Dealing With The Pressures and Responsibilities of Being a Lawyer ft. Karen Caffrey ML107 - a podcast by Jim Hacking & Tyson Mutrux

In this episode, Jim and Tyson interview Karen Caffrey, a licensed professional counselor and a lawyer; Karen went from the practice of law to the practice of therapy mainly counseling lawyers. They will go over the importance of wellbeing and health for lawyers, the mindset of wellbeing, and how that wellbeing can be achieved. Also, how therapy works and how it can help your personal and business.

 

Karen’s web site: http://www.karencaffrey.com/

 

“You can’t be a good lawyer if you are not a healthy lawyer.”

 

What does it mean to be healthy?

It’s multifaceted, there’s a physical aspect, a spiritual aspect, a work aspect and a mental and emotional aspect...  

 

Lawyers are reluctant to go to therapy

Because of 2 things: first, stigma; the fear of how are they going to be judged, and the second is fear on confidentiality.

 

The business of law and psychotherapy

“The nexus between the business of law and psychotherapy Is a lot of the challenges lawyers face in having a good business of law come from psychological reasons.”  

 

“Who we are as people, directly impacts who we are as lawyers and who we are as business owners doing the business of law.”

 

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Hacking’s hack: Whenever you can take a day off of the week. Unplug yourself: get away from the phone and the computer, the office.

 

Karen’s tip: Put your wellbeing on your radar screen and to do this by diaring it. You can dairy it every day, and spend 5 minutes talking about your wellbeing. Prioritize your wellbeing.

 

Tyson’s tip: Productivity - A website: Activtrak: https://activtrak.com/. It allows you to plug in yourself, your partners and employees, and it shows your productivity level.

 

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