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A Tour of Your Body as a House

January 12, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Understanding your body as a house makes its forms and functions more understandable, and can help you identify where you get stuck in movement and in life.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: body, body as a house, fitness, Katonah Yoga, metaphors, performance, productivity

Where Is Your Real Limitation?

July 1, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Sometimes, a strong intention, desire, and a positive mindset aren’t enough to get the job done. We can, and do, bump up against the very real limits of our capacity.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: capacity, fear, limitation, limits, metaphors, mindset, productivity, resistance, skills, strength, weightlifting

Mars Square Jupiter: Take the Leap

February 27, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Sometimes, the most important moments in our lives come when we leap into something without knowing the full scope of it. These are the moments that can change our course and propel us forward. As Mars squares Jupiter, the energy supports us in taking that leap.

Filed Under: Astrology, Coaching, Life Tagged With: astrology, comfort zone, fear, flying trapeze, Jupiter, leap, Mars, Mars square Jupiter, metaphors, mindfulness, personal development, planning, resistance

How Long It Really Takes to Create Sustainable Change

January 17, 2023 | Renée Fishman

If you’ve ever had braces, then you know the secret about how to create sustainable change — and how long it really takes.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: behavior change, braces, change, daily practice, metaphors, millimeters, moving teeth, practice, rituals, shifts, sustainable change

What I’m Learning From Doing Deadlifts

November 17, 2022 | Renée Fishman

This isn’t about the deadlift. It’s about a much more crucial life skill.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness Tagged With: deadlifts, emotions, fitness, life, metaphors, movement, practice

Why It’s Good to Feel Agitated

November 17, 2020 | Renée Fishman

If you’re feeling agitated lately, that’s a good thing.

Filed Under: Navigating Change Tagged With: agitate, change, metaphors, process

What’s Your Relationship to the Waves?

July 28, 2019 | Renée Fishman

The difference between surfing and stand-up paddleboarding.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: emotions, life, metaphors, resistance, surfing, waves

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