Ruth Rathblott

Oprah said WHAT about hiding?!

Okay, I have to share this with you. My friend Tosca DiMatteo 🦉 sent me Oprah's conversation with Barry Michels about choosing not to hide.

Who Worries About the Strong One?

I never missed a beat, and I was hiding the whole time.We look fo...

When Did the Sidelines Start to Feel Normal?

When I was a kid, I couldn’t jump rope. I tried.

AI Is Becoming the Safest Place to Hide

I asked AI to generate a picture of me based on what it knew about me. The words were correct.

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The Hidden Performance Tax You're Still Not Measuring

It started with a sweatshirt Last weekend, I spent three days at a Lucky Fin Project gathering, a community for people with limb differences, where I serve on the board. At one point, someone...

Gen Z wants to UNBOSS

Here's why we're not ready. And what has to happen first.

You’re Not the Only One Hiding This

Over the past few years, more than 1,100 people in my audiences have answered a question I ask when I speak. Many of those answers look like the postcards you see above.

Step 3: Build Community (So You Don’t Have to Do It Singlehandedly)

I thought I invented hiding. I didn’t have language for it.

Step 2: Invite In One Person

Hiding is how many of us learned to survive. Unhiding is how we learn to thrive without doing it all alone.

When You Unhide and It Backfires

Have you ever told someone something real, something you thought was safe, and then watched them share it, twist it, or use it against you? It stings. It makes you want to crawl back into hiding.

Painting With Your Other Hand...

This summer, I started painting—with the hand I hid for 25 years. Because sometimes the things we’ve hidden the longest have the most to teach us.

Why Hiding Feels So Exhausting

I remember sitting in meetings early in my career, working so hard to keep parts of myself hidden. I thought it would keep me safe.