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What Creates Freedom?

July 4, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Many of the things we think will give us freedom often end up having the opposite effect. So what, then, can give us true freedom?

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: control, desires, expectations, freedom, independence, letting go, suffering

The Problem With Solving Problems

October 23, 2022 | Renée Fishman

We live in a culture that tells us our value is in solving problems. Where would you source your value if there were no problems to solve?

Filed Under: Creating, Productivity Tagged With: business, coaching, control, energy, mindfulness, personal development, problems, productivity, resistance, suffering, time, value

The Declaration of Independence is the Playbook for How to Liberate Your Soul

July 4, 2022 | Renée Fishman

The Declaration of Independence tells us exactly what we need to do in soul-crushing situations, and how to liberate your soul.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: agency, emotions, expectations, freedom, liberty, oppression, personal development, prison, suffering, trauma, voice

The Myth of Control

December 23, 2021 | Renée Fishman

The idea that you can control anything — your fate, your destiny, and even your reactions or perspective — is an illusion that creates your suffering.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: control, illusion, letting go, mindfulness, perspective, suffering

Without Suffering, There is No Love

December 6, 2020 | Renée Fishman

Many people right now are suffering. We often view suffering as a negative — a “bad” thing. But what if it serves a noble purpose?

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: love, suffering, wisdom

The Resistance to Declaring Independence

July 3, 2020 | Renée Fishman

The Founding Fathers of the United States had a clear grasp on our tendency to remain in suffering and our resistance to change.

Filed Under: Navigating Change Tagged With: change, freedom, habits, independence, resistance, revolution, rituals, suffering, systems, the ritual revolution

The Most Simple Way to Ease the Pain of Negative Emotions

December 11, 2019 | Renée Fishman

We all feel emotions we’d prefer not to feel. Here’s a simple way to ease the pain of those emotions.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: emotions, Guest House, mindfulness, pain, Rumi, suffering

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