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! I am launching a free custom GPT today. Make sure to scroll down to access. Beloved Architect of Identity, Not long ago, my husband worked at a Cuban bakery.Well, it started as a Cuban bakery, and...
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’ll be honest… A few months ago, I felt like I was quietly drowning. Not in work itself, but in avoidance disguised as productivity. Every day, I had tabs open, tasks lined up,...
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, I used to be the queen of overplanning. Every trip had a tight schedule.Every hour was accounted for.Every minute had a mission. And if something didn’t go according to plan?Cue...
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, I still remember the day my first college essay got absolutely torn apart by my peers. Like, not a gentle “here’s how to make it better” kind of thing.It was a full-on massacre....
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’ll never forget the day a jaguar shut down my college campus. Sounds like the start of a movie, right? But it actually happened. I went to college in Mayagüez, on the west side...
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, Many years ago, my husband and I ended up in a fake doctor’s office. Yes, you read that right. It started with a simple problem: he had a sore throat that just wouldn’t go away....
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’ll never forget this moment… “Teacher, can I keep this pencil?” At first, it was just one boy. But then, like a domino effect, 40 little voices joined in, holding up their no....
about 2 months ago • 2 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’ll be honest with you.I didn’t plan for this. Picture this: a colorful town in Honduras, cobblestone streets, a whitewashed church, and warm morning sun. My husband and I had...
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’ve got a story for you… A simple microwave nearly burned down my office. Sounds ridiculous, right? But it’s true. We were in this tucked-away office, about 30 people. One...
2 months ago • 3 min read