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Nature's Prescription: the power of being in nature for lawyers
Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz discuss why many lawyers struggle to switch off mentally after work and how nature can provide a different kind of recovery beyond productivity strategies. They connect legal work’s...
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The Cognitive Burden of Lawyering: Managing Mental Load for Peak Performance
Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz discuss how lawyers’ late-day reactivity, procrastination, inbox checking, irritability, and forgetfulness may stem from decision fatigue and cognitive overload rather than lack of...
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Mindfulness for Lawyers: Attention Control Under Pressure
Mindfulness for Lawyers: Training Attention Under Pressure (Beyond the Buzzword) Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz continue their Thriving Lawyer miniseries on legal pressure by exploring mindfulness as a foundation...
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3.2 The Hypervigilance Loop: Why “Being on Top of Things” Can Become a Trap
Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz continue their discussion of why lawyers struggle to switch off by focusing on hypervigilance: a persistent, threat-scanning mode that can remain active even when nothing is wrong....
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3.1 - Why Lawyers Can’t Switch Off (and what actually helps)
Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz begin a 2026 miniseries on thriving under real legal pressure, focusing on recovery and the ability to switch off. They explain why many lawyers stay in a constant “partial on-call”...
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Embracing Sabbaticals to Thrive - with special guest Farhana Islam
Kathleen Brenner hosts The Thriving Lawyer podcast solo and interviews Farhana Islam, a strategic legal advisor with 20+ years’ experience in privacy governance and regulatory law across Australian government and...
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The Lawyer's Path to Clarity: Understanding Expectations v Agreements
In this episode of 'The Thriving Lawyer,' hosts Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz discuss the vital distinction between expectations and agreements, particularly within the legal profession. Drawing on the work of...
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Dr. Hayley Quinn on preventing burnout through self-compassion
In this episode of The Thriving Lawyer podcast, hosts Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz welcome Dr. Hayley Quinn, a mindset and wellbeing coach, author, and former clinical psychologist. The discussion centers on Dr....
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Redefining Success: Navigating Modern Legal Careers with Legal Recruiter Angela Grant
In this episode of The Thriving Lawyer, hosts Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz welcome guest Angela Grant, a Brisbane-based legal recruiter, talent strategist, and blogger. Angela discusses the evolving landscape of...
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Harnessing Happendipity: Career Storytelling with Ruth Beran
In this episode of The Thriving Lawyer, hosts Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz are joined by award-winning journalist and career coach Ruth Beran.
Ruth shares her unique career journey from lawyer to science...
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The Myth of 'It Has to Be Hard': and why its holding you back
In episode 21 of season 2 of The Thriving Lawyer, hosts Kathleen Brenner and Carla Ferraz discuss a key myth that can hold us back - belief in the myth that for something to be valuable, it must be hard.
Through their...
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From legal work to yoga sheds: an interview with Mike Rosalky
In Episode 20 of 'The Thriving Lawyer' podcast, Kathleen Brenner interviews Mike Rosalky, a fellow lawyer at Lawyerbank, who shares his unconventional career journey.
Mike talks about his diverse legal career,...
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