What female lawyers can learn from The DOSE Effect
Like many lawyers, I’m curious about why some days feel manageable and energising, while others leave us depleted before lunchtime. When I read The DOSE Effect by TJ Power, it put language and structure around something many of us already sense instinctively: our brains are running powerful chemical systems in the background, and modern working life often pushes those systems in the wrong direction.
For female lawyers in particular, juggling demanding careers, emotional labour, and responsibilities outside work, understanding how these systems operate can be genuinely empowering.
Let Them
I know that some of you like receiving book recommendations from me, because you’ve kindly told me so. Well today, I’ve a belter for you. In fact, I’m going all in and will call it the best self-development book I will read all year. And it’s only February!
This one is by the highly successful US author and podcaster Mel Robbins. Mel appeared on Oprah’s new podcast. And not only did Oprah interview Mel, she went one further and described her book, The Let Them Theory, as “one of the best self-help books she’d ever read.”
Ok, now I’m listening.