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Feeling Defensive
As lawyers, it is our job to be right. To get the right answer, to find the right solution, to have the right words. In truth, you could say that about any profession,…
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Feeling Unfulfilled
“Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure.” Tony Robbins I rarely encounter a client that isn’t struggling in some manner to connect with her purpose. After so many years of working toward this…
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The Mistake Spiral
The most common thing I see among associate attorneys is the fear of making mistakes. As attorneys, we can become so paranoid about making a mistake that we put a tremendous amount of…
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Impostor Syndrome #LawyerLife
Many of my clients come to me suffering from “impostor syndrome.” They believe they don’t belong in their world. They aren’t “one of them,” they will never “fit in.” Underneath these beliefs are…
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Mansplaining
Mansplaining is a pejorative term meaning “to comment on or explain something to a woman in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner.” Author Rebecca Solnit ascribes the phenomenon to a…
