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The Art of Stillness with Arianna Pienaar

The Art of Stillness with Arianna Pienaar

Arianna Pienaar 83 Episodes Jul 15, 2025

The Art of Stillness is a podcast for high-achieving, multi-passionate women who want to stop striving and start listening. Hosted by Arianna Pienaar, it explores the sacred pause—the moment between doing—where clarity and alignment can return. Each episode considers what it means to live, lead, and create from your own energetic rhythm. Rather than slowing down to do less, the show encourages tuning in to what is meant for you and letting stillness lead.

Episodes

episode 81: 🔍 Why You React Before You Think: Emotional Hijacks, Explained
episode 81: 🔍 Why You React Before You Think: Emotional Hijacks, Explained Jul 15, 2025 00:19:54 This one’s a little more sciencey than I usually go, but I’ve done that on purpose. Because if you’re anything like the women I work with, you don’t just want tools…You want to understand how and why things actually work. You want to know what’s really going on when you’re spiralling, shutting down, over-apologising, or trying to force calm but feeling anything but.So in this conversation, I’m wal
Episode 80: How to Become more Discerning | Discernment
Episode 80: How to Become more Discerning | Discernment Jun 4, 2025 00:42:23 🖤 In this episode, Arianna explores the concept of discernment, particularly for high performers who often struggle with knowing when to push and when to rest. She emphasises the importance of self-awareness and nervous system regulation as foundational elements for making aligned decisions. Through practical insights and personal anecdotes, Arianna guides listeners on how to cultivate discernment
Episode 79: Practices for Recovery (Simple)
Episode 79: Practices for Recovery (Simple) May 19, 2025 00:13:35 🌟🌟🌟🖤 In this conversation, Arianna discusses the importance of intentionality in personal practices such as breath work, meditation, and movement. She emphasizes the need to regulate the nervous system through specific techniques and how to anchor the mind during meditation. Additionally, she highlights the significance of physical movement and yoga in maintaining body awareness and managing menta
EPISODE 78: What to do if you struggle to rest
EPISODE 78: What to do if you struggle to rest May 16, 2025 00:35:35 If rest feels frustrating, unproductive, or even impossible—you’re not alone. In this episode of The Art of Stillness, we explore why so many high-achieving women find it hard to slow down, even when they know they need to.You'll learn:The hidden resistance to rest (and what it’s really protecting)How your nervous system interprets stillnessWhy “doing nothing” can feel unsafe—and what to do about
EPISODE 77: [🎙️ EPISODE 6 BONUS SERIES] Stillness as Strategy: Why Clarity Doesn’t Come From Hustle
EPISODE 77: [🎙️ EPISODE 6 BONUS SERIES] Stillness as Strategy: Why Clarity Doesn’t Come From Hustle Apr 14, 2025 00:10:03  Not all action is aligned. This episode offers you a radical reframe: Stillness isn’t a delay in your progress. It’s the strategy you’ve been missing. We’ll talk about why traditional productivity tools don’t work for multi-passionate women, how to stop confusing motion with momentum, and how to let your next step find you. If you’ve tried every scheduling hack, every morning routine, every plann
EPISODE 76: [🎙️ EPISODE 5 BONUS SERIES]: The Power of a Guilt-Free No: Boundaries, Burnout & the Sacred Pause
EPISODE 76: [🎙️ EPISODE 5 BONUS SERIES]: The Power of a Guilt-Free No: Boundaries, Burnout & the Sacred Pause Apr 14, 2025 00:17:08  You don’t owe anyone your exhaustion. You’re allowed to say no to the extra project, the unaligned opportunity, the people-pleasing loop. In this episode, we explore what happens when you start honouring your “no” as much as your “yes.” You’ll discover where your boundaries are being blurred, how to stop leaking energy to commitments that don’t serve you, and why the pause between stimulus and re
EPISODE 75: [🎙️ EPISODE 4 BONUS SERIES] The Rhythm Recalibration: Designing a Flow That Actually Feeds You
EPISODE 75: [🎙️ EPISODE 4 BONUS SERIES] The Rhythm Recalibration: Designing a Flow That Actually Feeds You Apr 14, 2025 00:17:29 You weren’t built to move at one speed. Some days, you’re on fire—bursting with ideas, creating with ease. Other days, your body asks for quiet, for softness, for stillness. But the world doesn’t make space for that kind of rhythm. In this episode, we’re dismantling the myth of consistency and productivity—and talking about what it really means to build a life that aligns with your natural energy
EPISODE 74: [🎙️ EPISODE 3 BONUS SERIES]: Decoding the Aligned Yes: Rebuilding Trust in Your Inner Clarity
EPISODE 74: [🎙️ EPISODE 3 BONUS SERIES]: Decoding the Aligned Yes: Rebuilding Trust in Your Inner Clarity Apr 14, 2025 00:16:56  When was the last time you made a decision without overthinking it? In a world that rewards logic and productivity, it’s easy to lose connection with your intuitive “yes.” This episode is about reawakening that clarity—learning what it feels like in your body, how to recognise when you’re overriding it, and what happens when you begin to trust it again. If you’ve been second-guessing, stuck in in
EPISODE 72: [🎙️ EPISODE 1 BONUS SERIES]: The Whisper Beneath the Hustle: Why Stillness Is the Missing Piece
EPISODE 72: [🎙️ EPISODE 1 BONUS SERIES]: The Whisper Beneath the Hustle: Why Stillness Is the Missing Piece Apr 14, 2025 00:16:58  You’ve done all the “right” things—said yes to the opportunities, built the career or business, stayed productive- and yet, under the surface, something still feels off. This episode is a gentle invitation to slow down and listen to the voice you’ve been too busy to hear: your own. We’ll explore why stillness isn’t about doing less—it’s about remembering who you are when you stop proving. If you’
EPISODE 78: [🎙️ EPISODE 7 BONUS SERIES]: Coming Home to Yourself: Living and Leading with Alignment
EPISODE 78: [🎙️ EPISODE 7 BONUS SERIES]: Coming Home to Yourself: Living and Leading with Alignment Mar 30, 2025 00:10:57  This is the integration. The moment where all the insights, pauses, and shifts you’ve experienced throughout this series begin to land. In this final episode, we explore what it means to lead from clarity, to live from energy, and to trust yourself again—fully. This is the place where force fades and magnetism rises. Where success feels less like striving and more like receiving. You’ll meet the
EPISODE 73: [EPISODE 2 🎙️BONUS SERIES ]: The Energetic Leak Audit: Where Your Power is Draining (And How to Get it Back)
EPISODE 73: [EPISODE 2 🎙️BONUS SERIES ]: The Energetic Leak Audit: Where Your Power is Draining (And How to Get it Back) Mar 30, 2025 00:15:55  You’re not exhausted because you’re doing too much—you’re exhausted because you’re doing too much of what’s misaligned. In this episode, we unpack the invisible places where you’re leaking energy and why the patterns that got you here won’t get you where you truly want to go. You’ll learn how to spot energetic “leaks” before they lead to burnout—and how stillness becomes the first step to reclaim
EPISODE 71: [SERIES INTRO] - Welcome to The Art of Stillness: A Return to Alignment
EPISODE 71: [SERIES INTRO] - Welcome to The Art of Stillness: A Return to Alignment Mar 30, 2025 00:09:00 🎙️ INTRO EPISODE:Description: If you’re the kind of woman who gets things done but lately feels like success is starting to cost more than it’s giving, you’re in the right place. In this bonus opening episode, I’ll walk you through what This Series is all about, who it’s for, and how each episode will help you reconnect with your own clarity, rhythm, and power. This series is intended to be a soft

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