We are well into the first week of the new year, which means you’re probably back at work and your routines are starting up again. I personally love this time of year because I see it as an opportunity to start afresh, to pick up where we left off and set ourselves up with goals. 

 

If you’ve ever set New Year’s resolutions, you’re likely familiar with the disappointment, frustration, and the eventual quitting of the goals you set out to accomplish. This is such a common experience when we can’t go after our goals as perfectly as we envisioned, so today, I’m offering a new way for you to approach 2022 to make it your best year yet.

 

As the New Year looms, many of us are spending time reflecting on the past year and thinking about the things we want to accomplish in 2022. We set New Year’s resolutions, often based on what we see as failures or missteps from the year, but I think we need a more useful reframe for moving forward.

 

I think of this period as the perfect time to celebrate our successes and to take stock of everything we’ve accomplished over the course of the year. This is something we really don’t do enough of because it’s so much easier to focus on the obstacles we faced and all the ways things didn’t go our way, but it’s more important than you might think. 

 

Last week, I had an amazing conversation with career expert Natalie Fisher all about the job search process and how to know when it’s time to leave your job. And this week, I wanted to follow up on that episode because this topic is coming up more and more in my conversations with lawyers.

 

Whether it’s because we’re approaching the New Year, or because it’s been almost two years since we’ve all been in this global pandemic, there’s a theme of lawyers reaching out to me because they’re seriously thinking about leaving their position. For some, it’s a decision they’re just pondering for now, and for others, it’s a decision that’s been weighing heavily on their minds for years, and wherever you land, I’m offering my best tips to help you move forward.

 

My guest this week is certified career and mindset coach, Natalie Fisher. Natalie is the expert when it comes to all things job search related and she helps her clients see the full extent of their own value and capabilities so they can go after the job they love. 

 

The job search realm can keep us spinning in drama if we don’t know how to best approach it. Maybe you’re not entirely happy right now but you’re unsure if it’s the right time to leave your job, the mechanics of the job search process feels so overwhelming you’d rather not take the leap, or you just hate interviews. Well, this is your lucky day because Natalie is here to help you move forward with confidence. 

 

My guest this week is someone I’m coining the Oprah of marriage coaching. Maggie Reyes is a marriage coach who specializes in helping high-achieving women create better marriages. I’ve personally had the pleasure of being a part of her program and being coached by her, and I was so drawn to her work that I knew I had to share her with you.

 

As a high-achieving woman, I know that your professional work brings up various types of challenges, and they don’t just arise in isolation. The truth is that the obstacles we face in our professional lives and in our marriages or long-term partnerships often overlap, and Maggie is here to provide tools that will help you be who you want to be in all of your relationships. 

 

My clients often come to me with questions like, “What am I not seeing here? What am I doing wrong? What else should I be looking for?” And for me, one of the highlights of being a coach is having these types of conversations and watching them have a-ha moments of clarity.

 

We all have our own particular blind spots, but of course, as the name suggests, when we can’t see something, there’s not much we can do to fix it. While it’s great having a coach by your side to show you where your blind spots are, today, I’m offering a tool you can use right now so you can see them for yourself and generate a-ha moments.

 

Self-sabotage is a sneaky habit that comes up for every single one of us. My clients are successful, high-achieving women, and yet, one conversation we keep coming back to in our work is the ways in which self-sabotage is showing up for them in their personal and professional lives. 

 

This week, I’m shining a light on how you might be falling into self-sabotaging behavior and inviting you to consider what it’s costing you. The cycle of self-sabotage is almost impossible to see playing out if we haven’t taken a close look at it, so I’m showing you how to recognize when you’re engaging in it, and how to course correct.

 

Procrastination can be an insidious habit that shows up in various ways for all of us. When you’re busy with work, hustling to meet deadlines, and feeling like you never have idle time to relax, you might initially not identify as a procrastinator. But I’m inviting you to hear me out as I show you how procrastination is showing up for you and how to make peace with it.

 

When we put things off that we really want to be doing deep down, we’re left feeling frustrated, beating ourselves up for not prioritizing it, telling ourselves we should have known better. But you don’t have to stay stuck in this reality because this week, I’m showing you how to build the skills that will allow you to become proactive and move forward with confidence.

 

I’m bringing a guest to the podcast for the first time ever, and I can’t think of anyone better to introduce to you than my friend Mylène Houle Morency. Mylène is a professional organizer who runs Flo Organization in Montreal, she’s the spokesperson for HomeSense, and also the winner of this year’s Harold Taylor award. 

 

Much of the world transitioned from going to their place of work to creating a home office space in March of 2020, so this topic has never been more relevant. You might have had to set up shop at your kitchen table in haste, or you might have a really organized, intentional room that you now call your office. Wherever you land on the spectrum, you’re going to want to know what Mylène has to share on all things home office organization. 

 

When you are a practicing lawyer, so many things land on your plate. There are high-stakes situations, whether there is money involved, reputation, or family dynamics that are going to be affected. And as a lawyer, you may feel like a lot of this pressure rests on your shoulders, whether it’s coming from your clients, your superiors, or your partners.

 

As we become more stressed and overwhelmed, our to-do list starts to seem longer and longer, and the time goes faster and faster. So in this episode, I’m giving you some tools and strategies that you can use to navigate stressful situations when they come up for you in your day-to-day.