I feel much more confident in my decisions of how I spend my time, and much more focused

Shireen is the kind of person who always had a million plates spinning the air - between professional and personal endeavors she wasn’t sure how to get momentum on the areas that mattered, where she wanted to focus her time, and how to keep it up. Together we got clear on the game plan for how to get started, and how to adapt for the reality of life and it’s surprises. Plus, we got to unpack how capitalism impacts our mental health and how we see ourselves!

"Before working with Rikki, I felt very anxious, scattered, and unfocused. My biggest concerns were how to get momentum going, how to focus myself on what I want to spend my time on, and how to get myself going. After our coaching, I feel much more confident in my decisions of how I spend my time, and much more focused.

Rikki has really helped me figure out how to allocate my time. I always have many plates spinning and have struggled to find space to prioritize my own projects. She's helped me tremendously in both taking more seriously the work I do (paid and unpaid) as well as how to allocate my time to make space for the projects I always want to get off the ground but never seem to manage to do.

The biggest wins from working together were increased confidence, valuing my work more, and having a better plan of organizing my time. I now feel confident about how to seek opportunities I want and how to strengthen my skills to get them. I'm also more confident about my 'career' choices, which have not been traditional in any sense.

Sometimes we all need a little push and direction, and Rikki was amazing at picking out themes in my choices and decisions that I hadn't realized, giving me a better picture of how I want to make decisions. What was most surprising was that even though I am more or less in the same place job-wise as when we started, I feel really satisfied and confident about myself. We talked a lot about the pressures and negative mental health impacts of capitalism, which was valuable.

I would whole-heartedly recommend Rikki to anyone who is trying to jump start themselves, whether it's for a 'career' or just to help you on your way to where you envision yourself. If you can afford it, do it. It's an investment in yourself and it really helps to speak with someone on the outside, like not friends or family, and she's flexible and goes with your flow."

-Shireen