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3 Benefits of Doing the Same Warm-Up Routine For Every Workout

August 4, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Consistency and predictability may not be so exciting, but having the same starting ritual every day has benefits that outweigh the boring factor. Here are 3 reasons why you should start every workout the same way.

Filed Under: CrossFit, Fitness, Practice, Productivity, Yoga Tagged With: assessment, CrossFit, fitness, getting started, mobility, nervous system, productivity, rituals, routine, starting rituals, structure, tools, workout, yoga

3 Challenges of Beginner’s Mind — and How to Overcome Them

June 12, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The attitude of “beginner’s mind” may be the most difficult to master. Here’s why this is so challenging, and how to overcome the challenges.

Filed Under: Learning, Practice, Productivity Tagged With: coaching, mindfulness, mindset, personal development, personal growth, practice

Finding Novelty in the Same Old Story

April 13, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Every year at Passover we retell the same old story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt. Here’s how we keep it novel.

Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: change, insights, mindfulness, Passover, perspective, repetition, revelation, story

The Medicine of Gratitude

November 28, 2024 | Renée Fishman

When pain makes it hard to move, gratitude can feel impossible. Yet sometimes gratitude itself becomes the medicine we need most.

Filed Under: Fitness, Life, Practice Tagged With: body, fitness, fitness first, gratitude, healing, mindfulness, movement, pain, personal growth, perspective, practice, rituals, yoga

What Does The Work of Scorpio Season Look Like?

October 25, 2024 | Renée Fishman

The work of Scorpio season invites us to sit with our grief and probe its origins. What does this look like?

Filed Under: Astrology, Practice Tagged With: emotions, grief, grief work, holding space, Scorpio

How Routine Helps Me Navigate Grief

October 7, 2024 | Renée Fishman

How routines and rituals can help keep us anchored to the land of the living, even in the face of death.

Filed Under: Life, Navigating Change, Practice Tagged With: anticipatory grief, death, grief, healing practices, life, life and death, loss, mental health, personal essays, rituals, routines, self-care

Reframing Cooking: From Chore to Act of Care

October 5, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Cooking for myself more often has been a laborious chore. Here’s how I’m reframing the act of cooking for myself from a mundane chore to a loving act of care.

Filed Under: Creating, Practice Tagged With: calling, care, cooking, mindset, purpose, self-care, self-love, values

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