Ariana Friedlander
The Surprising Difference Between Proactive and Reactive Change
"When COVID hit we were navigating change in a reactive way. Now it's time for us to be pro-active again." My client recently told the...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Apr 27
- 4 min
Anjali Leon: On not recognizing yourself and the journey home
Anjali Leon is an entrepreneur, an agility coach and a consultant. Her area of expertise is in dealing with change. Anjali not only helps...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Apr 8
- 5 min
Lindsay LaShell: How a School Teacher became a Marketing Activist
Lindsay LaShell is a self-proclaimed marketing activist. Her mission is to help entrepreneurs who are doing good in the world do better...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Jan 20
- 5 min
The Knowing
A few months ago I finished up work for the day and decided to head out for a walk before I went to acupuncture. As I walked by the...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Jan 13
- 3 min
Opening the Jar
It happened again. Despite my many attempts, I couldn't get the lid off the jar. So I asked my husband to help. He pops the jar open in...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
"It's not like I didn't have hope. I didn't know how."
Like many organizations a year ago, the Board of Directors of Shadowcliff realized it was losing close to 90% of its revenue for the year...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
Embracing STILLness
Prefer to watch a video? Scroll to the bottom! A year ago stores were selling out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer. There was a frenzy...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Mar 9, 2021
- 5 min
3 Steps for unleashing purposeful defiance
One of the characteristics of the Misfit Entrepreneur is purposeful defiance. Defiance is defined as open resistance or bold...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
4 Easy steps you can follow to gain CLARITY when you need it most
Prefer to watch a video about Journaling for CLARITY? check it out below At the end of Journal Jams, I often ask participants to use one...
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Ariana Friedlander
- Feb 18, 2021
- 3 min
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 17, 2021
- 4 min
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
- 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
- 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 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
- Dec 8, 2020
- 4 min
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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Ariana Friedlander
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
The Achiever and the Couch Potato
I was giving an update to my mastermind group yesterday, which involved sharing how I had a couch day over the holiday weekend and just...
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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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