Loneliness is something that so many lawyers experience, but rarely want to acknowledge and discuss with others. So, this is a great opportunity for me to share some of my own experiences as well as my clients’ to offer you some insights that might help you, and if you are feeling lonely, to turn that […]
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Ep #16: The Truth About Balancing Kids and Work
This week’s episode is dedicated to all you moms out there. Whether you’ve got young children, or you’re further ahead with older kids, reconciling the distinction between your pre-parent life and your post-parent life is extremely challenging. I’ve personally spent a lot of time thinking about the realities of being a professional working parent lately, […]
Ep #15: Elegant Approaches to Difficult Conversations
Today’s topic is one that comes up continually in the coaching discussions that I have with clients. We all have some experience with difficult conversations. Whether it’s in your practice or your personal life, they’re pretty much unavoidable, and they range from slightly uncomfortable all the way up to absolutely terrifying. Well, in this […]
Ep #14: How to Define Your Brand in 5 Simple Steps
Something I do every August is refresh my personal brand, and I encourage my clients to do the same. The way we show up, how we interact with others, and how we spend our time are all part of our personal brands, and sometimes, these things change. Our personal brands as lawyers are incredibly […]
Ep #13: From Self-Doubt to “Leave it with Me”
Self-doubt appears all the time for the lawyers I work with. And for myself personally, entering into a new phase in my practice is bringing up some of the feelings we’re discussing today. So if self-doubt is something you are dealing with, you’re in the right place. When we set out to create something […]
Ep #12: How to Be “Wildly Successful”
The inspiration for this episode came from I call I had a couple of years ago. I was speaking to a lawyer who wanted to create a practice that she loved, and she said, “I just want it to be wildly successful.” So what does that mean, to be wildly successful? The amazing thing […]
Ep #11: How to Be Your Own Best Boss
Today’s topic is particularly pertinent to anybody who is their own boss. You could be a partner in a law firm or a sole practitioner, but even if you’re an employee who reports to others, you still have a boss-employee relationship with yourself, so you owe it to yourself to be the best boss you […]
Ep #10: 7 Steps to Free Yourself From Clutter
The inspiration for today’s podcast came from something I saw on social media recently. A friend of mine had posted a before-and-after image of her shelf. She’d been decluttering her home (something she’d been trying to do for years) and shared how she hired someone to help her in this process. And while I was […]
Ep #9: Are You in Integrity with Yourself?
As lawyers, integrity holds a very special position not just in our professional work but also in our personal existence. We are expected to conduct ourselves with a certain level of integrity, both in our work and personal lives. But what does integrity mean to you? Integrity can mean different things to different people. It […]
Ep #8: Say Good-Bye to Self-Judgment
As lawyers, we live in a culture of judgment. But judgment in itself is not a bad thing, it is only when you take on the practice of imposing it on yourself or others that it begins to hold you back. It is so important to look at how we are using judgment in our […]