Everybody has a Some Day
I’ve often heard the refrain “Work to live. Don’t live to work.” While there is a lot in it that I can agree with, I’ve often heard it in response to me voicing my dreams of my Some Days and coupled with the message that, to aspire to find inspiration, joy and fulfillment in your... Continue Reading →
Sitting in the room, surrounded by the brightest women from the biggest law firms and some of the most accomplished and acclaimed General Counsel, I’m struck by the energy, the power and the wisdom. It’s palpable. Ms. JD’s LaddHer Up retreat brings together women law firm associates in their first six years of practice –... Continue Reading →
“The most important thing is remembering the most important thing.” – Suzuki Roshi Earlier this year, I made a commitment to myself. To remember the most important thing. It’s remarkable how easy it is to forget… So many things vying for your attention and your time. So many shoulds. Even the legitimate ones. So many... Continue Reading →
What is vision, but a daydream? We grow up and add structure, new words like “pillars” and various acronyms but, at its heart, is the dream. Yet, we often talk about being a dreamer like it is a bad thing. Unrealistic. Unprofessional. Untethered. I am a dreamer. A daydream believer. And, I have come to... Continue Reading →
London. The city where I fell in love with retail (and my partner…). The city where I became fascinated with corporate law and walking cities, paving the way for the life and career that lay ahead of me. The city where, almost twenty years later, I just celebrated the opening of my company’s first international... Continue Reading →
Let’s be real for a moment. This sh!t is hard. Which sh!t? All the sh!t. Be honest. Am I right? Some days, the world tells us that we should have it all together. But the reality is, we usually don’t. I’m not being hard on myself (or yourself). It’s just the truth. I fail at... Continue Reading →
I played enough Super Mario growing up to know that powering-up was where it was at. That moment when you got the Super Star or the Magic Mushroom took everything to the next level. Even if things weren’t going especially well for you leading up to that moment, the power-up was a total game changer. ... Continue Reading →
As lawyers, judgment is something that is inextricably woven into the fabric of our work and our professionally trained minds. Spend a little time on social media, and you’ll see judgement is also increasingly a foundation of our broader society’s interpersonal discourse. Yet, as humans, this disposition doesn’t always serve us. The other day, a... Continue Reading →
Being a grown up. That big move. Marriage. Having kids. The promotion you’ve been working towards. The career you thought you wanted. We have great expectations. About all sorts of things. And it’s wonderful and exciting. Developing a vision for what is possible is powerful and motivating. It’s that fire that keeps you engaged and... Continue Reading →
We often speak of our different lives. Our work life. Our personal life. Our family life. Isn’t it true, though, that we have only, as Mary Oliver says, “one wild and precious life”? Worthy of pondering is what you will do with it in this lease of unknown duration. Also worth considering, I believe, is... Continue Reading →