When I got my first job as a personal injury attorney I worried about everything. Did the email I wrote sound dumb? Was my research sufficient? Did the Judge understand my argument? Did I look like someone who knew what she was talking about? Looking back, I realize I wasted so much time worrying about …
I think it’s time we talk openly and honestly about how hard it is to work in a scary and uncertain world right now. It was a pandemic, increased hate crimes, and then a tumultuous election and now it’s inflation, a housing market crisis, supply-chain issues, increased gas prices, infringement on women’s rights, and increased …
I finished Simon Sinek’s “Start With Why” and it has me inspired to consider my purpose. Sinek’s position is that all great businesses and entrepreneurs start with why and then develop the “what” and “how” from the why. He references Apple, Southwest, and Harley Davison as companies with a clearly defined “why” that customers can …
I had a 1:1 coaching meeting earlier this week and the topic of thinking small came up. The client was considering the growth of her business and consistently measuring herself to where she was in the past and projecting success based on prior revenue. When asked to think about her future business, she pictured some …
Probate, trust, and guardianship matters rival divorce as the most emotionally draining cases in the legal system. A family member is declining or has recently passed and the client comes to you as an attorney for guidance. The introductory phone call involves tears, anger, frustration, or overwhelming grief. Lawyers absorb a lot of the stress …
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We go to college and decide we’re going to law school so that we can have stable, respectable careers. We graduate and get an entry-level associate position learning more about the practicalities of being a lawyer. At some point, maybe a few months in or a few years in, we realize that we are going …
I joined my own business coach, Kelsea Koenreich, earlier this week for a discussion on designing life on your terms. It was an awesome chat and you can find it here but I wanted to hit the highlights on my blog. The first thing that has to happen is reflection. You have to look at …
Perfectionism plagues the legal profession. The constant drive to make no mistakes, to use the most precise language, to simply be flawless (not in the Beyonce way) is exhausting. I have been thinking about all the ways that perfectionism impacts my life and the best ways to blow past it. Maybe you’ll find one, or …
I know we’ve come a long way in the field of artificial intelligence but to my knowledge, robots aren’t practicing law quite yet. Regardless, some members of our profession adopt robot-like behaviors. An unemotional persona where only facts and law are acknowledged. They send reactive emails without a thought to how the content may affect …
Since my website went live, I’ve had a few lawyer colleagues inquire into what it means to be a lawyer coach. Life and Career Coaching is still a young profession and it’s unfamiliar to a lot of people, especially those avoiding self reflection and growth (looking at you, lawyers). Coaching is a partnership. A coach …
