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How Estrogen Decline Crushes ADHD Women’s Brains

December 24, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Estrogen is not just a “reproductive” hormone, it also plays a vital role in brain function. Here’s how its decline in perimenopause crushes ADHD women.

Filed Under: ADHD, Navigating Change, Perimenopause Tagged With: ADHD, brain health, estrogen, navigating change, nervous system, perimenopause

Why the Typical “Work Day” Structure Doesn’t Work For Your Brain

October 29, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Your inability to jump from one cognitive task to another isn’t a personal failing; it’s a function of your neurology and the design of your system.

Filed Under: ADHD, Perimenopause, Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, attention, brain, brain health, cognitive load, focus, neurology, perimenopause, productivity, structure, work

Why You Get Your Best Ideas in the Shower

May 27, 2025 | Renée Fishman

It’s not just an old wive’s tale; your best ideas really can come in the shower. Here’s the science behind it and how to make it work.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: brain health, default mode network, holistic productivity, nervous system, productivity

New Moon in Gemini: Explore Your Ideas and Pick a Path

June 6, 2024 | Renée Fishman

The New Moon in Gemini magnifies all of our brilliant ideas and insights, and also forces us to choose a one to implement. Even twins are born one at a time.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, bandwidth, brain health, creativity, discernment, discipline, Gemini, holistic productivity, ideas, nervous system, new moon, overwhelm, productivity, resources, Saturn, structure, support

What Flash Floods Teach Us About the Learning Process

October 7, 2023 | Renée Fishman

The metaphor of feeling flooded with information is already in our language. Understanding the cause of flash flooding offers clues to how we can avoid being flooded in our nervous systems.

Filed Under: Learning, Productivity Tagged With: brain health, digest, emotions, floods, information, integration, learning, mindfulness, nervous system, overwhelm, process, productivity, rest

How Shoveling Snow Facilitates Rest

January 8, 2022 | Renée Fishman

The common link between shoveling snow and making brownies — and how they contribute to rest and creativity.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: brain health, default mode network, fitneee, physical activity, productivity, rest

The Value of Mindlessness

May 29, 2021 | Renée Fishman

Your distracted mind is sending you a message: it needs a break.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, brain, brain health, mind, mindfulness, personal development, productivity, rest

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