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How to Get Out of Inertia

June 16, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Even when you know what you should do or want to do, getting started can feel like the hardest move. Here’s how to get moving when you just can’t seem to move.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: energy, fitness, habits, inertia, motivation, movement, productivity, rituals

3 Strategies For Doing Hard Things

March 18, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Although we mythologize the self-starter and the solopreneur, the truth is that doing hard things takes more than desire and discipline. Here are 3 strategies to help you do the hard tasks.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: challenges, community, discipline, environment, exercise, fitness, injury, motivation, pace, productivity, rhythm, self-starter, structure, support, willpower, workouts

How to Overcome a Disdain for Exercise

March 9, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Knowing the benefits of exercise doesn’t necessarily make it easier to do it. In this coaching case study, I share a tip for how to overcome a disdain for exercise.

Filed Under: ADHD, Coaching, Fitness Tagged With: ADHD, branding, coaching, emotions, exercise, fitness, language, meaning, motivation, workout

The Secret to Consistency Isn’t a Better System

February 11, 2025 | Renée Fishman

In over 7 years of publishing a daily blog, many people have asked me to share my system for maintaining consistency. But the secret to consistency isn’t rooted in the HOW. It comes from a deeper foundation.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: blogging, commitment, consistency, content, desire, habits, motivation, newsletters, practice, productivity, publishing, resistance, rituals, social media, writing

3 Ways to Work Constructively With Mars Retrograde in Cancer

January 7, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The first 2 months of 2025 feature Mars retrograde in Cancer, a signature that might deplete motivation and drive. Here are 3 ways to work with this energy constructively.

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: action, astrology, desire, drive, emotions, Mars in Cancer, Mars retrograde, Mars Rx, motivation, productivity

7 Lessons I’ve Learned From 3 Weeks of Working Out Through Grief

October 20, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Like all emotions, grief lives in the body. It can profoundly effect our motivation to exercise and our workouts. Here are 7 lessons I’ve learned by working out through my grief.

Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: action, emotions, fitness, grief, grief work, learning, lessons, motivation, movement, productivity, self-care, training, workouts

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