by friedaL2020 | Oct 30, 2025 | Self-awareness, Self-care, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety, work-life balance
WRITTEN BY ALICIA KOCH, FOUNDER OF THE LEGAL BELLETRIST    Click here for Part II: The End-of-Year Crunch is Always Nuts – Especially for teams …   It can’t be that time of the year already, can it? Wow, this year has flown by. It literally felt like...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by friedaL2020 | Oct 7, 2025 | Motivation, Procrastination, Self-awareness, Self-care, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety
WRITTEN BY FRIEDA LEVYCKY, FOUNDER OF BRAVING BOUNDARIES  “So, I’m old and weak?” Fabulous! Well, that’s a good start to a Monday! My friends and I burst out laughing at girls’ night last week as I relayed the story of my yoga instructor helping me stretch further...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 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 | Jul 16, 2025 | Motivation, Procrastination, Self-awareness, Self-care, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety
WRITTEN BY FRIEDA LEVYCKY, FOUNDER OF BRAVING BOUNDARIES  (Yes, finally.) So here we are. Part 2 of the procrastination series. Only three years in the making. I mean, if that’s not living the work, I don’t know what is. For those of you who’ve been waiting patiently...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 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...