Amy Wood: Lawyer Like An Athlete

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Dec 15, 2025

In this engaging conversation, Amy Wood, a licensed psychologist and executive coach specializing in attorney wellbeing, shares invaluable insights on treating your career like elite athletic training. She emphasizes the importance of inner balance over traditional work-life balance and managing energy as if it were a rechargeable battery. Amy also introduces the four pillars of success: a supportive network, a solution-oriented mindset, self-care, and creative diversions. With tips on workspace organization and avoiding burnout, she inspires lawyers to embrace growth through challenges.

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INSIGHT

AI Frees Time But Requires Vetting

AI can offload rote work and free attorneys for high-value tasks when properly supervised.
Always vet AI outputs; it's a tool to augment, not replace, professional judgment.

INSIGHT

Inner Balance Beats Work-Life Balance

Inner balance replaces the myth of work-life balance and is achievable daily.
Focus on energy, mindset, relationships, and restorative practices to sustain peak performance.

ADVICE

Prioritize Athlete-Level Self-Care

Prioritize exquisite self-care: physical health, sleep, and daily routines like athletes do.
Nourish your body because the brain depends on physical health for peak mental performance.

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In this episode, Steve Fretzin and Amy Wood discuss:

Cultivating inner balance
Training your career like an athlete
Building the four pillars of success
Managing energy and embracing growth

Key Takeaways:

Focus on inner balance rather than chasing work–life balance. Intentionally manage your energy, mindset, and relationships to sustain long-term professional performance.
Treat your career like elite athletic training by consistently prioritizing physical health, restorative sleep, and daily self-care as essential foundations for mental sharpness.
Surround yourself with the four pillars of success: a genuinely supportive network, a solution-oriented mindset, deliberate self-care, and engaging, nourishing diversions that spark creativity.
Protect and invest your energy wisely, design environments that actively inspire focus, and embrace mistakes as valuable opportunities for growth, reflection, and learning.

"When you're thinking about your energy, look at it like a battery that needs to be recharged." — Amy Wood

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About Amy Wood: Dr. Amy Wood is a licensed psychologist, certified executive coach, and award-winning author who has devoted her career to helping individuals and organizations articulate and arrive at new and more empowering versions of success.

In particular, she is known for helping individuals and organizations to edit down overwhelm to their own customized productivity and happiness essentials. With a doctorate from Adler University and a prior career in communications, she inspires transformation with a unique blend of humor, directness, and psychological insight. Dr. Wood’s intention is always to live and work in ways that bring out the best in herself and others.

Connect with Amy Wood:

Website: https://amywoodpsyd.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amywoodpsyd/

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