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5 Ways Being Visible Helps Resolve Pain

August 21, 2023 | Renée Fishman

When I’m in physical pain, my habit is to withdraw and isolate. As counterintuitive as it seems, the cure is found in being visible. Here are 5 specific ways being visible helps resolve my pain.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: healing, hiding, isolation, mindfulness, pain, Venus retrograde, visibility, withdrawal

The Surprising Thing That Dissipates My Pain

August 20, 2023 | Renée Fishman

When my body is in pain, it makes me want to shut down and hide, keeping me from promoting my work and being visible. Here is the surprising thing that causes the pain to dissipate.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: chronic pain, communication, community, compassion, connection, isolation, nervous system, pain, visibility, withdrawal

Are You a Prisoner of Your Own Rules?

April 26, 2022 | Renée Fishman

If not kept in check, efforts to weed out distractions can also keep out the things that give life meaning.

Filed Under: Life, Productivity, Spirituality Tagged With: balance, Chesed, creating space, Gevurah, harmony, integration, isolation, Kabbalah, loneliness, middle way, Omer, personal development, productivity, restrictions, rules, spirituality, Tiferet, Tree of Life

Why Social Distancing is Not the New Normal

March 19, 2020 | Renée Fishman

Social distancing may be necessary for now to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but it will not be the new normal.

Filed Under: Navigating Change Tagged With: community, connection, isolation, social distancing

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