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Between 1979 and 1995, I tried to make the practice of law work for me on three different continents, in different-sized law firms, but I still felt as if I were in jail doing a life sentence. I made a lot of money, but I spent a lot of money too -- to compensate for the fact I never had enough time to relax and catch up with myself. I was burned out and miserable, but I kept going because I didn't know for sure there was another path.

ImageIt took me several years to disengage myself from the money, prestige, and identity of myself as a lawyer. Not to mention the thoughts of how "risky" it would be to quit, and how I would be just "throwing away" all the money, time, and effort I had put into the law at that point.

I know first-hand how you can be constantly too busy with the day-to-day demands of a professional practice to think through what YOU really want from life, and how to get it.

I want to use my struggle with the realities of practicing law and my subsequent career in adult education to help you avoid some of the darker moments of the decision-making process, and of the transition to a different life. I can help you decide more quickly, and with greater confidence whether you want to stay in your current profession. If it's time for a change, I can guide you out of your current profession and into a better direction for your life -- a direction based on your own choices and values.

You don't have to face life's big decisions alone -- let me help you blaze a new path.

 

Things You Should Know

In a 2004 Ipsos-Reid survey of Canadian lawyers, 70% of respondents said they had considered leaving the law - CBA Futures Initiative Survey

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What's Coaching?

I provide a structure to help you through the process of deciding whether you truly want to make the transition out of your current profession. If you decide to stay in practice, we will find work-life strategies to help you fit your profession into your life rather than your continuing to try to fit your life into your profession.

 

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Helena's Story

 Between 1979 and 1995, I tried to make the practice of law work for me on three different continents, in different-sized law firms, but I still felt as if I were in jail doing a life sentence. I made a lot of money, but I spent a lot of money too -- to compensate for the fact I never had enough time to relax and catch up with myself. I was burned out and miserable, but I kept going because I didn't know for sure there was another path.

 

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