by friedaL2020 | Aug 24, 2022 | Finding direction and purpose, Lessons Learned, mental health, Self-care, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety, work-life balance, Working environment
WRITTEN BY ALICIA KOCH, FOUNDER OF THE LEGAL BELLETRIST What a word. Failure. All by its “itty-bitty” self, it conjures up feelings of inadequacy, inferiority, and embarrassment. All in one go. As if the word itself holds the power of a hundred men and women pointing...
by friedaL2020 | Aug 22, 2022 | Finding direction and purpose, Lessons Learned, Self-care, Self-reflection, work-life balance
The word “success” is subjective. Even if you wonder: “What does success mean to me?”, I can almost wager that your definition of success today, is quite different from what it was five years ago. Because life changes. And with it, so do our expectations. I take...
by friedaL2020 | May 26, 2022 | Finding direction and purpose, mental health, Self-care, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety
Have you ever felt lost? We’re not talking about driving to an area you don’t know without your sat-nav working. That’s a different kind of lost. Altogether. We’re talking about the “lost” that happens when you feel yourself losing your place in the world. The...
by friedaL2020 | Jan 26, 2022 | Finding direction and purpose, mental health, Self-care, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety, work-life balance
When was the last time you took (at least) a 2-week holiday? Was it as recently as this Christmas? Was it in the last year? Was it in the last 2, 3, 5 years? For those of you who have managed a 2-week break, let me ask you that question again, just with a...
by friedaL2020 | Jan 26, 2022 | Finding direction and purpose, mental health, Self-care, Self-reflection, Stress & Anxiety, work-life balance, Working environment
As we “come down” from our “festive high” – filled with presents, hope for 2022, rich food and laughter of family – we find ourselves gradually settling back into the daily norm and the reality of “taking the year seriously” once again comes to the...
by friedaL2020 | Dec 17, 2021 | Celebrations & Festivities, Finding direction and purpose, Motivation, Self-care, Self-reflection
By Frieda Levycky of Braving Boundaries and Alicia Koch of The Legal Belletrist So, how are you holding up at the end of 2021? If you’re anything like us, the end of year can’t come soon enough. After two years of uncertainty – of changed plans, obscure regulations...
