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Ariana Friedlander
- Jan 12, 2021
- 9 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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 15, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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
- Nov 26, 2020
- 2 min
Complicated Gratitude
The other night as I finished reading books to my daughter, we talked about the history of Thanksgiving. As many of us know, the story of...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Nov 24, 2020
- 4 min
What to do about all the disconnects happening right now
One of the most powerful sensations is feeling seen and heard. There’s almost something magical that happens when we are able to share a...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
The secret to figuring IT out
"I just have to figure IT out before I can do that," I lamented to my coach this summer. This has long been a theme for me. If I look at...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Nov 10, 2020
- 4 min
Everyone's Swim is Different - Living, loving, and leading during COVID
We live near the wild and scenic Poudre River, which is home to many white water rafting adventures. Our first time rafting on the river...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Nov 4, 2020
- 1 min
Other's feel fear like me
Other's feel fear like me. That's what I keep telling myself when I experience the wave of panic, the weight of despair or the...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Oct 28, 2020
- 1 min
Survivors Guilt
Last week was another week that felt like a year. Shadowcliff was spared in the East Troublesome Fire. It's amazing, a miracle, and I...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Oct 21, 2020
- 1 min
What do tennis, pushing walls and COVID have in common?
The other day I was talking with my husband as he excitedly told me that Nadal had won his 13th French Open, the most any player has ever...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Oct 15, 2020
- 4 min
Haunted by the past
There are so many Halloween decorations up this year, it's like we live in a haunted neighborhood. This, of course, makes all the kids...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Oct 6, 2020
- 3 min
What scripts are you following?
I was sitting in the final session of a year-long spiritual class I had taken, my final project proudly sitting on my lap as I awaited my...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
Balancing the scales of productivity
Wow, October is here. It's hard to believe how time is marching on right now. Over the course of a day, I can experience a year's worth...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
The hard thing about power struggles
How you approach people when you're striving to get buy-in and support for a new idea can change everything. Last year, I was working...
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