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3 Things People With ADHD Do When Listening That Get Mistaken For Distraction

July 1, 2025 | Renée Fishman

People with ADHD listen attentively in ways that often don’t match the cultural expectations of active listening. Here are 3 behaviors that people with ADHD do when listening that often get mistaken for lack of attention.

Filed Under: ADHD Tagged With: ADHD, attention, behavior, communication, conversations, dopamine, focus, listening, strategy, tips

The Mis-Labeling of “Soft Skills”

May 9, 2025 | Renée Fishman

In the AI era, “soft skills” will become the future of work — and they’re harder to master than you think.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: artificial intelligence, compassion, empathy, future of work, holding space, holistic productivity, intuition, listening, skills

How You Create Ripple Effects

January 16, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Your practice of filling your cup isn’t just for your benefit. How you show up in your interactions with others has ripple effects that extend way beyond what you can see.

Filed Under: Coaching, Life Tagged With: coaching, communication, empower, holding space, intention, listening, mindfulness, practice, relationships, ripple effects, self-awareness, support, trust

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

Who’s Really Being Negative?

December 14, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Often, our judgment that someone is being “negative” is not based on what the person said, but rather on the meaning we are ascribing to their words. Here’s how to break the cycle.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: communication, filters, interpretation, listening, meaning, mindfulness, perception, perspective, relationships, self-awareness, stories

How to Listen to Yourself

September 28, 2024 | Renée Fishman

You’ve probably heard the advice to listen to yourself. What exactly does that mean and how do you do it? Here’s a primer.

Filed Under: Coaching Tagged With: body, listening, personal development, personal growth, skills, thoughts

In Defense of the Wicked Child

April 25, 2024 | Renée Fishman

If you’ve ever gotten in “trouble” or received pushback for raising the same questions or issues as another person raises, while they received praise, this one’s for you.

Filed Under: Coaching, Holidays Tagged With: bias, filters, four sons, holidays, identity, listening, Passover, perception, self-awareness, shadow, triggers, unconscious bias

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