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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

3 Ways to Drive Action Without Rewards

September 6, 2024 | Renée Fishman

When you take action because of the rewards you expect to receive, what happens when you fail to receive the expected rewards? Here are 3 ways to source your actions from a different place so you can be consistent.

Filed Under: ADHD, Productivity Tagged With: action, ADHD, consistency, motivation, process, productivity, purpose, reasons, rewards, sustainability

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