Ingrid Ricks: NYT-Bestselling Author and Memoir Coach https://ingridricks.com Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:19:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 141671706 Which One Are You? https://ingridricks.com/2026/04/08/which-one-are-you/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:19:43 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=5225 Amy Faith’s story has had a profound impact on me, and not just because of the daily adversity she faces and her steely grit and determination to push through.   What got me is that the severe eyesight challenges and processing delays she’s been forced to navigate her entire life are merely rocks in her path […]

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]]> 5225 Sometimes it Takes Being Poor to be Rich https://ingridricks.com/2025/06/11/sometimes-it-takes-being-poor-to-be-rich/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:13:50 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=5115 Every once in a while a story comes along that both grabs your heart and imparts a critical,  universal truth. Tumbleweed is one such gem. To everyone around her, Ditto had it all: A house in the country, an apartment in the heart of Manhattan’s prestigious Upper East Side, a doting husband and endless access […]

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]]> 5115 Life Lessons from an NFL Coach https://ingridricks.com/2025/01/08/life-lessons-from-an-nfl-coach/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 03:34:55 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=5082 Somehow the Universe gave me the gift of working with former NFL coach and amazing human being, Golden Pat Ruel, on his funny, heart-warming, wisdom-packed memoir, The Making of a Coach. And while I guided him through the first draft of his journey from a teenage boy gearing up for high school football tryouts to […]

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]]> 5082 Writing to Heal, to Process and to Transform Your Life https://ingridricks.com/2024/10/11/writing-to-heal-to-process-and-to-transform-your-life/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:53:57 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=5048 Ready to Turn Your Story into Your Super Power?

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]]> 5048 Register Now – Five Week Writing to Heal Workshop Kicks Off May 1st https://ingridricks.com/2023/04/06/register-now-five-week-writing-to-heal-workshop-kicks-off-may-1st/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:11:36 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=4931 Do you have an emotionally hard story you need to write and release from inside? In this transformative five-week workshop offered in partnership with RevelEleven, I’ll help you tap into the healing power of personal narrative in a safe, intimate online space with other supportive writers. You’ll learn how to identify and structure the deeply […]

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]]> 4931 Focus Now Available as an Audiobook https://ingridricks.com/2022/09/14/focus-now-available-as-an-audiobook/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:06:55 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=4804 My memoir about my early journey with RP is finally available as an audiobook and I was given 25 free promo codes for anyone who is interested. I wanted to share it here because I know my journey will resonate with a lot of you. My next book is going to end with me getting […]

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]]> 4804 Leveraging Your Mind and the Power of Now to Transform Your Life https://ingridricks.com/2022/07/23/leveraging-your-mind-and-the-power-of-now-to-transform-your-life/ Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:39:03 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=4773 My eyesight loss three years ago had me so crippled with grief and fear I was paralyzed. Determined to pull myself out of the abyss, I took a deep dive into every self-help and self-healing book I could find. The takeaways always boiled down to the same overall message: It’s our thoughts and beliefs that […]

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]]> 4773 Catching a Ride on the Gratitude Train https://ingridricks.com/2021/09/19/catching-a-ride-on-the-gratitude-train/ Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:26:18 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=4648 I was rocking it – thinking I had grief completely under wraps when it crashed down on me a few weeks ago. It happened when I learned that I had been shut out of a clinical trial for a new optogenetics drug I was convinced would give me back my eyesight. Somewhere in the recesses […]

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]]> 4648 Back in the Game https://ingridricks.com/2021/07/28/back-in-the-game/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 03:39:48 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=4623 I was in a full downward spiral after getting news I had been blocked from a groundbreaking optogenetics clinical trial that could give me back my eyesight. Then I received a text message from former NFL Coach Golden Pat Ruel admonishing me to put on my hurdle-jumping shoes. “Remember that it’s often the second mouse […]

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]]> 4623 Summer of Self-Love: Rewriting the Stories We Tell Ourselves https://ingridricks.com/2021/06/08/summer-of-self-love-rewriting-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/ Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:40:39 +0000 https://ingridricks.com/?p=4598 I know all about the soul-destroying power of the toxic stories we feed on because mine nearly did me in. Two years ago, I was curled in a fetal position on my living room floor, so paralyzed with grief and despair over my recent eyesight loss that I couldn’t move. But it was the fear-induced […]

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]]> 4598 Chemically Induced Retinal Cells Offer Vision Restoration Hope for RP https://ingridricks.com/2021/04/15/chemically-induced-retinal-cells-offer-vision-restoration-hope-for-rp/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:53:23 +0000 http://new.ingridricks.com/?p=4556 I’ve been in hiatus for a couple of years because—between breast cancer and a sudden, dramatic drop in vision that now hovers around light perception—I felt like I had been smashed in the face with a two-by-four. But like all of you who are determined to see your family’s faces and the world around you, I’ve […]

