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Josh LaMar: Hypocrisy, Authenticity, and Building an Intentional Culture
Josh LaMar went on a sabbatical to recover from burnout working in tech and ended up co-founding Amplinate. In this Co-Creators in...
Ariana Friedlander
Sep 30, 20212 min read
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The beautiful thing about technology
The beautiful thing about technology is that I can publish my writing while I'm on vacation without even touching a computer or...
Ariana Friedlander
Aug 26, 20213 min read
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Feeling like a fraud? Have hope!
It took me almost four years before I started taking myself seriously in my business. It's not that I wasn't determined. I was, and I...
Ariana Friedlander
Aug 19, 20212 min read
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Reclaim Your Power by Tracking Triggers
"Triggers are everywhere," my client, we'll call her Dee, observed as we were checking in on her progress since our last session. Dee...
Ariana Friedlander
Aug 5, 20213 min read
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The Beauty in "Oh No!" moments
A few years ago, I was bustling about my kitchen, putting clean dishes away while deep in thought. We have a sneaky cabinet that's tucked...
Ariana Friedlander
Jul 27, 20215 min read
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The danger in swatting flies
I once watched a biker crash because they were swatting away a swarm of gnats while riding along a trail. These particular gnats were...
Ariana Friedlander
Jul 6, 20212 min read
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The Safety of Knowing
When Lewis came to me for coaching, he was tired of being stuck in an unhealthy pattern. There were too many fires to put out at work and...
Ariana Friedlander
Jul 1, 20213 min read
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I used to believe I was stupid because I suffered from test anxiety
As a kid, anytime I sat down to take a test I would freeze up and struggle to recall information that I readily knew just hours before....
Ariana Friedlander
Jun 1, 20215 min read
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Charting a New Direction (REBOUNDing better than before part 3)
In the last fourteen months, most of us have had to scrap the plans we made and refocus our efforts to meet current needs. When that...
Ariana Friedlander
May 27, 20213 min read
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If you've done it before, you can do it again
One of the benefits of rebounding from a major illness is the self-knowledge that you can do it. That's a critical piece of your story...
Ariana Friedlander
May 20, 20213 min read
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The trick to turning bold IDEAs into reality
In the evening of January 19, 2011, I sat comfortably on the futon in my house processing a conversation I had with a mentor earlier that...
Ariana Friedlander
May 6, 20215 min read
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You have the power to choose how you respond when someone strikes a nerve
As a child, I loved watching inside the piano while my mother played. It was like witnessing magic. Each time she pressed down a key, a...
Ariana Friedlander
Mar 30, 20213 min read
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What you do when someone (or something) gets under your SKIN changes everything
Prefer to watch the video? Scroll to the bottom! It was mid-morning and I was bustling around the house while my toddler ambled about...
Ariana Friedlander
Mar 18, 20214 min read
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A daylight savings letter to your future self
Daylight savings is one of my least favorite times of the year. I find it a hard adjustment to make. It's not just because we lose an...
Ariana Friedlander
Mar 16, 20212 min read
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You have the power to move a conversation past all talk and no action
I was recently working with a client that was frustrated because they felt stuck in a loop. There was this difficult to solve problem,...
Ariana Friedlander
Feb 23, 20213 min read
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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...
Ariana Friedlander
Feb 11, 20212 min read
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4 Steps to prepare for your next difficult conversation
"How do you typically prepare for difficult conversations like this?" I asked my coaching client as he was realizing that he needed to...
Ariana Friedlander
Feb 4, 20213 min read
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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...
Ariana Friedlander
Feb 2, 20214 min read
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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...
Ariana Friedlander
Jan 28, 20213 min read
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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...
Ariana Friedlander
Jan 21, 20213 min read
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