Coaching & Consulting for Lawyers

I work with lawyers who want to start transforming their practices and firms in the next three to six months.

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Lawyers work hard. We deserve real vacations and a sustainable and successful work/life balance.

The legal system is built to suck us in and spit us out, but take it from me – someone who’s done it – you truly can create a life of joy and fulfillment. I’m going to show you how.

My built-for-lawyers framework combines virtual sessions with self-paced learning and reflection.

While you can always choose a one-off, two-hour Strategy Session that fits your schedule, generally speaking, a coaching and consulting program with me is a 3-to-6-month, one-on-one intensive on a recurring time and day. Throughout our time together, I provide you with the support and resources you need for immense growth and meaningful outcomes.

Then, when our scheduled sessions are over, I can continue to support you in whatever way is best for you. You’ve got a lifelong cheerleader and mentor in me. You’re not alone. Not anymore.

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“I am getting so much out of my coaching with Sheila. I really appreciate that everything is organized, easy to keep up with, and clearly laid out. All of the interfaces are easy to use and Sheila makes even Zoom calls feel personalized. Sheila is a very gifted coach and mentor who is skilled at listening and guiding, as well as at spotting those times when digging deeper would be beneficial. She has helped me identify what I want/ need to work on and has helped me formulate a week by week plan that feels just right, never overwhelming and never too little. I’m so grateful for Sheila and her program for allowing me to dream my own dream.”

KLM, Houston

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I work with attorneys who are driven, intelligent, and “traditionally” successful. Who’ve spent an entire career fighting for the recognition they deserve. Even still, they often feel like things aren’t quite right.

If you know something needs to change, but don’t know what – and even if you do know and you’re too scared to take action – then working together is an integral first step.

Most lawyers experience something that’s too hard to articulate. Nothing is technically “wrong,” but then again, it’s also not always “right.” There can be a sense of stuck-ness, a feeling like something instrumental is missing. Then, there’s the guilt for even being unhappy when we know we’ve got it good compared to so many other people.

Maybe you feel trapped because you had to fight so hard to get to where you are and you think you’re not in a financial position to just quit and wait for something better to come along, especially if you’re a parent. (Plus … the annoying “what if this is as good as it gets?”)

I work with kind, compassionate, driven attorneys who are constantly stressed and crushed under the pressure of paperwork, billing enough hours, horrible partners/owners/seniors/clients and their unreasonable expectations, cut-throat competition, and of course, exhaustion.

If you’re finding it impossible to look after yourself because the hours you’re working leave you with no time or energy for self-care, you know this only makes the exhaustion worse. The vicious cycle continues to burnout.

This is why I specifically work with lawyers who feel like they’re in a no-win situation. It’s easy to stay stuck and miserable, afraid to risk your life and career and firm. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can have your cake and eat it, too!

A better way to practice law

• First, we’ll get to the bottom of what’s really going on. Understand why you’re feeling the way you do, then uncover the more important things: how you want to feel instead, what you want to have, how you want to spend your time, who you want to BE as an attorney.
• This clarity allows us to figure out what needs to change, weigh up all the options, and ensure that whatever steps you take next are done in a way that’s intentional and strategic. After all, the point of this work is to make you feel better, not to add more stress to your plate by burning your career or firm to the ground (or simply finding a new j.o.b. that provides all the same problems in a different building)
• Once we know that, we’ll start to experiment. We’ll set some specific goals and create a detailed action plan that’ll take you from where you are to where you want to be in a timeframe that’s realistic and allows you to feel calm and in control.
• As you get to work on executing this plan, I’ll be supporting you every step of the way – mentally, emotionally, and practically. Fear kicking in? I put my coaching hat on. Need to have a difficult conversation? We’ll come up with a strategic plan before I get into cheerleading mode and help you get fired up. Want to completely revamp your services, offers, and fees? I have a proprietary calculator and process for making those feel easy for clients to say YES to. Feeling disconnected from your data and metrics, not sure what’s moving the needle in your firm? I’ve built a proprietary and SIMPLE CEO Growth Dashboard that’ll start showing you patterns you never noticed before.
• But here’s what it’s really all about: I’m going to help you find YOUR version of success. The kind of success that doesn’t just look good on paper, but gives you what your mind, body, and soul have been craving for years. And not only does that look different for everyone, it’s also rarely found by simply earning more money or changing firms or going out on your own. We’re going to say goodbye to feeling trapped, resentful, stuck, miserable and powerless… and hello to freedom, fulfillment, safety, and JOY.