What turns you on? Sex? Passions? Dreams? Or maybe it’s living a nomad, gypsy like life where you allow life to just take you where it feels right. Everything from your career and goals to how you love as a polyamorous person, to being cozy in your bisexuality. Yeah. It’s totally about living life based…
Have you ever found yourself saying, “No,” and then realizing you wish you’d said yes. Or maybe, doing the reverse. Saying “Yes,” when you wish you’d said, “No?” Of course you have. We all do. In fact I just did it this week and it got me thinking, “Rick, you gotta learn to say No!”…
What is my passion? Why do I struggle to follow mine? Is passion necessary for me to have a happy life? These are all questions that most of us ask ourselves each and every day in the pursuit of passion and purpose. But what do you do when you find passion elusive? You make it…
It’s spring. Bold colors are starting to pop up everywhere you look (hopefully). And, with the onset of spring it got me thinking, what does BOLD mean to me, and why is it important to really understand that for myself. In today’s rant and riff I share my perspective of the word BOLD. Yes those…
Waterpolo, Law, and plans…nothing is as it seems. But what’s the deal with plans…why are they so damn important…or not? Maybe because we think if we have them, we don’t ever have to make a decision again, until you realize that you chose a job, but not a life. From bad ass to bad life,…
A friend of mine inspired this rant. It’s about allowing the past to catch up to your present so that you can make the BOLD MOVE you are meant to make. In Barbara’s journey she came back to her roots and then made the bold move to uncloset her beliefs and fears to do the…
20 years ago a hot dog impacted his life. Yes I said a hot dog. This hot dog was so impactful it caused him to come out of his closet…bun and all. No longer willing to work for “nob heads” any longer, Mark Asquith decided to try his hand at digital product development and began…
Bravo. Bravo. Bravo. So proud of our youth for taking a stand and saying enough is enough. #NATIONALWALKOUTDAY occurred just two days ago, yet the impact will move on…or at least let’s hope so. In fact, that is what this movement, like so many others, is all about…HOPE! Whether you agree with them or not,…
If you don’t respect yourself ain’t nobody else going to respect ya either…no matter how pretty yo face is or isn’t. And even if your own parents don’t respect who you are, then sometimes you just gotta sashay away and say, “I’m here to respect myself first and foremost and using that power to spread…
Last week on the Uncloseted Riff and Rant we got you comfortable dumping crap into your F*CK IT BUCKET that was getting in the way of you making your bold move and living your life uncloseted. This week, we go the other direction. We’re going to fill your F*CK IT BUCKET with good stuff so…
Whether you own a business, desire to, or find yourself up to your armpits in being an Entrepreneur, one thing for sure that you may not realize. A majority of your problems exist because you won’t come out of the closet in your business. From creativity to financial savvy; idea popping to brain dead without…
Done. Just done. Not going to do it. You just want to say F*ck It! We’ve all been there and it sucks. But…when you us the power of F*ck It to move you forward. something interesting happens. Come explore with me today the power of saying F*ck It to the stuff that is getting in…
He’s our President, like it or not. But he’s also not checking himself, but yet he’s being his bold self, like it or not. Today, I take a stab at the Commander in Chief and look deeply at some of the closets he’s in and how he’s coming out, even if it’s not for the…
Life is full of shit storms. We all have them and they can’t be avoided, no matter how much we try. In fact sometimes bursts in to flames delivering a career change, divorce, and near bankruptcy. That’s enough emotional firewood to burn any hope of recovery to the ground. Or… Maybe you see this as…
The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida reveals another closet. One that has gun control, mental health, settling into norms, avoiding signs…everything that the headlines are screaming as to why these school shootings continue to rip into the hearts of innocent lives. But what’s really in the closet? Listen to my…