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Category: Priorities

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Tragic Lessons to learn - stress and overwhelm in law
Balance / Burn Out / Challenge / Change

Tragic lessons to learn… about life, and a death, in law

Vanessa A week ago today, an inquest pieced together the final, tragic moments of a high flying law firm equity partner and mum (article here). Her name was Vanessa Ford. …

coaching for lawyers time ownership
being present / career break / career break return / career break returncoaching

Time Ownership…To Achieve Freedom & Career Progression

A 5 minute read on time ownership and what it means in terms of getting back control of your working day, with additional guidelines on how to achieve time ownership …

coaching for lawyers achieving work life balance
accountability / Action planning / Affirmations / Assertiveness

Life Balance and How to Achieve It… through mindset, prioritisation and boundaries

A 6 minute read on the pressures of working in the legal profession, especially post-pandemic, where we seem to have enabled the encroachment of work into our personal lives even …

coaching for lawyers avoiding overwhelm
Action planning / Authenticity / Balance / Barristers

Avoid Overwhelm: Common Threats to Wellbeing and How to Improve it

A 3 minute read on workplace wellbeing including 6 tips on how to avoid overwhelm.  As a former criminal barrister with 19 years’ experience and now a specialist coach empowering …

Leaders in waiting: part 1 – goal setting
Action / Action planning / Career / coaching

Leaders In Waiting – Part 1 Goal Setting

Article for Counsel Magazine, published June 22 A 6 minute read about career planning in the legal profession with guidance on how this may progress and including 5 career leadership …

Solutions to Quieten Digital Noise
Balance / boundaries / Clarity / Confidence

Solutions to Quieten Digital Noise

A 3-minute guide to making the Laptop Lifestyle work for you  The ability to work remotely came into its own during the covid pandemic – and there’s no doubt it’s …

You can do it
Achievement / Action planning / Ambition / Authenticity

You can do it!

A 2-minute read outlining 3 steps to help you manage change and achieve career goals Plan “A goal without a plan is just a wish” – Antoine de Saint Exupery …

From flexi-hours to breast pumps: 10 strategies to help career breakers nail a successful return
career break / career break return / career progression / coaching

10 HR strategies to help returners successfully resume work after maternity leave

A four-minute read – HR strategies aimed at law firm HR leaders overseeing women resume work after maternity leave but equally applicable to other professions and anyone planning a career …

Avoid Overwhelm: Practical Tips to improve your wellbeing
Authenticity / Confidence / Essentials / Planning

Avoid Overwhelm: Practical Tips to improve your wellbeing

Guest blog for Lawcare, a legal community that values good mental health and wellbeing, where people thrive. https://www.lawcare.org.uk/get-information/articles/avoid-overwhelm/

How to be a barrister and parent and succeed at both
Balance / Barrister / Barristers / boundaries

How to be a barrister and parent and succeed at both

Link to my latest article for Counsel Magazine which caused something of a Twitter-storm! https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/how-to-be-a-barrister-and-parent-and-succeed-at-both

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