What comes to mind when you think about self-care?

 

Maybe you imagine being in a spa with a towel wrapped around your head, mud mask on, listening to gentle spa music. Perhaps you picture a silent retreat and being on a raw food diet. Whatever you envisage, my guess is you aren’t engaging in those practices every day. And if self-care is something you shy away from or something you think you need to reserve a weekend or special occasion for, you’re in the right place. 

 

Do you feel stuck at work? Maybe your job feels like it no longer fits, but you don’t know how to move forward. Perhaps it’s where you live, your relationships, health goals, or other areas in your life that are making you feel trapped or like you’ve hit a dead end. And maybe this seems like a huge problem.

 

If you find that what was working is no longer working for you, and you catch yourself complaining about the same things over and over again or wishing things were different, this episode is for you. While it’s normal to assume feeling stuck is a problem, I’m inviting you to see how where you are right now could just be Eigenzeit.

 

There are a whole host of factors that can make living with ADHD extremely challenging, and there are most certainly certain practice areas or law firm environments that can negatively impact how someone with ADHD experiences their life. However, my guest believes that with greater awareness and knowledge, not only does managing an ADHD diagnosis become easier, but success is inevitable.

 

Erin Peters is a psychotherapist, registered therapeutic counsellor, and former lawyer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She provides therapy-related services to lawyers and adults with ADHD, and she’s here this week to take a deep dive into ADHD among lawyers and proactive steps you can take to deal with some of the most common challenges that arise.

 

Are you consciously choosing the words you say? How is the language you’re using sending the wrong message or undermining your confidence? What does it take to gain control of your speech patterns? And how can you communicate with greater clarity, confidence, authority, and power?

 

We’re at the very beginning of spring, which means it’s time for spring cleaning for many of us. Your mind might immediately turn to decluttering your physical space, whether that’s your house, office space, or wardrobe, and experiencing the satisfaction that comes from the visual effect of before-and-after. However, while less tangible, I’m inviting you to spring-clean your speech this week.

 

To celebrate the huge milestone of 150 podcast episodes this week, I have a very special guest on the show. Mylène Houle Morency is a professional organizer and a dear friend who was my first-ever podcast guest, and she’s back today to share her insights on the topic of mental load and mental overload. 

 

Mylène has been very busy since she was first on the show two and a half years ago. She’s a multi-passionate entrepreneur who now has her own TV show, has written a book, and continues to offer trainings on work-life balance, mental overload, and corporate organizing. She’s here today to shed light on what mental overload means, and how to identify our triggers so we can prevent tipping into an overload state.

 

If you’re anything like my guest on the show today, you’ve checked all the boxes in your professional life. You’ve learned as much as possible, honed your legal skills, prioritized having a broad experience, and maybe you’ve even made partner at your firm. But now what? What else are you chasing? 

 

Aman Costigan is a multi-faceted lawyer based in Edmonton and a yoga and mindfulness teacher for lawyers. She’s also a life strategist for couples and runs various workshops with her husband Tom. Although her professional life was thriving, she realized she had let go of all of her hobbies and was lacking a sense of excitement, fun, and joy in life. The solution she’s found? Investing in herself.

 

Have you ever wondered how your life might be different if you had a coach by your side? Do coaches experience life the same way as everyone else? What tools do coaches use? What challenges do they still experience? And what can coaching do, specifically as it applies to lawyers?

 

These are questions I used to ask myself before I became a coach, and I continue to hear these questions from the lawyers I work with. If you’re currently thinking about working with a coach and you’re wondering what you can expect, or how that relationship might unfold, listen in this week as I delineate what your coach can and cannot help you with.

 

A lack of mentorship is a common theme I’ve observed among the lawyers I’m in conversation with. Both junior and senior lawyers face the challenge of finding a mentor who supports, inspires, and connects with them on a deep level, and there are a number of reasons why cultivating a mentorship relationship can feel difficult.

 

Chances are you’re already in an environment where you have easy access to meeting potential mentors, working with them, and fostering a mentor-mentee relationship with them. So while most of you might be waiting around to come across who you think would be your perfect mentor, what if you took control and initiated those relationships?

 

If you’re a lawyer in legal practice, chances are your day-to-day experience is filled with uncertainty. I’ve had many lawyers, from junior to senior, confide in me that they feel a lack of confidence over some aspect of their practice due to the uncertain nature of their work, so if this resonates, you are most definitely not alone.

 

Lawyers live in a world where we’re expected to be confident. There’s the notion that lawyers are trusted advisors who are practically omniscient and whom other people turn to for answers. We’re expected to embody confidence, but how do we portray that when we operate in an environment with inherent uncertainty?

 

What makes time management so challenging for lawyers?

 

If you find yourself sacrificing time with friends and family, unable to practice adequate self-care, or unable to prioritize the things you care about outside of work, you’re most definitely not alone. While the practice of law presents a few unique challenges that make managing your time feel close to impossible, the good news is I’ve got a five-stage roadmap that will help you identify your personal challenges and offer tools that will give you control, confidence, clarity, and a sense of calm around your schedule.