Teaching lawyers the
about well-being.
The little things are what matter the most - in life and in law. They are what keep us healthy, bring us joy, and allow us to ethically serve others as lawyers.
Welcome
to A Balanced Practice!
As a Lawyer Well-being Career Coach, my mission is to help lawyers find direction, balance, and enjoyment in their legal careers. Whether you're feeling stressed or lost in your current role, considering a job change, or looking for well-being strategies that fit your busy professional life, I'm here to support you in making meaningful change that will serve you now and in your future.
At A Balanced Practice, I also offer CLE programming and Well-being Retreats where lawyers can learn how bringing strategies like mindfulness and self-compassion into their practice can help with managing stress while enhancing competence, workplace relationships, and client service skills (programming is also available for judges and court staff!). Learn more about My Offerings.
From "Big Law" attorney to Lawyer Well-being Career Coach, my journey in the legal profession has been unlike anything I expected as a law student. If you'd like to know more about my story, keep reading here!
Coaching,
Well-being Retreats, & More
At A Balanced Practice, I offer individual career coaching sessions to help lawyers find direction, balance, and enjoyment in their legal careers. I also offer CLE presentations and Well-being Retreats for lawyers, judges, and legal professionals focused on practical ways to incorporate well-being into their personal and professional lives.
Following the articles I’ve written the last few years for the Professional Liability Defense Federation Quarterly magazine with tips on how to introduce well-being practices into your life as a person and lawyer (see below “little things” section), The Little Well-Being Blog is a place where you can come for ideas and inspiration for making small changes that can stick with you in the long run while adding a little joy to your daily routine.
Little Well-Being Blog
My Offerings
What I mean by the “little things”
Take a moment and feel your breath.
Inhale through your nose for four counts and exhale out your mouth for eight counts. When you feel stressed, come back to your breath.
but you can learn to surf.”
"You can't stop the waves,
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn,
Founder of mindfulness-based stress reduction
To learn more about developing a mindfulness practice, read my article "Practicing Well: Notice It!"
I wear fun socks each day, and now I'm known as the "fun sock lady" at my gym!
- Anne H. (Virginia)
I go to the gym before the sun is up and lately I have been walking there without my headphones in to enjoy the quiet peacefulness of the city before everyone wakes up. It’s sort of a meditative way to begin the day instead of constantly having pods/music/radio in my ear.
- Andrew C. (Pennsylvania)
Our firm has appointed me as “minister of culture” and my job is to always look to boost morale with work events, happy hours, fun sports pools and contests, and ensure we all take moments out of our days/weeks/months to enjoy our time together as co-workers and friends. - Tony C. (Virginia)
Be grateful for all you have to be grateful! - Kevin D. (Iowa)
I try to get outside for a walk every day, either with my dog or by myself! - Lori B. (Ohio)
I take mini-breaks throughout the day to play pieces I enjoy on my piano!
– Alice S. (Minnesota)
I always try to project positive energy to those around me regardless of the day I’m having. I’d rather project positivity than bring others down with negativity.
- Bill O. (Illinois)
