The Thriving Lawyer

The Thriving Lawyer

Hosted by: Kathleen Brenner

A podcast to help you thrive as a lawyer. In work, in life. Perform at your peak, yet still have time for all the other things you love.

Episodes

Mindfulness for Lawyers: Attention Control Under Pressure

Season #3

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

Season #3

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)

Season #3

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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