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What People Get Wrong About Traits vs States

December 3, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Most people assume that character traits are stable and enduring, while emotional states are temporary. Here’s what they’re missing, and why it matters.

Filed Under: Business, Coaching Tagged With: behavior, human development, personal development, personal growth, personality, state theory, states, trait theory, traits

Pain Makes You a Liar

November 29, 2025 | Renée Fishman

No matter its origin or where it manifests, pain distorts your perception and turns you into a liar — starting with the stories you tell yourself.

Filed Under: Coaching Tagged With: emotions, mindfulness, pain, personal development, productivity, self-awareness, stories

What Cookies and Clean-and-Jerks Have in Common

October 15, 2025 | Renée Fishman

On the surface, cookies and clean-and-jerks appear to be two separate worlds. But look closer, and you’ll find they follow a surprisingly similar recipe.

Filed Under: Coaching, Life Tagged With: archetypes, baking, coaching, cooking, CrossFit, discipline, hobbies, human nature, identity, multi-faceted, personal development, personality, qualities, techniques, weightlifting, well-rounded

An Alternative to Seeking “Balance”

September 27, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The pursuit of “balance” in life often feels like a zero-sum game that requires us to give up one thing for another. Here’s an alternative approach that takes everything off the scales.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, balance, binary, harmony, Libra, personal development, productivity, wheel of life

Why You’re Stuck in Habits You Want to Change

September 8, 2025 | Renée Fishman

If you’re still doing the things you don’t want to do, here’s a reason why — and how to get out of it.

Filed Under: Habits, Productivity Tagged With: behavior change, change, habit change, habits, mindfulness, personal development, productivity

Venus Opposing Pluto: Confront Your Own Power

August 27, 2025 | Renée Fishman

As Venus opposes Pluto, it reveals the ways you diminish your own power and how that pattern keeps you from commanding the attention you deserve.

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: astrology, authenticity, Leo, personal development, Pluto, power, queen, relationships, self-expression, shadow, soverignty, Venus

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