Russell Ricard
@russellricard.bsky.social
Owner of Calm Mindset Wellness, LLC/Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach: Helping clients nurture a calm mindset in support of overall health and wellness. Author: I write Contemporary fiction.
russellricard.com www.calmmindsetwellness.com
russellricard.com www.calmmindsetwellness.com
“Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.”
~#PattiSmith ❤️✌🏽
~#PattiSmith ❤️✌🏽
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.”
~#PattiSmith ❤️✌🏽
~#PattiSmith ❤️✌🏽
An evergreen reminder. Hopeful that we all nurture the spirit of being patient and loving and self-compassionate; in motion and becoming who we are, day by day. ❤️✌🏽
*Shared with gratitude from @Wordables
*Shared with gratitude from @Wordables
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
An evergreen reminder. Hopeful that we all nurture the spirit of being patient and loving and self-compassionate; in motion and becoming who we are, day by day. ❤️✌🏽
*Shared with gratitude from @Wordables
*Shared with gratitude from @Wordables
The Business of Being a Writer, 2nd ed. You’re an artist wary of marketplace. This book helps. Nurtures your business mindset. A joy to celebrate an author who, for decades of insight, expertise, wit & literary citizenship, continues helping so many in the publishing world. Cheers @janefriedman.com.
September 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Business of Being a Writer, 2nd ed. You’re an artist wary of marketplace. This book helps. Nurtures your business mindset. A joy to celebrate an author who, for decades of insight, expertise, wit & literary citizenship, continues helping so many in the publishing world. Cheers @janefriedman.com.
The equanimity of fire and calm goes a long way. 💜✌🏽
*Shared with much gratitude from Buddha Groove
*Shared with much gratitude from Buddha Groove
August 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The equanimity of fire and calm goes a long way. 💜✌🏽
*Shared with much gratitude from Buddha Groove
*Shared with much gratitude from Buddha Groove
Lifelong Goal: Safely and Securely Minding my Baggage without hurting myself or others in the process. 🤷🏽♂️ 🤣❤️
#healthandwellness #selfcare
*Grateful for this pic I captured at Portland Union Station (2017)*
#healthandwellness #selfcare
*Grateful for this pic I captured at Portland Union Station (2017)*
August 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Lifelong Goal: Safely and Securely Minding my Baggage without hurting myself or others in the process. 🤷🏽♂️ 🤣❤️
#healthandwellness #selfcare
*Grateful for this pic I captured at Portland Union Station (2017)*
#healthandwellness #selfcare
*Grateful for this pic I captured at Portland Union Station (2017)*
Love my new mug. Great reminder about meeting the day—and every new moment—with a Beginner’s Mind: letting go of expectations, and approaching all situations from a new perspective, with curiosity. 💜✌🏽#beginnersmind
August 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Love my new mug. Great reminder about meeting the day—and every new moment—with a Beginner’s Mind: letting go of expectations, and approaching all situations from a new perspective, with curiosity. 💜✌🏽#beginnersmind
I’m very moved by Mary Oliver’s poetry. And I hope this one also resonates with many of you. Making space for rest is vital. Rest is action; it opens doors toward long-lasting health and wellness. 💜✌🏽
h/t @paulamunier for reminding me of this poem. ☺️
h/t @paulamunier for reminding me of this poem. ☺️
August 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I’m very moved by Mary Oliver’s poetry. And I hope this one also resonates with many of you. Making space for rest is vital. Rest is action; it opens doors toward long-lasting health and wellness. 💜✌🏽
h/t @paulamunier for reminding me of this poem. ☺️
h/t @paulamunier for reminding me of this poem. ☺️
@brucehandy.bsky.social's Hollywood High. Incisive look at pop culture through lens of teen movies. Serious, critical analysis. Underpinnings of teen life/psychology told in Handy’s signature voice: Humor w/reportage. Great read for pop culture, movie buffs, academics.
#popculture #teenmovies
#popculture #teenmovies
July 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@brucehandy.bsky.social's Hollywood High. Incisive look at pop culture through lens of teen movies. Serious, critical analysis. Underpinnings of teen life/psychology told in Handy’s signature voice: Humor w/reportage. Great read for pop culture, movie buffs, academics.
#popculture #teenmovies
#popculture #teenmovies
This, 💯! And to quote Burt Bacharach & Hal David’s song: 🎶 “Walk on by …”🎶🤣🤷🏽♂️
June 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This, 💯! And to quote Burt Bacharach & Hal David’s song: 🎶 “Walk on by …”🎶🤣🤷🏽♂️
The stories we tell ourselves about the stories that others create about us is none of our business. ❤️✌🏽
*Image credit: Buddha Groove
*Image credit: Buddha Groove
May 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The stories we tell ourselves about the stories that others create about us is none of our business. ❤️✌🏽
*Image credit: Buddha Groove
*Image credit: Buddha Groove
Cheers to @ChrisBohjalian on yet another beautiful novel: The Jackal’s Mistress. Civil War fiction. Riveting precision in its dramatic arc—no wasted words. Absolutely love the heroine, Libby Steadman’s courage, persistence & fortitude. #historicalfiction #thrillerbooks
May 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Cheers to @ChrisBohjalian on yet another beautiful novel: The Jackal’s Mistress. Civil War fiction. Riveting precision in its dramatic arc—no wasted words. Absolutely love the heroine, Libby Steadman’s courage, persistence & fortitude. #historicalfiction #thrillerbooks
Wishing you all peace and patience in whatever ways you may need it. ❤️✌🏽
May 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wishing you all peace and patience in whatever ways you may need it. ❤️✌🏽
Better Angels are made of bravery and vulnerability.
