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A Helpful Way to Hear Your Negative Self-Talk So You Can Change It

February 7, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Our inner critic may be so deeply embedded that we can’t hear it, making it hard to change. Here’s a way to externalize your inner talk so you can change it.

Filed Under: ADHD, Coaching Tagged With: ADHD, conditioning, emotional regulation, inner critic, self-talk

Venus opposing Saturn: 3 Ways You Block Love, Connection, and Pleasure

October 11, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Rumi famously advised to seek the barriers you erect against love. As Venus opposes Saturn, it shows us the ways we block love, connection, and pleasure.

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: astrology, boundaries, connection, inner critic, joy, love, opposition, perfectionism, pleasure, Saturn, transits, Venus, Venus opposing Saturn

Mercury Square Saturn: The Risk of Rigid Thinking — and How to Heal It

June 12, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Discipline and structure can be a helpful, to a point. When the rigidity of discipline shapes our thinking, it can invite our inner critic and keep us from doing our best work.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: adaptability, astrology, communication, flexibility, habits, inner critic, Mercury square Saturn, productivity, rigid thinking, rigidity, structure, thinking

The Secret to Achieving Your Goals: Detach From the Outcome

January 12, 2024 | Renée Fishman

The more attached we are to a specific outcome, the more elusive it becomes. The best way to achieve or surpass your goals is to detach from the outcome and trust in the process.

Filed Under: Business, Coaching, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: attachment, detach from outcome, detachment, goals, inner critic, mindfulness, mindset, outcome, patterns, perfectionism, process, results, rituals, trust, vision

The Fallacy of Force as a Catalyst for Change

December 5, 2023 | Renée Fishman

If you were habituated in an era when force and criticism were the dominant approaches to effecting change, you are missing out on a more effective and sustainable path to changing your habits.

Filed Under: Navigating Change Tagged With: change, compassion, criticism, force, habits, inner critic, patience, personal development

5 Ways to Improve Your Life When Mercury is in Virgo

July 28, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Mercury’s annual transit through practical and detail-oriented Virgo can be an extremely productive time if we know how to leverage it and watch for inner critic and perfectionist tendencies. Here are 5 ways to improve your life while Mercury is in Virgo.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, communication, daily tasks, inner critic, learning, Mercury in Virgo, perfectionism, processes, productivity, rituals, routines, skills, systems, trade, Virgo, work

Win With Kindness

November 13, 2021 | Renée Fishman

Kindness is not a “soft skill,” it’s a core skill.

Filed Under: Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: empathy, inner critic, kindness, productivity, self-compassion, self-kindness, winning

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