233. Less Hustle, More Calm Reinvention (Week 2): Speaking with Authority and Presence
The Joyful Practice for Women Lawyers
Release Date: 11/05/2025
242. How to Meet - and Even Get Ahead of - Your Billable Hour Target
The Joyful Practice for Women Lawyers
How can you take the stress out of meeting your billable hour target? In this episode, I’m sharing how to approach your target strategically, rather than scrambling in the final months of the year. Whether you're already hitting your target or struggling to keep pace, this episode offers practical steps to help you stay on track and finish the year strong. I’ll walk you through six actionable steps to meet your billable hour target, from calculating realistic daily targets to addressing time management challenges. You'll learn how to adjust for...
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241. Choosing Your Word of the Year
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What if choosing a word could help guide your year, your decisions, and your actions? In this episode, I share one of my favorite year-end traditions: choosing a word of the year. It’s become a personal practice that serves as an aspirational anchor, something I can return to when faced with decisions and opportunities throughout the year. I’ll reflect on how my 2025 word, "breakthrough," and you'll hear the word I've chosen for 2026. Whether you’ve chosen a word before or are new to the practice, I’ll walk you through how to select a word that...
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240. The Gift of Letting Go
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What is preventing you from letting go of what no longer serves you? In this episode, I explore the valuable gift of release: letting go of the things, tasks, or relationships that no longer align with your life or goals. Instead of focusing on what we're adding to our lives during the holidays, I invite you to consider the freedom that comes from letting go. As we approach the end of the year, I guide you through five categories of things you might choose to release, starting with the easiest and progressing to the most challenging. This process isn't...
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239. How to Give Clear, Effective Feedback to Build Your Team's Skills, Confidence and Capacity
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What is preventing you from giving the kind of clear, useful feedback you want to give? In this episode, I share three practical strategies that can help you give better feedback and become a more effective leader. Whether you are teaching, mentoring, or managing a project, the ability to communicate what is working and what needs adjustment is essential to supporting the people who work with you. By the end of the episode, you will have practical tools for catching people doing things well, offering constructive direction without discouraging them, and...
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238. Reverse Design Leadership for Lawyers
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How would you define yourself as a leader? In this episode, I explore how the Triple Loop Learning model helps you understand the deeper layers that shape your leadership and why defining your identity as a leader creates more meaningful and sustainable change. You will see how each layer contributes to the way you show up as a leader and why change feels different when it begins at a deeper level. By the end of this episode, you will have a clearer path for designing the kind of leader you want to become and a way to work backwards from that vision. You will...
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237. From New Year Resolution to End of Year Result
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Do you struggle with turning your New Year intentions into outcomes you can actually see in your life and practice? Whether you love making resolutions or avoid them because they rarely lead to results, this conversation offers a deeper look at what really carries a goal from January excitement to December achievement. I explore why information alone is never enough and why creating meaningful change requires clarity, structure, and tools that support the way you work in real time. In this episode, I walk you through the three components that turn a resolution...
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236. Time Management Tips for New Parents at Work
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Are you struggling to juggle work, parenting, and everything in between? Whether you're returning from parental leave or adjusting to the reality of raising young children, managing your time can feel overwhelming. In this episode, I’m diving deep into time management strategies for new parents, offering practical tools that go beyond the basic quick fixes. I’ll show you how to plan and schedule with your new reality in mind, how to delegate effectively both at home and at work, and how to make the most of small pockets of time, what I call "kettle time."...
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235. More Structure, Elegance and Grace at Work
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Do you ever swing between days of calm control and days of complete overwhelm? The rush, reactivity, and constant pivots can leave you ending the day wondering what just happened. In this episode, I’m helping you shift out of that cycle by focusing on three themes you can apply immediately: structure, elegance, and grace. I’ll show you how structure acts like a recipe when you have all the ingredients but no plan, how elegance cuts through complexity, and how grace creates flexibility for real life. With specific examples and doable frameworks, you’ll see...
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234. Less Hustle, More Calm Reinvention (Week 3): Responding versus Reacting
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Do you ever feel like your emotions are running the show instead of you? Whether it’s a difficult email, an unexpected request, or a tense conversation, reacting on impulse can leave you frustrated and off balance. This week, I’m helping you make one of the most transformative shifts for creating calm and confidence in every area of your life: moving from reacting to responding. When you learn to pause and regulate before taking action, you reclaim your ability to lead yourself and your circumstances with intention. This episode wraps up my three-part series...
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233. Less Hustle, More Calm Reinvention (Week 2): Speaking with Authority and Presence
The Joyful Practice for Women Lawyers
Do you ever feel like your words are falling out of your mouth too quickly, leaving you feeling rushed and out of control? If you’re speaking from a place of hustle, it’s easy to lose your presence and authority in conversations. This week, we’ll explore how to speak with greater calm and confidence so that your message lands clearly, and you come across as the capable, in-control lawyer you truly are. In this episode, I’ll walk you through three key challenges you might face when speaking in a “hustle energy” state and share practical strategies to...
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