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]]> 4556 New Anthology Captures Stories of Hope, Resilience from Aging LGBTQIA+ Community https://ingridricks.com/2020/10/07/new-anthology-captures-stories-of-hope-resilience-from-aging-lgbtqia-community/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:38:49 +0000 http://new.ingridricks.com/?p=4473 If you want to experience the life-changing power of personal storytelling at work, Unmuted is a must-read. Over the past year, I’ve had the gift of teaming with GenPRIDE Executive Director, Steven Knipp, and the amazing GenPRIDE community to offer an ongoing writing workshop that has resulted in this incredible anthology. I’m honored to have played a […]

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]]> 4473 Write Your First Chapter Course Kicks Off via Zoom September 27th https://ingridricks.com/2020/09/14/write-your-first-chapter-course-kicks-off-via-zoom-september-27th/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:39:48 +0000 http://new.ingridricks.com/?p=4455 If you have a memoir you need to write, check out my Hugo House course that starts September 27. In this intensive five-week course, I’ll teach you how to structure and outline your memoir and then develop your first chapter in a way that grabs readers and lays the foundation for your book. I’ll also help […]

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]]> 4455 Resolution 2020: Dance Baby, Dance https://ingridricks.com/2020/01/04/resolution-2020-dance-baby-dance/ https://ingridricks.com/2020/01/04/resolution-2020-dance-baby-dance/#comments Sun, 05 Jan 2020 03:43:39 +0000 http://www.ingridricks.com/?p=4382 2019 was stressful and serious for me. So my daughter, Hannah, and I decided to make the new decade all about fun – starting with a daily dance party. Hope you’ll join us!

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]]> https://ingridricks.com/2020/01/04/resolution-2020-dance-baby-dance/feed/ 1 4382 How to Pull Yourself Up When Life Throws You Down https://ingridricks.com/2019/12/13/how-to-pull-yourself-up-when-life-throws-you-down/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:59:51 +0000 http://www.ingridricks.com/?p=4370 This vision loss thing has knocked me down hard plenty of times over the past year. And I know I’m not alone when it comes to the pain of this and other knock-out blows that life occasionally delivers. The only real question is how to get back on our feet once we regain consciousness and […]

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]]> 4370 How Do You Define Disability? https://ingridricks.com/2019/12/06/how-do-you-define-disability/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:13:11 +0000 http://www.ingridricks.com/?p=4365 I never gave much thought to the word Disability until I was slapped with that label and told to expect widespread stigma and social isolation. That’s when I understood just how messed up these ingrained prejudices and assumptions are when it comes to people dealing with a challenge that has been shoved under the disabilities […]

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]]> 4365 What If Fear Didn’t Matter? https://ingridricks.com/2019/10/08/what-if-fear-didnt-matter/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:13:27 +0000 http://www.ingridricks.com/?p=4322 I’ve started thinking of fear as a malaria-carrying mosquito in Africa. They are tiny and lethal and impossible to escape. And as far as I can tell, there are only three real ways to deal with them. We  can freak out and launch a frantic attack on any mosquito we encounter — which is exhausting […]

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]]> 4322 It Starts With Self-Love https://ingridricks.com/2019/09/26/it-starts-with-self-love/ https://ingridricks.com/2019/09/26/it-starts-with-self-love/#comments Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:46:45 +0000 http://www.ingridricks.com/?p=4310 I’ve been mean to myself before. But I didn’t realize just how self-bullying, belittling and cruel I could be until my eyesight took a nose-dive last year. Suddenly I could no longer see my family’s faces or the world around me. And I hated myself for it. I have always been an optimist and a […]

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]]> https://ingridricks.com/2019/09/26/it-starts-with-self-love/feed/ 1 4310 Harnessing Adversity—Before It Harnesses Me https://ingridricks.com/2019/06/24/harnessing-adversity-before-it-harnesses-me/ Tue, 25 Jun 2019 02:06:04 +0000 http://www.ingridricks.com/?p=4161 The meaning of these words hit me a couple of months ago when I was in the depths of despair over my eyesight challenges. It came after a trip to San Francisco to try out a new technology that I was convinced would help me navigate my neighborhood. Instead, it was a complete bust and […]

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]]> 4161 Monthly Day-Away Memoir Retreats Launch January 26th in Seattle https://ingridricks.com/2019/01/10/monthly-day-away-memoir-retreats-launch-january-26th-in-seattle/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:03:49 +0000 http://www.ingridricks.com/?p=4138 If your New Year’s resolution includes writing your memoir, I’m here to help. I’m launching monthly day-long memoir retreats in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood starting Saturday, January 26th. These comprehensive day-long retreats go from 8:30 AM to 9 PM. They will be held at Sakona at Sunset Hill, the new two-bedroom writing flat my family recently […]

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