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My client had suspected that her immediate boss had been embezzling money for a few years before she spoke up. She first disclosed her...
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Ariana Friedlander
Aug 2, 20234 min read
You may feel uncomfortable and here's why that's a good thing
It had been five years since I've gone swimming in the ocean. When I went to the beach with my family for vacation this summer I forgot...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jul 26, 20235 min read
What if our brains were like old flip phones?
My friend gave her niece an old flip phone. Her niece wanted to stop feeling so addicted to her smart phone and opted to use a more basic...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jul 19, 20233 min read
The way we respond changes everything
A few months after I hired our new Executive Director, she called me, her tone somber. "I made a mistake," she admitted as she proceeded...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jul 13, 20233 min read
The thrill of going off strategy
A few years ago I was talking with a friend as she lamented about how difficult it was to keep her clients on strategy. She specializes...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jul 6, 20233 min read
Here's the something exciting
A few weeks ago I shared that something exciting was happening. After 12 years in business, new doors continue to open to me. A "chance...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jun 28, 20233 min read
What's more important, preparation or a plan?
"I'm not sure they'll have much to say. You might want to have a backup activity." A client recently advised as we were finalizing their...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jun 21, 20233 min read
Something exciting is happening
If you've ever started a strawberry patch, you would know that it takes up to three years before you get to enjoy the fruits of your...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jun 14, 20234 min read
A Constructive Way for Dealing with Problem Behaviors (and Comments) in Meetings
Sometimes, people treat conflict the way toddlers play hide and seek. A toddler will hide only their face, thinking no one else can see...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jun 7, 20232 min read
Leadership Insights from cloud gazing
About six years ago, my daughter beckoned me to lay down in the grass and look at the clouds with her. “What do you see?” She excitedly...
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Ariana Friedlander
May 31, 20232 min read
Whack-A-Mole of the heart
In November 2021, I received the news that I had multiple suspicious masses on my mammogram. I remember sitting in my car feeling like...
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Ariana Friedlander
May 24, 20234 min read
"I don't know what I think until I read what I wrote."
Earlier this year my daughter was forlorn to miss school when they were teaching how to write essays. As a writer, I thought to myself,...
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Ariana Friedlander
May 17, 20232 min read
The never-ending experiment
I recently met with a client that was feeling stuck...again. We worked together last year, which resulted in improved trust and...
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Ariana Friedlander
May 10, 20234 min read
4 reasons to avoid transformational conversations
Whenever I describe what I do to people - facilitating conversations using the neuroscience of conversation that get people talking like...
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Ariana Friedlander
May 3, 20232 min read
Trees don't compare themselves
The boxelder tree doesn't stand next to a cottonwood tree in spring time and lament, "Why haven't I started budding." It’s doing the...
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Ariana Friedlander
Apr 26, 20233 min read
The Power of Doing Nothing
As a parent, I sometimes see my child making a mistake and I have to work hard at doing nothing about it. Not intervening. Not correcting...
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Ariana Friedlander
Apr 19, 20233 min read
It all adds up
As I was going through my day, a few additional tasks came to mind that I hadn't planned on doing but were important. "No worries," I...
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Ariana Friedlander
Apr 12, 20234 min read
Two tools for silencing the monkey brain chatter
The first time I led a Journaling and Mindfulness workshop a participant observed during debrief, “it was just a lot of monkey brain...
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April Kaye Bernardo
Apr 5, 20232 min read
It's time for something new
The arrival of spring doesn’t happen all at once. We don’t go to bed to winter one night and wake up to ample flowers, budding trees and...
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Ariana Friedlander
Mar 29, 20234 min read
How do you know when a retreat's successful?
I was finalizing a contract with a new client last summer when I asked, "How will you know this retreat was successful?" Without...
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