Once you decide to take the path less traveled, you’ll be shining a spotlight for those who chose to maintain their status quo. You’ll meet resistance. You’ll meet negativity. This is the reason that you must be your own best friend.
In this episode, I am excited to have on Allison Holzman to continue our parenting series on her journey balancing her career in family law and her 2 sons as a single-by-choice mother. Allison has been practicing law for nearly 18 years and has focused exclusively on family law since 2002.
Escaping any job, especially one that you probably spent many years striving to get to, is not a linear process. It’s a journey.
Imagine if lawyers used conflict as an opportunity to facilitate healing, growth, and mutual understanding for our clients.
This week, I am excited to have on Nancy Giles to talk about her journey from big law to starting her own practice and balancing running a practice as a parent. Nancy created Giles Law, PLLC to support, advise, and represent businesses facing legal issues and conflicts.
When will anxiety turn into a friend you can rely on?
The best part of flying solo is that you can define for yourself what your practice is going to look and feel like.
The best part of flying solo is that you can define for yourself what your practice is going to look and feel like. You can determine the clients you wish to serve. You can decide what it means to have a purpose-driven law practice.
I am excited to have on Lauren Brunswick to continue to explore parenthood, IVF treatments, and the different, individual journeys we find ourselves on in navigating parenthood as practicing attorneys. Lauren is corporate counsel at a national nonprofit organization. She previously practiced law with a large international law firm and a boutique law firm.
What do lawyers wish non-lawyers understood about them, and why is it so hard to be a lawyer in the first place?