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The Naked Lawyer: When I met my Judge!

by friedaL2020 | Apr 29, 2021 | Lawyer Life, Lessons Learned, Self-reflection, work-life balance

I’ve thought long and hard about whether or not I should write this article. Ironically, for fear of judgment. And rejection. But I’ve learned some important lessons about myself over the last 4 days. And I always believe it is important to share those important...

Female leaders in the workplace – how do we break through?

by friedaL2020 | Apr 15, 2021 | Lawyer Life, Leadership, work-life balance, Working environment

Article 2 of 3 in the Female Leadership series In our last article, we discussed barriers women face in the workplace. Things like the broken rung effect and the entitlement gap. Each explaining why there are so few women in senior roles in the workplace – a...

WOMEN leaders in the workplace – why are we so few?

by friedaL2020 | Apr 8, 2021 | Lawyer Life, Leadership, work-life balance, Working environment

Article 1 of 3 in the Female Leadership series Gender equality in the workplace is not a new topic of discussion. It has been discussed numerous times before. Seemingly falling on deaf ears. Not surprisingly as women leaders in the workplace are still a...

Who are you? A lawyer or so much more?

by friedaL2020 | Mar 2, 2021 | Lawyer Life, Life after Law, mental health, Self-care, work-life balance

Who are you? A seemingly innocuous question. “Hi. I’m Alicia. And I’m a lawyer.” I am a lawyer. And that is it. Nothing else to let anyone know who we truly are. Besides our professional title. Where are our other identifiers? Our identity as a lawyer Is our whole...

Dealing with disappointment

by friedaL2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | Celebrations & Festivities, Lawyer Life, mental health, Self-care, work-life balance

Disappointment: A feeling we hate to cause and struggle to feel. And 2020 has provided many a chance to experience it from both sides. ...

How the grinch stole christmas … or did he?

by friedaL2020 | Dec 17, 2020 | Celebrations & Festivities, Lawyer Life, Self-care, work-life balance

Co-written by Frieda Levycky, Founder of Braving Boundaries, and Alicia Koch, Founder of The Legal Belletrist “Holiday who-be what-ee?” Exactly that – who-be, what-ee, is it really Christmas time? At the best of times, Christmas is an emotional time...

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