The Lawyer Life Podcast

One of the most inevitable results of being a "grown up" in this world is that you will often be faced with opportunities to have difficult conversations with other humans.  When should we dive in and have these conversations? How do navigate our fears and worries so that we can still show up authentically? How can we best prepare for the discussion to protect ourselves from potential disaster? In this episode, we unpack ...

In this episode, we dive deep into the art of transforming any relationship. Whether it's with a partner, friend, or family member, we uncover the secrets to making meaningful connections and fostering growth together. Join us as we explore practical strategies for strengthening bonds and turning any relationship around. Don't miss out on these game-changing insights that could redefine your connections.

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Annoying boss? Energy vampire friends? Cringey co-workers?

How do we know when a relationship has run its course and it's just time to walk away?

How can you tell if a relationship is unsalvageable?

It all boils down to some very simple considerations.

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In today's episode, we are digging into a topic we all deal with from time to time but a topic that seems pervasive in the legal industry: Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad humans and how to deal with them.

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When we believe we don't have what it takes or that we can't do something, it creates doubt and fear and those emotions always drive us to show up small and without confidence. Those types of actions create results that allow impostor syndrome to thrive.  When we believe we can't do it, we don't show up as our best and we don’t do our best. As a result, we create all sorts of evidence to support our impostor syn...

How do we find purpose and fulfillment in law? What is a hero's journey and what does it have to tell us about finding fulfillment? So many of my clients come to coaching confused about their future. They pursued the respected path to lawyer-dom and, having arrived, they feel lost. They don’t know what they are supposed to do with their life or whether it's possible to find real fulfillment in law. In this episode, we sta...

This episode continues our discussion from the last episode on how to start taking meaningful action toward your goals. As we all know, when we start taking action on a goal the excitement the hopefulness quickly gives way to less rosy feelings. Fear and self-doubt are likely to show up and rain on your Goal Parade. How do we move forward despite the fear and ugly emotions that take the wind out of our sails? Today we discuss four ...

In today's episode, we are demystifying goals -- specifically, why aren't we taking action to accomplish everything we want? This time of year it's so easy to get excited about all of our new resolutions and goals but why oh why is it so damn hard to follow through on them? In this episode we explore the real reasons we don't follow through on our goals and then we explore how to transform goals into reality.

In today's episode we are digging into the reasons why women are initially drawn to coaching and why women are struggling in the legal industry. I jokingly titled this episode the Secrets No One is Telling You because in the legal industry it's nearly impossible to see that we are all struggling in so many similar ways but no one is talking about it! Today we unpack those secret struggles and shed light on the things I he...

This week, we explore some of my favorite MUST HAVE time management tools and tips that actually work to help you focus and get things done. This is so much more than the tools you can find in a simple Google search! We will explore essential mindset shifts and discuss how to approach your work to make every day as successful as possible.

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Today, we are digging into something that I encounter with only about 100 percent of my clients. It's the challenge of overwhelm and having too much for any human to do. In this episode, I will unpack a recent client example of overwhelm and then I'm going to conclude with a few basic steps to dismantle your overwhelm before it consumes you.

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This episode continues our discussion of people-pleasing and explores boundaries - we love them, we hate them, we all need them. Not only are we going to explore how to set and stick to boundaries, we're going to take a look at some of the most common boundary violations I see in practicing law as well as some pretty shocking brutal honesty, in part with a few true confessions in lawyering from your host. 

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SUMMARY: What’s wrong with not wanting to make waves? More than you think. Today, we unpack our people pleasing tendencies -- why we do it, what it costs us and how to drop the act.

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SUMMARY: So many goals, so little time! Did you know that this idea of running out of time not only sabotages your goals but is a sign of a larger more sinister problem? In today's episode, we are continuing a topic that was brought up in our prior episode and that is this idea of running out of time and feeling this pressure that we need to do all of the things before Father Time catches up with us.   

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SUMMARY: No matter what profession you are in, there will be times in your career where you will wonder if it’s time for a change. In this episode, we continue our discussion regarding important decisions and how to move through them. This week we dig into - how do you know when it's time for a change and I break it down into a few simple steps. 

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SUMMARY: In this episode we are talking about making decisions and specifically, whether to pursue partnership or not.  We talk a lot about making decisions in coaching sessions and today's topic is one that many of us grapple with it at some point in our careers as we wonder -- do I want to do this forever? What does that look like?

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SUMMARY:  When you start your legal career, you enter a period in your life when the metrics aren’t clear and feedback is few and far between. It is often difficult to know if you are doing a good job; however, it is rarely difficult to know if you aren’t doing a good job–that type of feedback is readily provided. 

So in a profession where the only feedback you typically get is negative feedback, how do you keep those expe...

SUMMARY: This week we conclude our 3-part series examining why we aren't happier in law. Over the last 2 episodes, we explored 2 common drivers of our misery -- we fight the realities of practicing law or we fail to set our own course. Today we conclude with reason number 3: we are too buy buying into our own garbage.

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SUMMARY: Today we are working through part 2 of a 3-part series exploring why we aren't happier in law. Last week, we talked about fighting with the realities of our practice and how that can often contribute to a fair amount of misery. This week, we are digging in to how our drive to produce and work hard can result in a lack of direction and avoidance that has so much  to teach us.

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