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18 Mar

Navigating Lawyering and New Career Paths with Chronic Health Conditions with Emily Whelden [TFLP222]

Today’s podcast episode focuses on what it’s like to work in law with chronic illnesses. Emily Whelden is a former lawyer who now works at Dixon Life Coaching. Most of her clients have ADHD and other chronic illnesses. She is chatting with Sarah about her experience after leaving the law to find a new character path with chorionic health conditions….

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11 Mar

An Existential Crisis When Leaving the Law Isn’t a Sign of Failure [TFLP221]

Lawyers expect to follow a perfectly laid-out path. It’s natural. When the next step in any journey isn’t clear, it feels like something is wrong. In today’s podcast episode, Sarah talks about moments when you feel like you’re having an existential crisis, but that doesn’t mean you are doing anything wrong.  Asking “Who Am I?” Part of the experience of…

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4 Mar

Shifting from Lawyer to Professional Development and Legal Recruiting with Adriana Paris [TFLP220]

On today’s podcast, Sarah is chatting with Adriana Paris. Adriana stopped practicing law after ten years and moved into a new role at a law firm. She is the director of professional development and legal recruiting for a regional law firm with about 100 lawyers. In addition, she has a coaching business on the side where she helps lawyers with…

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29 Jan

What I Wish I Knew: One Simple and Essential Piece of Advice to Leave the Law [TFLP215]

The theme of today’s podcast episode is the idea that just because you can doesn’t mean you should. This simple piece of advice to leave the law was a central point to a recent keynote talk Sarah did at The Authentic Lawyer Summit, and it’s important for anyone leaving the law, but also lawyers who want to stay in law…

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22 Jan

The Challenges of Leaving Public Interest Law with Strawberry Nevill [TFLP214]

Today’s episode features Sarah’s conversation with Strawberry Nevill . After connecting through a mutual friend, Sarah invited Strawberry to come on to share their journey of leaving public interest law. This area of law has its own challenges and can be very hard to walk away from. Strawberry spent about 15 years in and around the legal field, including three…

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15 Jan

Which Collab Feature Helped This Member With a Career Breakthrough [TFLP213]

On today’s podcast episode, Sarah is talking with another member of the Former Lawyer Collab, Read. He shares his background story and how he decided that the Collab was the right fit for him while he was working to become a lawyer. He finished law school about two and a half years ago but was already having doubts about his…

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