to change." I've started to believe those four words are...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, A conversation with my dad on Father's Day reminded me of something I already knew. Something I had quietly stopped paying attention to. On Sunday, I called my dad...
2 months ago • 2 min read