Randi Johnson is a former law firm owner, mother of two daughters, business strategist, and end of life and bereavement doula. Before meeting Randi, I had never known you could seek support from an advocate at the end of your life in the same way you do while giving birth. Birth doulas are more commonly known, but there are professionals who train to serve people who are dying, as well as bereaved loved ones. Randi Johnson took an unconventional path away from the practice of law and law firm ownership to follow her passion to do this work. She chose fulfilling her true calling over the practice of law. In this episode, we dive into a thought-provoking discussion about honoring what you feel called to do, making that a priority, and finding the courage to go for it. She talks about how she set priorities in her life, what drove her to start her work as a death doula, and why it making that choice was so important.

Kori Carew is the Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer at Seyfarth Shaw, a former BigLaw litigation partner, a TedX Speaker, a mother, an artist, and a force for good in this world. Kori is someone who is not afraid to tell the truth and disrupt the status quo. She is a leader in the legal industry when it comes to combating bias and fostering inclusion. She has a unique ability to reflect and get to the heart of what truly matters. In this episode, Kori shares about her journey in the law and how she made the decision to leave practice to pursue another passion--racial justice and equity in the workplace. She reflected on what energized her and what drained her, tapped into her unique strengths, and led with her core values, Kori was able to chart a new career path to strive to make a difference.

Loraine Martinez Bellamy is a public interest lawyer, mom, wife, and life & business coach. In her coaching business, she helps ambitious women get crystal clear on their dream career or business and create a master plan to obtain it. She calls herself that bold friend who helps you see where you're holding yourself back and just do the thing you want. In this episode, we discuss Loraine's journey to coaching. She hit a point as she was turning 30, when she had achieved major goals in her career and personal life but still felt like something was missing. She started reading and searching for answers. Her personal crisis led her to some big personal discoveries that she then wanted to share with other women. Lorraine shares about the discomfort and the joy of personal growth.

Jeena Cho is a mom to a two-year-old daughter, mindfulness and meditation teacher, coach for anxious lawyers, and recovering lawyer with nearly 15 years of practice experience. Since leaving the practice of law, Jeena has focused her career on helping lawyers improve their wellbeing with stress and anxiety management through her book, speaking engagements, and one-on-one coaching. Jeena shares details about her experience with anxiety and how it motivated her to help other lawyers. If you use mindfulness to quiet the noise around you, focus on self-knowledge, and reflect on the boundaries that you need, you can show up in a way to affect the change you want to see in the profession.

Nicole Kuklok-Waldman calls herself "The Lucky Lawyer” because she has found tools to face difficult choices with clarity to truly enjoy her life and career. Nicole spent many years working in BigLaw, before shifting focus to lobbying at her own firm in Los Angeles, CA. After the birth of her first child, Nicole realized that mindset and thought work were powerful tools to find joy, even in difficult chapters of life. In this episode, we talk about how powerful our thoughts truly are and what happens when we realize we have the power to change them.

Kristin Bock can help you build a nonverbal advantage so you can better connect, engage, and lead others. She's a mom of three and a Certified Body Language & Communication Specialist. She helps you tap into empathy and utilize emotional intelligence to communicate more effectively. By learning body language and nonverbal cues, you can better recognize those cues and respond effectively to others. This can help you to communicate in a way to build connections and strong relationships. You can also leverage body language to improve your presence and influence to be viewed as a leader in your career. In this episode, Kristin shares some body language basics you can employ today!

It can be easy to say, "I don't have time," or "I can't," when it comes to prioritizing your health. While there may be many reasons why you believe you can't eat healthy or can't exercise, Megan O'Neill is here to encourage you to break that belief barrier. Megan is a litigator turned health and wellness coach. In this episode, she shares techniques that she uses with her clients to help them get started and to maintain a healthy lifestyle. We talk about setting realistic goals, ways to seek out accountability partners, and how to let go of the guilt. Guilt can be a huge barrier to taking time to prioritize yourself. Tune in to hear why letting go of the guilt, and prioritizing taking care of yourself, can actually help you achieve so much more than physical health.

Kelly Nolan is a lawyer mom turned entrepreneur and time management strategist. She helps busy professional women manage their time with simple, actionable steps to calm the overwhelm. As a patent litigator working at a big law firm, Kelly grew frustrated with how much time she wasted trying (and often failing) to slog through her never-ending to-do list and ever-full email inbox. She was stressed. She felt like she should just know how to manage it all. Learn about how Kelly found clarity in her own life. She started using time management strategies you can start using today. Kelly is on a mission to help you find time clarity and confidence, feel effective, drive your career forward, and soak in time with family and friends.

It's amazing how taking action on a dream propels you to take more action, and more action. It is in pushing past the fear and taking courageous action that you will see your life transform. This has been the biggest lesson I've learned in 50 episodes of podcasting. This week, I share about the power of taking action, the power of storytelling, the power of building relationships with other lawyer moms online, and how taking time to pursue something that brings you joy is a powerful way to go from surviving to thriving. Prioritizing activities that bring you joy is a truly impactful form of self-care.

