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The Sounds of Silence

January 2, 2017 | Renée Fishman

Sitting at my dining table, I am suddenly aware of the palpable silence. I live on 14th Street in Manhattan, just off of Union Square. The double wide street is always active, and a steady stream of noise is a part of my soundscape: sirens from fire trucks and ambulances, honking horns, city busses. For […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: holding space, inner critic, meditation, noticing, productivity, silence

Playing Whack-a-Mole with my Inner Critic

May 18, 2016 | Renée Fishman

whack-a-mole

  [spacer size=”30″] I promised transparency, and I’m delivering. An inside look at the carnival game of whack-a-mole: me against my inner critic. Are you taking bets?

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: allow, efficiency, inner critic, morning pages, optimize, productivity, self-improvement, standards, surrender, writing

The Important Work

December 20, 2015 | Renée Fishman

race against time

[spacer]It was 11:25 am today when I sat down to write Morning Pages, the long-hand free writing exercise I have been doing almost every morning since August. Pen to paper, and suddenly… Wow. Where does the time go? Where does it go? I was out of bed by 6:05 am today. I got dressed for […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: accomplishment, achievement, actions, being, doing, goal, inner critic, inner wisdom, morning routines, outcome, presence, purpose, routines, standards, tasks, time, time management, writing

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