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Why Self-Care Is Necessary For Service

May 22, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Our culture teaches that self-care is selfish. But it’s actually the opposite. Self-care is a pre-requisite for service.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: self-care, self-love, service

Reframing Cooking: From Chore to Act of Care

October 5, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Cooking for myself more often has been a laborious chore. Here’s how I’m reframing the act of cooking for myself from a mundane chore to a loving act of care.

Filed Under: Creating, Practice Tagged With: calling, care, cooking, mindset, purpose, self-care, self-love, values

A New Way I’m Working With My Inner Perfectionist

June 28, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Perfectionism often serves a purpose, but the war it incites within us can be toxic, shutting down all progress. Here’s a new way I’m learning to work with my inner perfectionist so she doesn’t hold me hostage.

Filed Under: Coaching, Practice, Productivity Tagged With: compassion, equanimity, mindfulness, perfectionism, perfectionist, productivity, resistance, self-acceptance, self-compassion, self-love

Competing Against Yourself is a Trap

March 13, 2024 | Renée Fishman

It’s common to hear advice that “you’re competing only against yourself.” Here’s why that mindset is a trap.

Filed Under: Coaching, CrossFit, Fitness Tagged With: comparison, compassion, competition, judgment, performance, progress, self-awareness, self-love

How to Escape the Comparison Trap

January 19, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Comparison is a natural way we learn our place in the world, but it can cause us to strive for unrealistic goals and keep us trapped in paths that aren’t ours to pursue. Here’s how to get out of that trap.

Filed Under: Coaching Tagged With: coaching, comparison, forgiveness, mindfulness, productivity, self-awareness, self-love

5 Things to Know about Venus in Virgo

October 9, 2023 | Renée Fishman

After four months in Leo, Venus has finally moved into a new sign. Venus in Virgo brings a big energetic shift. Here are 5 things to know about the Venus in Virgo transit.

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: boundaries, compassion, opposition, perfectionism, relationships, rituals, routines, Saturn, self-awareness, self-care, self-love, transits, Venus, Virgo

My Accidental Learning About What Self-Love Really Is

February 14, 2023 | Renée Fishman

I wanted no part of self-love or self-compassion. I only wanted to be in the depths of my miserable experience. Turns out the joke was on me.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: anger, astrology, body, lessons, love, meditation, mindfulness, nature, pain, personal essay, self-compassion, self-love

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