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Thriving in a Changing Legal World: Insights on Human Performance
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Thriving in a Changing Legal World: Insights on Human Performance Apr 26, 2025

Recently, Carla, my partner in all things the Thriving Lawyer, attended the Uplift conference in New York, hosted by BetterUp. The conference focused on the intersection of AI and human potential. Thi...

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Flow: the Lawyer's Secret Weapon for Peak Performance
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Flow: the Lawyer's Secret Weapon for Peak Performance flow thriving lawyer thriving life Apr 26, 2025

As lawyers, we are so often doing really high priority, difficult work. 

Work that is intellectually demanding.  Often there is a lot of pressure. I've witnessed firsthand how the legal profession's ...

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Unlocking Lawyer Wellbeing: Harnessing a Game-Changing Framework to Thrive
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Unlocking Lawyer Wellbeing: Harnessing a Game-Changing Framework to Thrive perma thriving lawyer Mar 09, 2025

Title: Thriving as a Lawyer: Applying the PERMA Model for Success

In the high-pressure world of law, thriving goes beyond merely surviving the workload.  The fundamental premise that underpins ever

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The Hidden Obstacles that keep lawyers from Thriving: Breaking Free
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The Hidden Obstacles that keep lawyers from Thriving: Breaking Free obstacles to thriving thriving lawyer Feb 19, 2025

Its no secret that as lawyers, our success often comes with hidden costs. Languishing or worse.  Burnout.  Stress.  Excessive work hours.  Exhaustion.  

There are certainly cultural issues in the pro...

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Why Values Clarity Can Be a Game-changer for Lawyers and How to Take Real Steps to get it 
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Why Values Clarity Can Be a Game-changer for Lawyers and How to Take Real Steps to get it  thriving lawyer thriving life values Feb 08, 2025

In the fast-paced, demanding world of law, it can be easy for lawyers to become caught up in a whirlwind of expectations, both personal and professional. The quest for partnership, the chase for bil

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The Thriving Lawyer: Our Mission thriving lawyer Jan 27, 2025

At the Thriving Lawyer, our fundamental mission to help lawyers thrive, not just survive.  As lawyers, and in the rest of their lives.  

Carla Ferraz and I recently launched the Thriving Lawyer as a ...

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#9 - 5 for life - an interview with Megan Dyson thriving lawyer Oct 04, 2023

 In the latest episode of Thriving Lawyer podcast, I interview Megan Dyson.  Megan is an environmental lawyer and policy consultant. She has more than 25 years experience advising federal and state ag...

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The Lawyer’s Coaching Mindset Feb 22, 2023

Adopting a coaching mindset can have an absolutely transformative effect, but there are very real barriers for lawyers to adopting such a mindset that have a lot to do with how we’re trained and the d...

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Why your New Year's Resolution Probably won't work (and how to set better goals - if you want to) Jan 05, 2023

It is almost inevitable at this time of year that our attention falls to New Year's Resolutions and goal setting. You probably have set a New Year's Resolution yourself. Perhaps it was the same one as...

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Thrive as a Lawyer: Know Your Character Strengths Dec 22, 2022

When clients come to me for coaching, perhaps because they are doing ok but want to do better, or perhaps they are feeling stuck, often a focus on values is a good place to start. This is because with...

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