Ruth Cooper-Dickson

Resilience, wellbeing and trauma-informed coach

Positive psychology practitioner BA (Hons), MA, MSc.

Certified breathwork leader

About Ruth

Ruth Cooper-Dickson is an accredited trauma-informed thrivership and wellbeing coach, and a certified breathwork leader. She is an experienced positive psychology practitioner specialising in post-traumatic growth. Ruth integrates breathwork into her coaching, as well as running transformational breathwork classes.

Ruth is focused on helping those who have experienced adverse life situations and difficulties to thrive. Ruth has her own lived experience of trauma, burnout and mental-ill health diagnosis’ moving through her own recovery to healing journey. Ruth’s journey prompted her to serve others offering individuals, a safe and sometimes challenging space to focus on what they need to unlock and grow to thrive.

Ruth holds an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, coupled with accreditation as an EMCC Coaching Practitioner. Ruth is also a qualified Mental Health First Aid Instructor. Her academic research sits within the coaching sphere and how it can facilitate the outcome of post-traumatic growth, a topic she speaks and writes about in the media.

Coaching & Breathwork

Trauma-informed Thrivership Coaching

“Imagine your very being, as your own home. The house you can picture in your mind’s eye is who you are. The house structure may be solid, it may need a lick of paint, or may need extensive structural renovation to ensure the foundations are solid. Parts of it may need to be completely remodeled.” This quote is part of Ruth’s coaching manifesto. Her mission as your coach is to support you to unpack the parts you feel are important and to support you to revamp, remodel, or rebuild. There are lots of reasons why you might be feeling stuck but know that coaching could be the key to unlocking your dream home.

Get clear on why you are stuck, where do you want to be and how you will get there.
Build your own practical tools and strategies to boost your Mental Wealth.
Step into a safe place to explore how feelings, emotions and behaviours are blocking you from thriving.
If you live local to Hertfordshire, Ruth is based at the Wellness Hub in Berkhamsted.

Breathwork Classes

Transformational breathwork is a popular circular breathing technique. Ruth practices holotropic breathwork, which involves monitored rapid breathing patterns and meditative music, which help participants enter an altered state of consciousness. You may have heard of Wim Hoff (also known as The Iceman), who combines his style of circular breathing with cold bath therapy and mental commitment/focus as the 3 pillars of his technique.

Ruth focuses on the ‘theme or intention’ of the class with a curated playlist. Coupled with positive psychology interventions, such as gratitude techniques, affirmations, and expressive writing.

Transformational breathwork could be for you if you are keen to work on

Relieving stress and anxiety
Focusing on being more positive
Developing emotional regulation
Seeking energy and performance
Enhancing your quality of sleep
Reducing chronic pain

Ruth’s breathwork class timetable is both in-person and online.

Ruth also hosts corporate retreats, wellbeing events, and offers specialised 1:1 classes POA.

Speaker, Writer, Post-traumatic Growth Researcher

Ruth is regularly invited to speak within corporates across a wide range of industries and has spoken at the Women’s Economic Forum 2020 and in the House of Lords. She has been interviewed by BBC Radio, by the global press and has been a guest on a multitude of podcasts, including producing her own. Ruth ensures her messages are engaging for a diverse audience, but it is her genuine, positive and compassionate style which resonates with many individuals. Ruth provides regular expert commentary in the press and as an author is represented by the BKS Agency in London.

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Podcast

Welcome to New Rules: the podcast about how leaders, entrepreneurs and businesses must change, break and re-write the rules to innovate in our ever-changing and complex world. I will be joined by guests who are leaders and respected experts in their own industry having a real honest conversation about their experiences of innovating their business through the lens of a positive psychology theme.

Forgiveness as a business leader

Season 1, Ep. 7
Our last episode of the season had to finish on a deep topic and the wonderful David McQueen and I go there with the concept of forgiveness. David literally has the best energy of any human I know…

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Authenticity, connection and imposter phenomenon

Season 1, Ep. 6
I first met Jo Wimble-Groves at a FORA panel for International Women’s Day in 2019. Immediately I was attracted to her warm presence and down-to-earth self…

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How to ‘be more scientist’ in your creativity and flow

Season 1, Ep. 5
In this episode I dig deep on the concept of creativity and being ‘in flow’ with the phenomenal, award-winning mental health campaigner, Meg Zeenat Wamithi.

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Grit, resilience and growth mind-set

Season 1, Ep. 4
If I were to chat to anyone about grit, resilience and growth mind-set, then this episode is the absolute one, with award-winning chef, author and social entrepreneur, Simon Boyle. Simon is the founder of the charity…

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Spirituality and business growth in health-tech

Season 1, Ep. 3
In this episode I get deep on the topic of spirituality with Dr James Somauroo, the founder of somX: the healthtech agency supporting the best health-tech companies in the world.

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Wellness leadership and mindful drinking

Season 1, Ep. 2
In this episode I have two fabulous guests: Amanda Thomson, the co-founder of Thomson & Scott. Thomson was voted as one of Business Insider’s Coolest…

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Big magic and thinking outside of the box

Season 1, Ep. 1
In our first episode I talk to Katrina Larkin, FORA co-founder and a pioneer in the festival world. Katrina co-founded the internationally…

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Testimonials

“I am extremely grateful to the fantastic Ruth Cooper-Dickson for providing her webinar on ‘You and Your Mental health’ to over 200 virtual attendees through WeAreVirtual series, our new initiative to pay it forward and support the ongoing development of communities who are working from home due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.”

"Ruth curated and hosted a series of Positive Psychology digital workshops for our network, which has been a great success. The sessions were consistently high quality and the feedback from attendees was unanimously positive."

"Ruth was a breath of fresh air and I feel like she's really on my side and rooting for me."

"I just wanted to say thank you so much for the wonderful webinar yesterday. It was so interesting, again, and we left with some really great insights into positive psychology. I did the character traits test just afterwards and found it so interesting!"

"Ruth is incredibly passionate and vocal about mental wellness and wellbeing, she is a beam of light and such a positive key player in the industry. Could not recommend her enough!"

"I absolutely loved it. She is so good at asking the right questions, so it feels like the solution comes from you, which I suppose it does. It's really like she's able to unlock parts of your brain/mind that you don't even know exist. She is so friendly, non-judgemental, accepting and funny. She really put me at my ease and was very relatable."

"Thanks to the event, I am going on a week’s holiday with a much calmer and more relaxed frame of mind than would otherwise have been the case.”

Work With Me

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