by friedaL2020 | Aug 28, 2025 | Change, Finding direction and purpose, Personal Growth, Self-awareness, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety, The Fears series
WRITTEN BY ALICIA KOCH, FOUNDER OF THE LEGAL BELLETRIST It’s a funny thing. When we think about all the things we have accomplished in our lives – and some of the things that we haven’t accomplished (yet) – each thing has been because we either made up...
by friedaL2020 | Jun 26, 2025 | Change, Life after Law, mental health, Mid-Life, Personal Growth, Self-awareness, Self-care, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety
WRITTEN BY ALICIA KOCH, FOUNDER OF THE LEGAL BELLETRIST INTRODUCTION: WHY SELF-REFLECTION MATTERS I read a quote the other day that said – “A person without self-reflection never changes they just get older.” And it got me thinking. About who I am. Who I was. And...
by friedaL2020 | Apr 29, 2025 | Anxiety, Change, Finding direction and purpose, mental health, Self-awareness, Self-care, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety, The Fears series
WRITTEN BY ALICIA KOCH, FOUNDER OF THE LEGAL BELLETRIST Have you ever heard the saying: “the grass is always greener on the other side” or “better the devil you know”? I have. Many times. I’m not sure if it’s because I come from a religious Jewish family and the...
by friedaL2020 | Mar 17, 2025 | Change, Finding direction and purpose, Self-awareness, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety
WRITTEN BY ALICIA KOCH, FOUNDER OF THE LEGAL BELLETRIST Change is hard. Even when we want it for ourselves. But when it’s unexpected or unwanted change, the blow to the gut is that much worse. It’s not like it can even be prevented. It’s out of our hands and that’s...
by friedaL2020 | Feb 26, 2025 | Anxiety, Change, mental health, Self-care, Stress & Anxiety, work-life balance
WRITTEN BY ALICIA KOCH, FOUNDER OF THE LEGAL BELLETRIST Catching up with an old friend the other day we were both struck with how off kilter our lives seemed to be. She lives thousands of miles away in one of the coldest cities on earth and I live in sunny South...
by friedaL2020 | Jan 29, 2025 | Change, Enneagram, Finding direction and purpose, mental health, Motivation, Self-awareness, Self-care, Self-reflection, work-life balance
WRITTEN BY ALICIA KOCH, FOUNDER OF THE LEGAL BELLETRIST Why resolutions fail without self-awareness Isn’t it funny how, as the clock strikes 12 on December the 31st, social media is awash with posts about New Year’s Resolutions: “This will be the year I finally lose...