Taylor Poncz is a law firm partner, mother to three, podcast host, and outspoken supporter of lawyer moms. In this episode, Taylor talks about how she took an unconventional path to law firm partnership. She had three kids in roughly two years (her first two are twins!), went on a reduced schedule, and put herself up for partner shortly thereafter. She talks about the power of relationships, having the confidence to advocate for herself, and her fierce determination to make life as a lawyer and a mom work for her. Taylor also talks about her efforts to pave the way for the women lawyers that come after her, so that they, too, can find success in her law firm.

Nicole Clark is a litigator turned technology company CEO. As a litigator, she saw a pain point in state court litigation. She wanted to be able to access and search state court data. She was often frustrated by sending internal emails and collecting anecdotes on judges in order to make strategic case recommendations. She had an idea to solve this problem. She sought the help of engineers to build a platform to be able to search across state court records. While still practicing law at a law firm, she created Trellis, a comprehensive AI-powered state court research and analytics platform. In this episode, Nicole shares about her passion for helping lawyers leverage technology in their practice, her journey as an entrepreneur, what it was like to make the leap from the practice of law to being a fulltime business owner, and what that has meant to her and her family.

Jamie Sternberg is a trademark lawyer, mom of three, and LinkedIn networking maven. It all started with a career move to a smaller law firm, where Jamie had to develop her own book of business. She turned to networking in her local community and started speaking at events. Then, just as it did for all of us, the pandemic changed everything. Jamie turned to creative networking on LinkedIn. In this episode, Jamie shares ways you can use LinkedIn for business development and networking.

Arivee Vargas is a certified life and high-performance coach for women professionals. She helps women shift their mindset to overcome fears, limiting beliefs, self-doubt, and other roadblocks in order to have the lives and careers they really want and deserve. She is also a lawyer, a podcast host, an unapologetic professional and personal development nerd, and fiery Latina mama of three. In this episode, we talk about the process Arivee went through and how she coaches her clients to own their worth in order to make transformations in their lives. From career transition, to motherhood, to pregnancy loss, to self-doubt, to unhelpful body image thoughts, we talk candidly about how owning your worthiness is a decision you get to make each day. And, it's a decision that helps you align what you want with what you're doing.

Angela Han is an in-house lawyer, mom, podcast host, and life coach for lawyers. She helps her clients transform their blind spots into transformational action. Angela shares some of her struggles that led her to changer her own life, launch her podcast, and start coaching lawyers. She explains that if you start practicing self-love, it will feel easy to take advantage of what life presents you. Rather than thinking of other people's expectations and opinions, you can pursue opportunities that allow you to create the impact and the life that is ideal for you. Angela believes that doing that this internal work is what makes us truly fit to practice as lawyers.

Jamie Spannhake is a lawyer mom who is here to help you manage your mind and your time to be able to do what you truly value. It is possible to calm the chaos as a lawyer mom. Sound too good to be true? Listen in for some actionable strategies, in addition to examples from Jamie's life about how she has built the life she truly wanted. Jamie is a law firm partner at a small firm, speaker, author, mom, and work-life integration coach. She is an example of what is possible. Part of the internal work she did on her journey involved identifying her core values and managing her mind, which Jamie explains is the work that helps you to manage your time effectively.

Jamie Szal is a state and local tax litigator and lawyer mom. One issue she speaks and writes passionately about is her experience as a lawyer mom who is the primary breadwinner in her family. With clear communication and mutual respect, Jamie and her husband made their decision for him to stay home with their daughter, while she took on the primary breadwinning role. Jamie talks about what the experience has been like and how she seeks to normalize it. Deciding to be a stay at home parent is not a choice only for women to make.

Annie Little is a real estate lawyer mom turned career coach. Annie specializes in supporting lawyers through their job searches and career transitions. Part of navigating a career transition is the salary negotiation. We dive into the real struggles women lawyers face when approaching interview questions about past salaries, figuring out your ideal salary number, and how to make the ask with confidence. Annie is passionate about helping lawyers find fulfillment in their careers, and part of that is owning your worth. Tune in for some ideas on how to approach your next career move.

Up next in the Mom Life and Law Podcast series on money is lawyer mom, Rho Thomas. She is an attorney and financial coach who believes that true wealth is having control of your time. She helps lawyers make intentional lifestyle and money decisions to regain control of their time, build wealth, and live the lives of freedom and choice they deserve. She has been featured in outlets such as Yahoo! Finance, Refinery29, and Mic and hosts the Wealthyesque podcast, which explores how lawyers can achieve lifestyle freedom by reframing their mindset and managing their money to achieve financial independence.

Up next in the Mom Life and Law Podcast series on money is lawyer mom turned Certified Financial Planner and Wealth Advisor, Jennifer Belmont Jennings of Hightower Wealth Advisors. In this episode, Jennifer shares a bit about what it is like to work with a wealth advisor and empowers you to have the confidence to ask questions and to learn about building a team of professionals to help you build your wealth and your legacy.

Up next in the Mom Life and Law Podcast series on money is lawyer mom of twins and Accredited Financial Counselor, Jessica Medina. Have you had an inflection point in your life, where you knew you had to make a change? That moment came for Jessica Medina when she had to decide whether to put herself up for BigLaw partner. In this episode, Jessica talks about how money played a significant factor in her career change plans, and how she became an Accredited Financial Counselor to help other lawyers figure out the best strategies to pursue their true passions and have a more fulfilling career. Jessica talks about her journey to financial freedom after BigLaw and how she uses her experience and training to help other lawyers do the same.