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

What are you choosing to feed your mind?

We have considerable choice over what we feed our minds, even when being stretched thin by stressful events like facing the ER as a...

Jan 6, 20212 min read

Which healthy tools can differentiate today from tomorrow?

For people who are quarantining because they have been exposed to COVID, or are immune-compromised and waiting for surgery or chemo to...

Oct 28, 20203 min read

"If I know all of this, why do I need you?"

"If I know all of this, why do I need you?" said one of my very favorite clients. No matter where you are stuck or overwhelmed, how does...

Apr 17, 20192 min read

What will you discover today?

Many people love routines; they play an important role in our everyday lives. Routines help a person feel grounded, they save time, and...

Oct 3, 20181 min read

Which of these signals is your home sending you?

I remember a time when I had trouble finding a place to sit down in my house - there were newspapers, cat toys, dirty socks, empty water...

Aug 29, 20182 min read

Just eat what your great-grandma ate...

Michael Pollen famously said "Eat food that your great-grandma would recognize, mostly plants, not too much." Your great-grandma would...

Jul 25, 20182 min read

Nature as medicine

How often to you spend time outdoors? Maybe not enough. A recent German research study details a growing body of research that shows...

Nov 22, 20171 min read

Hello, I'm Ricka.

I'm a Nationally Board Certified (NBC-HWC) Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coach. I specialize in working with physicians, executive leaders 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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