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Weightlifting is Teaching Me a New Perspective on Failure. Here’s What I’ve Learned.

November 27, 2022 | Renée Fishman

I had always been taught that my failures were a source of shame, something to hide from others. But weightlifting is reframing failure for me, and teaching me to view it as something completely different.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness Tagged With: boundaries, coaching, CrossFit, exercise, failure, fitness, limits, shame, weightlifting

What I’m Learning From Doing Deadlifts

November 17, 2022 | Renée Fishman

This isn’t about the deadlift. It’s about a much more crucial life skill.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness Tagged With: deadlifts, emotions, fitness, life, metaphors, movement, practice

It’s Time to Redefine What “Knowledge Work” Looks Like

October 28, 2022 | Renée Fishman

The paradigm of “butt in chair” as the normalized standard for doing creative and thought-based work or learning is literally killing us, and isn’t the way everyone works best.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, business, creating, creating space, diversity, fitness, health, inclusion, learning, movement, neurodiversity, productivity, wellness, work

The Strategy I’ve Used to Sustain a Daily Morning Workout for Over 9 Years

October 20, 2022 | Renée Fishman

A compelling WHY and good outcomes can help you gain traction in the beginning, but the downside of outcome-based metrics is that failing to hit them could catalyze you to abandon your practice. Here’s my secret to creating longevity in a practice.

Filed Under: Fitness, Life, Practice, Productivity Tagged With: daily routines, fitness, habits, motivation, practice, rituals, routines, why

The Secret to Waking Up Early, Even if You’re Not a Morning Person

October 19, 2022 | Renée Fishman

After years of waking up at 6 am with difficulty, I have been sustaining a 4:30 am wake-up time for the past 2 months. I am still not a morning person. Here’s my secret.

Filed Under: Life, Productivity Tagged With: chronobiology, fitness, habits, morning routines, mornings, rituals, snooze

How to Increase Your Ability to Handle Risk

October 16, 2022 | Renée Fishman

This is an essay about squats and the holiday of Sukkot, the thread that ties them together, and the lesson they teach us about how to move with greater ease.

Filed Under: Fitness, Holidays Tagged With: ability, faith, fitness, foundation, mobility, roots, squats, stability, sukkah, sukkot, trust

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