Hi there,   It's that time of year - tea season! And we're brewing some exciting new things that'll be ready to share soon!!   So, keep your eyes out - especially on November 6th for what's next.   In the meantime, I'd love to hear what you've got going on? Send me an email, tell me what you're excited for this fall (and if you're not particularly excited right now, that's fine too, I welcome you just as you are because I'm all for keepin' it real).   Be well, Ariana Friedlander I f you’ve...

I need to remind myself of this phrase every time I go out on a limb to promote my services: “Thank you soooo much.” That’s what a new client recently said, emphatically, to the person who referred me. On multiple occasions.  What leaders are up against This client is a CEO. Overwhelmed. Carrying a lot. Working hard to grow a collaborative, high-performing team while also managing…everything else. She’s smart and she cares deeply. She wanted to invest in her people. But she wasn’t looking for...

In one of my recent coaching conversations, a leader described the entrenched behaviors on their team: gossiping, silos, and in-groups vs. out-groups. On the surface, it looked like toxicity. Underneath, it was something more primal—our wolf pack brain at work. The wolf pack brain (AKA the limbic system ) is constantly scanning for safety and belonging. It drives us to position ourselves in ways that help us survive in groups. And one of the predictable triggers it responds to?...