Women in career transition Your first 100 days and beyond
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Women in career transition: Your first 100 days and beyond

Originally written for The Law Society in 2019 Deciding to decide Time and again my amazingly competent female lawyer clients say that any minute they’re going to get found out, …

Tragic Lessons to learn - stress and overwhelm in law
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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. …

International Women’s Day 2024 Inspiring Inclusivity
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International Women’s Day 2024: Inspiring Inclusivity – One hit wonder or is the real work also being done?

A 4 minute read on investment in people across the legal profession, encompassing cultural embedding of progression, support and welfare, and how coaching, mentoring and inspirational speaking events can help …

Online Career Break Return Course - coaching for lawyers
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Return & Rise in Law: Online Career Break Return Course Launching Friday 15th December 2023

STAY – TRANSFORM – LEAD Returner Significance Returners are an important group in the retention challenge in the legal profession, given we know 52% of new entrants to the legal …

The Presumption of Resilience and How to Enhance Yours - coaching for lawyers
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The Presumption of Resilience – and How to Enhance Yours

Article for Counsel Magazine, published September 2023 An 8 minute read on the trials and tribulations of advancing your career in law; from pupillage to the bar and beyond, along …

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Ready for a Summer ‘Re-set’?

Article for Counsel Magazine, published July 2023 A 5 minute read on being ready to take a summer break and hit that reset button, and the benefits of doing so. …

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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 …

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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 …