5 Steps for navigating STRESS with calm and ease
In the last week, I've experienced the pile-on of stressors. Three distinctly different stress-inducing scenarios exploded...
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Ariana Friedlander
Feb 16, 20214 min read
The secret to thriving during COVID
About two years after starting my business, I worked with productivity coach Jason Womack. One of the prompts from his book, "Your Best...
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Ariana Friedlander
Feb 11, 20212 min read
Have you discovered the power of YET?
I was recently having a conversation where the words "I don't know" were uttered with such frequency and ferocity that the person I was...
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Ariana Friedlander
Feb 2, 20214 min read
What belief brings you hope?
Sometimes asking yourself a simple question can change everything. Time and time again, I have found one question in particular that has...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jan 28, 20213 min read
3 Steps to shift from a negative to a positive mindset
In my recent post about Conversational Agility, which is the ability to reframe, redirect and refocus a conversation so the discussion is...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Struggling to maintain a competitive advantage? Here's 1 solution that's simple to implement.
When I first learned how to play disc golf, my throw was very inconsistent. My husband coached me by offering discrete tips for what I...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jan 21, 20213 min read
How to stop wasting time playing emotional whack-a-mole
Lynn was still new to the company when she participated in a team meeting that made her feel so awkward and uncomfortable she was about...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jan 19, 20212 min read
Underneath
There's a section of the Poudre River where I frequently walk that freezes in the winter. Looking down on it, one might wonder if the...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jan 14, 20212 min read
"Otherwise it might not get done"
There's ample evidence that the anxiety of anticipation is often worse than the event itself. Incessantly playing out our worries in...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jan 12, 20219 min read
Pandemic Proof Planning
To say that 2020 did not go as any of us planned may seem like an understatement. I had some vacations I was very much looking forward to...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jan 7, 20213 min read
Learning to see it
I recently taught myself how to crochet by watching YouTube videos. When I first watched the videos I thought it looked so easy. But when...
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Ariana Friedlander
Jan 5, 20213 min read
Resolutions, Goals, or Intentions, oh my!
Research shows that somewhere between 80%-88% of people who make New Year's resolutions fail to fulfill them. In fact, most people give...
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Ariana Friedlander
Dec 31, 20203 min read
What you leave behind
While I was packing to leave New Zealand after my three-month trek there many years ago, I methodically went through my things. Some...
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Ariana Friedlander
Dec 29, 20202 min read
The starting block
While I was on the track and field team in middle school, I typically ran sprints, including hurdles. Getting positioned properly on the...
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Ariana Friedlander
Dec 24, 20203 min read
Finding the positive in COVID
With the winter solstice behind us in the Northern Hemisphere, the day light hours are growing a little bit longer. I find that these...
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Ariana Friedlander
Dec 22, 20203 min read
The never-ending story
The first time I set a journal goal it was to overcome debilitating self-doubt. As I got to the end of that journal I saw two things. I...
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Ariana Friedlander
Dec 17, 20203 min read
The good thing about Pet Peeves
I was recently in a conversation with someone that was complaining. I listened for a while, I heard their frustration and saw that they...
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Ariana Friedlander
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Minding the gap
Over the four years I ran the EntrepreNerds Business Book Discussion Group, I kept hearing the same feedback from participants over and...
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Ariana Friedlander
Dec 10, 20204 min read
The stories we tell ourselves
For years I self-identified as a technophobe. I'm not sure why or how that happened. As a kid, my family always had the latest gadgets....
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Ariana Friedlander
Dec 8, 20204 min read
A Virtual Success
How do we have productive, strategic conversations when we cannot retreat in-person? That was the question my client and I were...
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