Grief can show up in unexpected ways and at unexpected times. In this episode, I welcome Jayne Rossworn, a registered clinical counselor and former lawyer who works with The Lawyer Mindset, to explore how grief affects lawyers both personally and professionally. Whether you’re navigating the loss of a loved one, a job transition, a shift in identity, or even a positive change, grief is a universal human experience that deserves acknowledgment and care.

Jayne brings a unique perspective to this conversation, drawing on her background as a corporate solicitor, her work with hundreds of law students in career services, and her experience as an elite athlete and coach. She explains that grief is not just an emotion but a complex experience that involves our physical, social, spiritual, intellectual, and emotional beings. For high performers like lawyers, the strengths that help us stay composed under pressure and compartmentalize emotions can sometimes prevent us from processing or even recognizing losses we’ve experienced.

How can you take the stress out of meeting your billable hour target? In this episode, I’m sharing how to approach your target strategically, rather than scrambling in the final months of the year. Whether you’re already hitting your target or struggling to keep pace, this episode offers practical steps to help you stay on track and finish the year strong.

I’ll walk you through six actionable steps to meet your billable hour target, from calculating realistic daily targets to addressing time management challenges. You’ll learn how to adjust for vacation days, streamline your workflow, and tackle procrastination. With these tools, you’ll be equipped to approach your billable hours with confidence, avoiding the last-minute scramble and setting yourself up for a balanced year.

What if choosing a word could help guide your year, your decisions, and your actions? In this episode, I share one of my favorite year-end traditions: choosing a word of the year. It’s become a personal practice that serves as an aspirational anchor, something I can return to when faced with decisions and opportunities throughout the year.

I’ll reflect on how my 2025 word, “breakthrough,” manifested in both small and meaningful ways personally and professionally, and how breakthroughs don’t always have to be dramatic to be impactful. You’ll learn how to choose your own word for 2026, along with a companion word that complements your aspirational choice. This approach helps ensure you remain grounded in your journey, even when things don’t go according to plan.

What is preventing you from letting go of what no longer serves you? In this episode, I explore the valuable gift of release: letting go of the things, tasks, or relationships that no longer align with your life or goals. Instead of focusing on what we’re adding to our lives during the holidays, I invite you to consider the freedom that comes from letting go.

As we approach the end of the year, I guide you through five categories of things you might choose to release, starting with the easiest and progressing to the most challenging. This process isn’t about giving up on your goals or dreams, but about releasing pressure, unrealistic expectations, and patterns that may be preventing you from experiencing more joy and ease.

What is preventing you from giving the kind of clear, useful feedback you want to give? In this episode, I share three practical strategies that can help you give better feedback and become a more effective leader. Whether you are teaching, mentoring, or managing a project, the ability to communicate what is working and what needs adjustment is essential to supporting the people who work with you.

As a leader, you are always moving between delegating work and reviewing work, and feedback sits at the center of that process. I break down how to approach feedback in a way that feels simple and repeatable, using a structure that builds trust and strengthens working relationships. You will see how being specific with your language, offering feedback closer to the moment, and guiding the next steps helps people learn with more confidence and clarity.

How would you define yourself as a leader? In this episode, I explore how the Triple Loop Learning model helps you understand the deeper layers that shape your leadership and why defining your identity as a leader creates more meaningful and sustainable change.

I break down the Triple Loop Learning model into its three layers to explain the difference between improving your actions, examining your beliefs, and transforming your identity. You will see how each layer contributes to the way you show up as a leader and why change feels different when it begins at a deeper level. We look at the underlying patterns that influence how you think and act in leadership moments.

Do you struggle with turning your New Year intentions into outcomes you can actually see in your life and practice? Whether you love making resolutions or avoid them because they rarely lead to results, this conversation offers a deeper look at what really carries a goal from January excitement to December achievement. I explore why information alone is never enough and why creating meaningful change requires clarity, structure, and tools that support the way you work in real time.

In this episode, I walk you through the three components that turn a resolution into a result. Structure gives you the stability and predictability you need to work toward your goals in the midst of a demanding practice. Process helps you map out the steps that take you from idea to outcome so you can move forward with purpose. Patterns reveal where you tend to accelerate, where you slow down, and how to work with your strengths instead of fighting against them.

Are you struggling to juggle work, parenting, and everything in between? Whether you’re returning from parental leave or adjusting to the reality of raising young children, managing your time can feel overwhelming. In this episode, I’m diving deep into time management strategies for new parents, offering practical tools that go beyond the basic quick fixes.

I’ll show you how to plan and schedule with your new reality in mind, how to delegate effectively both at home and at work, and how to make the most of small pockets of time, what I call “kettle time.” We’ll explore how to create a sustainable system that allows you to manage both your career and family without feeling like you’re constantly behind. The strategies shared in this episode will help you transform the overwhelming cycle of juggling responsibilities into a more manageable and intentional routine.

Do you ever swing between days of calm control and days of complete overwhelm? The rush, reactivity, and constant pivots can leave you ending the day wondering what just happened. In this episode, I’m helping you shift out of that cycle by focusing on three themes you can apply immediately: structure, elegance, and grace.

I’ll show you how structure acts like a recipe when you have all the ingredients but no plan, how elegance cuts through complexity, and how grace creates flexibility for real life. With specific examples and doable frameworks, you’ll see how to break your practice into three pillars—substantive work, relationships, and time—so your systems support you instead of the other way around.

Do you ever feel like your emotions are running the show instead of you? Whether it’s a difficult email, an unexpected request, or a tense conversation, reacting on impulse can leave you frustrated and off balance. This week, I’m helping you make one of the most transformative shifts for creating calm and confidence in every area of your life: moving from reacting to responding. When you learn to pause and regulate before taking action, you reclaim your ability to lead yourself and your circumstances with intention.

In this episode, I share how to interrupt reactive habits that lead to frustration or regret and replace them with responses that align with your long-term goals. I’ll help you identify your emotional baseline, understand your triggers, and use a simple pause-and-reframe technique to reset before you respond. You’ll see how self-awareness and small mindset shifts can dramatically change how you handle difficult moments with clients, colleagues, and even yourself.