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More Community Foundation

by WarriorRic | Oct 12, 2022 | Community Involvement

More Community Foundation’s aim is to help make communities sustainable. Although conservation is a focus area, MCF knows that without service delivery of the basic necessities of life, communities will likely turn a deaf ear to anti-poaching awareness campaigns and a...

Marketing Goodness

by WarriorRic | Oct 3, 2022 | Corporate, Events and Team Building

Marketing can be complex even for the marketing savvy. Brands, whether products, people or countries leverage marketing communications, including PR to gain positive awareness proactively and reactively, and regardless of whether news surrounding their brand is good...

Nigel Secondary School

by WarriorRic | Aug 12, 2022 | Youth

Seek and Save the LostI’m often asked to speak at schools to inject a unique style of inspiration into learners. From a student’s point of view, educators are often seen as, well ‘educators.’ Their main role is to lecture and discipline, and to give out dreaded...

Frida Kahlo

by WarriorRic | Aug 10, 2022 | Activist

My HeroineI had seen Frida Kahlo on t-shirts, cushions and handbags, but never really knew who she was. “Perhaps she was just a famous painter,” I thought. Till now. The same Retha Ingenbleek who introduced me to SPAR and ushered me in as a brand ambassador, briefed...

Celebrating Women’s Month

by WarriorRic | Aug 8, 2022 | Activist

I'm celebrating Women's Month by becoming acutely aware of gender issues. I'm trying new ways to communicate my lack of knowledge on the subject of feminism, gender equality and ways to implement justice and fairness with the aim of realising a society that thrives-...

A Feminist in Training

by WarriorRic | Aug 7, 2022 | Activist

Although I have always seen myself as gregarious, I never saw myself as a feminist. Now, after many years of exposure to a world of inequality, abuse and general misconduct by a patriarchal society, I have chosen activism over complicity. I am a feminist in training....

Finding the Best Version of Yourself

by WarriorRic | Apr 7, 2022 | Events and Team Building

I never thought re-starting a fitness regimen over 15 years ago would lead me to where I am today. I have completed 4 marathons to date, completed my first Black Ops Warrior last year and am building a respectable career as coach and motivator of individuals and...

Work on your sense of gratitude for mental wellness in tough times

by WarriorRic | May 20, 2021 | Mental Wellness

ON a recent business trip to Durban, I invited my wife to come along. It had been a long time since either of us had the chance to travel because of all-too-familiar Covid restrictions. So I thought it would be a good idea for us to take the trip from Gauteng to the...

Gentle WarriorRic fights against gender-based violence

by WarriorRic | Jul 22, 2020 | GBV

Pretoria - "Warrior Ric" (Ricardo Gressel) has spoken out about the power and strength of the “gentle-man” in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa. He was a guest of the Pretoria News in a Facebook live chat last week on GBV and made the call...

My #1 Go-To-Move for Success

by WarriorRic | Aug 25, 2017 | Events and Team Building

There are so many factors to consider in terms of goal setting for health and wellness. Especially when you look at health beyond the physical to include the all-important mental and spiritual well-being. So, there isn’t just one solution to a myriad of goals at the...