The Hidden Secret to a Stress-Free, More Successful and Happier Life
Last week, Female Lawyers’ Club hosted an insightful masterclass with Jowita Penkala, an expert in personal development and stress management, on how to reduce stress, achieve greater success, and cultivate happiness.
As female lawyers, we often juggle heavy workloads, demanding clients, and the ever-present pressure to do everything perfectly, first time round. The session was a powerful reminder that stress does not have to be a permanent feature of our careers – we can take control of our minds and reprogram our thinking for a more balanced, fulfilling life.
A List of People I Have Envied
You need to write your own list.
Sit down for 10 minutes and write a list of people you’ve envied - past and present. No filter, no judgment.
Go on, it's fun!
And once you’ve written it, have a closer look at what your list might be telling you about your own life.
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.
Break Free from Busyness and Thrive in Law
As female lawyers, we often find ourselves juggling demanding schedules, client expectations, and the pressures of a competitive industry. But what if the busyness we wear as a badge of honour is actually holding us back?
This month, Female Lawyers’ Club hosted an inspiring masterclass with Lindsey Frances, a psychologist and sophrologist with a focus on human behaviour and performance. In her masterclass, titled “The Survival Masterclass: Break Free from the Traps That Keep You Busy But Not Productive”, Lindsey shared strategies to help us pause, reclaim our focus, and achieve more by using our intuition, not just our intelligence.
Rituals to make life easier
Happy new year!
You know how I love to talk about failure? Because it’s a massive taboo in the legal profession? Well in the spirit of giving I thought I would share my Christmas fail this year. Nothing to do with work, thankfully.
As someone who likes to do things reasonably well (hello perfectionism), I was amused by my own failure to wrap the Christmas presents with any level of basic competence, which led me to wrap them all TWICE. My children are aged 10 and 12 and so this was not my first rodeo… and yet events indicated otherwise.