Welcome to the Blooming Mindset, a weekly dose of clarity, mindset, and practical wisdom to help you stay consistent, think more deeply, and build a life aligned with your identity and purpose. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Please share this newsletter with a friend! News! Are you going to be launching anything this year? If so, be sure to get your free copy of the Simplifying Launches Bundle this week. Inside, you will find a carefully curated selection of digital...
10 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset, a weekly dose of clarity, mindset, and practical wisdom to help you stay consistent, think more deeply, and build a life aligned with your identity and purpose. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Please share this newsletter with a friend! Beloved Architect of Identity, I thought I was just killing time before dinner. We’d just arrived in Nazaré, this small surf town tucked into Portugal’s Silver Coast. Our host had given us a list of...
17 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset, a weekly dose of clarity, mindset, and practical wisdom to help you stay consistent, think more deeply, and build a life aligned with your identity and purpose. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Please share this newsletter with a friend! Beloved Architect of Identity, Have you ever had someone deny you a basic need? Like asking for a sip of water and being told... no? That happened to me recently, and it hit way deeper than I expected. We were...
24 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset, a weekly dose of clarity, mindset, and practical wisdom to help you stay consistent, think more deeply, and build a life aligned with your identity and purpose. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Please share this newsletter with a friend! Beloved Architect of Identity, Let me tell you about the time I paid to drink wine made from rotten grapes. (And walked away with a whole new lens on life.) We were in Budapest, Hungary, one of my favorite...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset, a weekly dose of clarity, mindset, and practical wisdom to help you stay consistent, think more deeply, and build a life aligned with your identity and purpose. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Please share this newsletter with a friend! Beloved Architect of Identity, I’ve got a little confession to make... My most famous dish, the one people begged me to bring to potlucks? Started with a box. Yep. A boxed Jambalaya rice mix from the grocery...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset, a weekly dose of clarity, mindset, and practical wisdom to help you stay consistent, think more deeply, and build a life aligned with your identity and purpose. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Please share this newsletter with a friend! Beloved Architect of Identity, Have you ever felt like you were drowning in chaos, like no matter how much you plan or push, the world around you is just too crowded, too noisy, too much? That’s exactly how I...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset, a weekly dose of clarity, mindset, and practical wisdom to help you stay consistent, think more deeply, and build a life aligned with your identity and purpose. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Please share this newsletter with a friend! Beloved Architect of Identity, I once paid over $25 for a burger… and got served a frozen patty. Yep. That happened.At a fancy gastropub on Coronado Island, no less.Ocean views. Gorgeous interior.Menu that...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset, a weekly dose of clarity, mindset, and practical wisdom to help you stay consistent, think more deeply, and build a life aligned with your identity and purpose. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Please share this newsletter with a friend! Beloved Architect of Identity, I used to think some of my work didn’t matter. You know that feeling, right?You pour time, energy, even heart into something…And then? Silence.No applause.No obvious result. You...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset, a weekly dose of clarity, mindset, and practical wisdom to help you stay consistent, think more deeply, and build a life aligned with your identity and purpose. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Please share this newsletter with a friend! Beloved Architect of Identity, There was a time in my career when I thought the secret to success was saying yes. Yes, I’ll help.Yes, I’ll take that on.Yes, I’ll stay late.Yes, yes, yes. I was like a Swiss...
2 months ago • 2 min read