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Why Your Muscles Stay Tight No Matter How Much You Stretch

November 15, 2025 | Renée Fishman

If you’re constantly trying to stretch or massage away your chronically tight muscles and your efforts are failing, it might be time to consider that the tight muscles aren’t the problem.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: biomechanics, biopsychosocial, exercicse, fitness, muscles, nervous system, physiology, protection, safety, security, stability, stretching

3 Common Mistakes That Sabotage Your Workouts — and Your Day

October 14, 2025 | Renée Fishman

A great workout can energize you for the day. Learn 3 common mistakes you might be making with your warm-up that can sabotage your workout and your day.

Filed Under: Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: fitness, nervous system, nervous system regulation, productivity, training, warm-up, warm-up mistakes, workouts

Beyond Balance: Libra as an Archetype of Rhythm and Timing

September 30, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Libra is often associated with themes of balance, but beyond the scales it reveals the importance of finding rhythm and right timing.

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: adrenals, archetypes, astrology, bladder, kidneys, Libra, nervous system, regulation, rhythm, timing

3 Benefits of Doing the Same Warm-Up Routine For Every Workout

August 4, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Consistency and predictability may not be so exciting, but having the same starting ritual every day has benefits that outweigh the boring factor. Here are 3 reasons why you should start every workout the same way.

Filed Under: CrossFit, Fitness, Practice, Productivity, Yoga Tagged With: assessment, CrossFit, fitness, getting started, mobility, nervous system, productivity, rituals, routine, starting rituals, structure, tools, workout, yoga

5 Pre-Requisites For Constructive Conversations

July 2, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Whether it’s a heart-to-heart with a friend, a coaching call, a negotiation, or delivering feedback, there are certain pre-requisites to having constructive conversations. Here is how to set yourself up to feel good about conversing.

Filed Under: Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: communication, conversations, creating space, difficult conversations, nervous system, presence, productivity, time

Regulating Through Rhythm

June 7, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The advice to take a walk in nature as a way regulate your system is common — but nature isn’t created equal for this purpose.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, beach, breath, change, fatigue, holistic productivity, nervous system, perimenopause, regulation, rest, rhythm, ritual, water, wellness

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