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All Expectations Are Unreasonable

October 4, 2019 | Renée Fishman

When you find yourself caught up in expectations there’s only one thing to do. And it’s not managing them.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: expectations, suffering

To Experience Joy, You Must Embrace Suffering

August 11, 2019 | Renée Fishman

Lessons from the saddest holiday in the Jewish calendar.

Filed Under: Spirituality Tagged With: duality, happiness, Jewish holidays, joy, oneness, suffering

Extracting From the Trance of Resistance

June 24, 2019 | Renée Fishman

Resistance is inevitable in any period of change or growth. What’s really going on and how do we extract from it’s grip?

Filed Under: Navigating Change Tagged With: expectations, philosophy, progress, resistance, suffering, yoga

What if this is how it’s supposed to be?

August 1, 2018 | Renée Fishman

What if the fear and doubt were not regression, but a portal to the next stage of progress?

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: acceptance, experience, mindfulness, pain, presence, self-acceptance, self-judgment, suffering

How Expectations Sabotage Your Happiness and Productivity

November 27, 2017 | Renée Fishman

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Expectations create resistance. Resistance creates suffering. This blocks us from true happiness and peak productivity. Here’s how it works.

Filed Under: Life, Productivity Tagged With: awareness, change, expectations, fear, mindfulness, presence, resistance, suffering

Happy Birthday. Or Not.

May 6, 2016 | Renée Fishman

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Today is my birthday. And I’m “celebrating” in the same way I did last year: by staying offline. Here’s why.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: birthday, conditioning, culture, emotions, Facebook, happy, love, pain, reflections, social media, suffering, unhappy

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