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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

Beware of Assuming Facts Not in Evidence

June 18, 2025 | Renée Fishman

It’s human nature to fill in holes in someone’s story with our own projections and assumptions. But you know what they say about people who assume…

Filed Under: Coaching Tagged With: coaching, mindfulness, personal development, productivity, questions, stories

The Wisdom in Distraction: Why You Should Follow Your Curiosity

May 21, 2025 | Renée Fishman

In a culture that demonizes distraction, it’s common to judge yourself for falling down a rabbit hole. But if you get curious about what’s pulling you, you can discover that your distraction is actually a direction to something important.

Filed Under: Learning, Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, clues, curiosity, direction, fulfillment, life purpose, meaning, self-judgment, stories, strengths

How the Background Soundtrack Influences You

May 20, 2025 | Renée Fishman

You might not think much of the music or chatter in the background, but it has a bigger impact on your stories and beliefs than you realize.

Filed Under: Habits, Life, Productivity Tagged With: beliefs, conditioning, habits, music, noise, self-awareness, self-talk, soundtracks, stories

Jupiter Square the Lunar Nodes: Escape the Binary Keeping You Stuck

May 18, 2025 | Renée Fishman

If you’re feeling like a ping-pong ball between your dreams and implementation, Jupiter square the Lunar Nodes offers you a path to disrupt what’s really keeping you stuck

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: agency, astrology, beliefs, binary, faith, Gemini, healing, Jupiter, Lunar Nodes, mindset, momentum, Pisces, polarity, stories, Virgo, wounds

Everything is a Matter of Perspective

February 23, 2025 | Renée Fishman

You have a story about every event and experience, which is largely based on what you’ve learned from others. If you want to change the story, you must learn to see from a different angle.

Filed Under: Coaching Tagged With: angle, beliefs, coaching, framing, mindset, perspective, stories

Who’s Really Being Negative?

December 14, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Often, our judgment that someone is being “negative” is not based on what the person said, but rather on the meaning we are ascribing to their words. Here’s how to break the cycle.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: communication, filters, interpretation, listening, meaning, mindfulness, perception, perspective, relationships, self-awareness, stories

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