Here is a common scenario for you:
Simon is buckling under the pressure of an endless stream of emails, messages, and calls from disgruntled clients. Simon’s thoughts race. He worries about missing something important, and he second-guesses the decisions he
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Inspired by her years of coaching and working in law firms, Allison Wolf, PCC, started Attorney With A Life® to combat the issues surrounding attorney burnout, stress, and anxiety. By addressing the personal foundation of physical and mental wellness, Attorney With A Life® seeks to help lawyers live fulfilling lives and in-turn promote better law practice throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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The Courage to Forgive Yourself
When I sat down to write this article, I just could not figure out what to write about. So, I began reading the list of inspirational quotes that I had compiled about resilience in the hope that they would help…
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Three Ways to Jumpstart Your Confidence
Editor’s note: I am delighted to have AMP (Associate Mentoring Plus) coach Lora McInturf joining the writing team here at Attorney With A Life with this insightful first article about how to boosting confidence!
Confidence is a very common topic…
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Dealing with Your Inner Impostor
Editor’s note: I am delighted to have AMP (Associate Mentoring Plus) coach Rob DeToni joining the writing team here at Attorney With A Life with this insightful first article about handling imposter syndrome. Something most of us experience from time…
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How toxic is too toxic?
By Allison Wolf
WARNING! ASSOCIATE BEWARE.
I wish some law firms could come with a warning label. Here is an example of what I am implying…
John worked at a firm with two partners who controlled every moment of his day. A six-day…
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Navigating the Early Years of Practice
By Allison Wolf
The first years of a lawyer’s career are some of the toughest. These years aren’t only an important time for honing legal skills, they are also essential for navigating into areas of practice and ultimately a firm or organization that…
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4L Academy’s mental health play – a conversation with founder Aaron Baer
By Allison Wolf
Solving the mental health crisis in law requires invention and transformation. Lawyer entrepreneurs such as, Aaron Baer, a corporate commercial lawyer started his legal training company 4L Academy this year. 4L provides modern legal training for Canadian lawyers and law…
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Redirecting your Path from Languishing to Flourishing
By Allison Wolf
Thanks to Adam Grant’s May 2020 article in the New York Times, we now have a word to describe this malaise many of us are experiencing – Languishing.
“Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness. It feels as if…
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Solving the Associate Retention Challenge With Developmental Networks
By Allison Wolf
As a coach, I am intensely interested in how we – professionals in the legal sector – can help retain young lawyers in the profession. Too many young lawyers are leaving legal practice. The reasons?
- mistreatment by their law firms
…
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Answering the Question “How Do I Find the Time”?
By Allison Wolf
We are well into a new year but have you managed to find the time to do all that you set out to accomplish? Setting resolution(s) is one thing, the challenge of implementing these when the deluge of day-to-day work…
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