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Why Getting Started is the Hardest Part

December 29, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Knowing that getting started is the hardest part of any task is comforting. But to move through the sticking point, it helps to know why getting started is so hard so you can actually get out of your own way.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: getting started, habits, initiation, productivity, resistance, rituals, starting

What You Can Hear in the Silence

December 25, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Our culture has habituated us to live in constant noise. When we break the habit of noise and learn to get comfortable in the silence, a whole new world opens up.

Filed Under: Habits, Life Tagged With: habits, hearing, listening, mindfulness, noise, silence

When the Cure Becomes the Poison

December 7, 2024 | Renée Fishman

There’s a reason that the Buddhists speak about “the middle way.” Too much of a “good thing” isn’t always a good thing.

Filed Under: Coaching Tagged With: balance, cure, equanimity, exercise, extremes, fitness, habits, mindfulness, poison, remedy, toxicity, vice, virtue

3 Reasons Why Journaling Can Make You Feel Worse

November 29, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Although journaling is a common practice to work through challenging emotions, it can also do more harm than good. Here are 3 reasons why journaling can make you feel worse.

Filed Under: Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: emotional intelligence, emotions, habits, journaling, life, meaning, mental health, mindfulness, personal growth, presence, productivity, rituals, self-awareness, writing

How to Start Your Day Without Scrolling Your Phone

November 24, 2024 | Renée Fishman

How long after you wake up do you start scrolling your phone? Here are the exact steps I’ve taken for over a decade to reclaim my mornings and stop the scroll.

Filed Under: Habits, Productivity Tagged With: habits, holistic productivity, intention, mindfulness, morning routine, process, productivity, rituals, wellness

I Don’t Want to Write Today

November 2, 2024 | Renée Fishman

I didn’t want to write today. What happened next is the height of irony and a masterclass in working with resistance.

Filed Under: ADHD, Productivity, Writing Tagged With: ADHD, content creation, creating, habits, mindfulness, productivity, resistance, rest, rituals, self-awareness, writing

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