From Coping to Conscious Choice: Grief, Self-Trust & Creating a New Life with Ricki Friedman
No Matcha No MamaShow Notes
What happens when the coping mechanisms that once helped you survive become the very things holding you back? This is a conversation with Ricki Friedman about grief, survival, and reclaiming self-trust through conscious, often uncomfortable change. Ricki shares how losing her mother shaped the way she learned to move through the world, how survival mode can quietly replace basic life skills, and what it meant to walk away from weed and Adderall — choices that were difficult, destabilizing at times, and ultimately transformative. We talk about how her experience with ayahuasca marked a deeper turning point, teaching her to listen to herself, trust her own inner authority, and make decisions without relying on external validation. This conversation is about moving from coping to conscious choice, and how life begins to change when you trust yourself enough to choose differently.
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