Who Supports the General Counsel Navigating Change, Ambition and Uncertainty

That's fascinating.

I think for me personally, it also really strongly resonates because I've had opportunities in my life where the doors have closed, and I've been made redundant, my husband's been made redundant, and different life events have happened.

But they've all been catalysts that ended up leading to us-

Mm

... creating Lawcadia.

Yep.

And so you look back, with all the wisdom that I have now, and I can see how all of these things came together and led to each other, and actually how much I've learned and the richness in my life that's come from that.

And I can see those similar threads coming through your story, where something's happened that at the time might have been quite distressing and upsetting, and your world has changed.

But then because of that, there's all these other rich opportunities, and your world has opened up, and so much has changed, but it's been really positive.

And the way that you've adapted with those changes has been really positive.

I guess there's a lot of wisdom that then you're naturally sharing when you are in that coaching position.

Yeah, absolutely.

Because you can have a really closed view if your world is quite closed, particularly if you've been with an organization for a long time, or a certain law firm for a long time, or a certain corporate, or a certain practice of law.

Because there are so many different ways that you can practice law, and you don't actually have to be in private practice.

I am one of those few in-house lawyers who actually went back to private practice, and not only did I go back to private practice, I started my own law firm.

And when people said to me, "I'm so scared.

I can't open a law firm," I say, "Yes, you can.

If I did it, you can do it."

[laughs]

You just need to know how to do it, and people will help you.

People can be incredibly generous.

It's something that I've found.

So, absolutely.

Yeah, so generous.

And to, and just to build on what you said earlier, when you have different life experiences, you become more empathetic, you become more curious, use your right brain a lot more.