The marine and the kitten, Korean War, 1952 💜
#betterangels #cats
*photo credit: @historylvrsclub
The marine and the kitten, Korean War, 1952 💜
#betterangels #cats
*photo credit: @historylvrsclub
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Better Angels are made of bravery and vulnerability.
The marine and the kitten, Korean War, 1952 💜
#betterangels #cats
*photo credit: @historylvrsclub
The marine and the kitten, Korean War, 1952 💜
#betterangels #cats
*photo credit: @historylvrsclub
Sometimes, it’s like … 🤣🤷🏽♂️
April 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Sometimes, it’s like … 🤣🤷🏽♂️
I love this idea. Affirming ourselves and reframing our obstacles holds much power. Persistence is, indeed, a practice. ❤️✌🏽
*image credit: Karen Salmansohn
*image credit: Karen Salmansohn
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I love this idea. Affirming ourselves and reframing our obstacles holds much power. Persistence is, indeed, a practice. ❤️✌🏽
*image credit: Karen Salmansohn
*image credit: Karen Salmansohn
"The road to success is always under construction."
~ #LilyTomlin ❤️
~ #LilyTomlin ❤️
April 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"The road to success is always under construction."
~ #LilyTomlin ❤️
~ #LilyTomlin ❤️
Brown Girl Dreaming. Jacqueline Woodson’s coming of age embracing her writing talent. Sweetly reflective look at familial roots w/travels to the South, Midwest & home base of Brooklyn, New York.
One of my favorite passages:
“Even the silence
has a story to tell you.
Just listen. Listen.”
One of my favorite passages:
“Even the silence
has a story to tell you.
Just listen. Listen.”
April 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Brown Girl Dreaming. Jacqueline Woodson’s coming of age embracing her writing talent. Sweetly reflective look at familial roots w/travels to the South, Midwest & home base of Brooklyn, New York.
One of my favorite passages:
“Even the silence
has a story to tell you.
Just listen. Listen.”
One of my favorite passages:
“Even the silence
has a story to tell you.
Just listen. Listen.”
Wowza, the world we live in. Deep breaths & balanced mindset. Wishing you all peace & love & patience as you move through whatever you’re having to navigate. 💜✌🏽
#healthandwellness
*image credit: Kelly Rae Roberts
#healthandwellness
*image credit: Kelly Rae Roberts
April 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Wowza, the world we live in. Deep breaths & balanced mindset. Wishing you all peace & love & patience as you move through whatever you’re having to navigate. 💜✌🏽
#healthandwellness
*image credit: Kelly Rae Roberts
#healthandwellness
*image credit: Kelly Rae Roberts
@scottsemegran.com's Starman After Midnight. Many Lols. Multitude of beloved, multifaceted townsfolk. Semegran evokes an understanding of humanity: The everyday realness, quirks, the psychological underpinnings/morbid parts of the soul that exist among us w/humor & heart. #humorfiction
April 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
@scottsemegran.com's Starman After Midnight. Many Lols. Multitude of beloved, multifaceted townsfolk. Semegran evokes an understanding of humanity: The everyday realness, quirks, the psychological underpinnings/morbid parts of the soul that exist among us w/humor & heart. #humorfiction
Love this! All of it. Feel it all: Ride the waves, the ebb and flow of your journey. Embrace your humanity. And hopefully—be kind and empathetic toward yourself—and toward others in the process. 💯💜✌🏽✅
March 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Love this! All of it. Feel it all: Ride the waves, the ebb and flow of your journey. Embrace your humanity. And hopefully—be kind and empathetic toward yourself—and toward others in the process. 💯💜✌🏽✅
Tulips are my favorite. Not a current pic, but a reminder of things I love. Important to take the time to remember and affirm what brings the heart joy. ❤️✌🏽
March 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Tulips are my favorite. Not a current pic, but a reminder of things I love. Important to take the time to remember and affirm what brings the heart joy. ❤️✌🏽
Morning in This Broken World. Beautiful. Cheers to Katrina Kittle. It takes a writer w/deep Emotional Intelligence & assured craft to tackle this subject matter w/utmost care & universal appeal. & the cat named Ox stole my heart! Your heart & soul will also love this one.
March 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Morning in This Broken World. Beautiful. Cheers to Katrina Kittle. It takes a writer w/deep Emotional Intelligence & assured craft to tackle this subject matter w/utmost care & universal appeal. & the cat named Ox stole my heart! Your heart & soul will also love this one.
I’m rooting for you! May you take the time to listen to what you value and then transform plans into action specific to your survival, your heart and soul’s needs; all that supports your self-determined goals. 💜✌🏽
February 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’m rooting for you! May you take the time to listen to what you value and then transform plans into action specific to your survival, your heart and soul’s needs; all that supports your self-determined goals. 💜✌🏽
Break the cycle. Wouldn’t that be lovely? ❤️✌🏽
February 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Break the cycle. Wouldn’t that be lovely? ❤️✌🏽
Loved Luis Jaramillo’s The Witches of El Paso. Emotionally powerful & enchanting. Magical realism: elements of fantasy & mystery—time travel. Poetic; hits all the senses. Beautifully written and endearing characters.
January 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Loved Luis Jaramillo’s The Witches of El Paso. Emotionally powerful & enchanting. Magical realism: elements of fantasy & mystery—time travel. Poetic; hits all the senses. Beautifully written and endearing characters.