The Free Lawyer

So many of us struggle with this problem. Our partner keeps giving us more work to do. The court schedules unexpected hearings. Our clients call, asking us to help resolve a crisis. We have so much work to do, and seemingly so little time, that we feel overwhelmed and stressed. What to do? In Episode 20 of The Free Lawyer podcast,  I will give you 12 tips to help efficiently manage your work in so much less time, creating more freedom for you to enjoy your life and to be fulfilled. Which tool is most helpful to you? I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call. Be well, be safe and be free!!

We face so many stresses in our professions. We encounter demands of clients; stresses about money and paying bills; too much work and too little time; and the pressures of the court, other attorneys, and our full calendar. The pressure builds. We work harder. But, we just feel more overwhelmed. We eliminate any time for ourselves. We just do not have any time for self-care. And, so the stress worsens. We get more distracted, and our focus weakens. It is a challenging downward cycle. How do we change that? How can we be successful in our profession handling our workload, but still find fulfillment and peace? In this episode of The Free Lawyer, I will explain why self-care is so important, detail the five most important benefits of self-care, and give you eight tangible tips for building healthy self-care habits. Let me know what you think! I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call. Be well, be safe and be free

Our practices can be so stressful, overwhelming at times. But, there is one way to find greater fulfillment in our profession. Do you want to learn and grow as a person? Feel happier? Be more optimistic? Help your practice to become more successful? Manage your stress and feel more fulfilled? Changing our focus from just the grind of the work we do, to consciously trying to serve our clients and help them solve their problems is the answer. In this episode of The Free Lawyer, I will share a recent war story, and then explain six powerful gifts of service. I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call.  Be well, be safe and be free

We joined the legal profession for many reasons, with great excitement and enthusiasm. But many of us some time later are stressed, burned out and overwhelmed. There is a huge issue of wellness in the legal profession. In Episode 17 of The Free Lawyer Podcast, I discuss some very concerning statistics from some studies that were done about wellness of the legal profession; I explain 4 hallmarks of wellness for lawyers; and I provide 10 tangible tips that we can all utilize to achieve a healthier way of life. We are in a wonderful profession and together we can make it a more satisfying and healthy arena for all of us.  Which of these tips resonated with you? I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call. Be well, be safe and be free!

So many lawyers are stressed and burned out, sadly so. And part of the reason is they are tired of the unnecessary conflict that often occurs between lawyers. We are hired to solve problems for our clients, to find solutions; but sometimes the "fighting" gets in the way.  Part of the stress we feel as lawyers comes from unprofessional and discourteous behaviors by opposing counsel, and our response to them. Together we can make our profession a more fulfilling career. In Episode 16 of The Free Lawyer podcast, I discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of our profession. I describe 12 practical tools we can all follow for making our profession a better place. Which of these were most helpful to you? I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call. Be well, be safe and be free

Do you ever feel fearful? Worry that something will not work out right? Concerned about what might happen in the future?  Fear can be overwhelming, controlling and powerful. It can hold us back from accomplishing our dreams. Many of us suffer from it, some more frequently and more powerfully than others. But there are solutions. In this episode of The Free Lawyer Podcast,  I will explain some of the most common fears, what effect fear has on us both physically and emotionally, and give you 7 concrete tools for freeing yourself from the prison of fear. I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call. Be well, be safe and be free!

So many of us struggle with getting enough sleep, don't we? We do not realize how critical it is to our overall wellness and success to have a healthy sleep pattern; and we do not know some of the consequences of sleep deprivation.  In this podcast, I will explain the causes of our poor sleep habits, the terrible consequences of sleep deprivation, and some tangible tools to remedy this problem. I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call. Be well, be safe and be free!

Do you ever feel stressed at work? And not sure how to best manage it so you can enjoy fulfillment in your professional life?  Here, I address the biggest obstacle the legal profession and others face, the stress of our work. I discuss how it impacts us and  provide twelve tangible tips for you to effectively manage stress in your professional workplace. I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call. Be well, be safe and be free!

Have you ever felt confused or lost about your direction? Or not sure how to get there? Or, have you ever felt frustrated, and not sure why? Have you felt stressed but are not sure what to do about it? Did you feel that it would be good to ask for support, but are not sure who to ask or how to ask? Those feelings are not at all unusual. In fact, most all of us have felt that way at times. We know we need some help, some guidance, but are afraid to ask for it. I have learned during my life the benefits of receiving the right coaching from the right person at the right time. Yet, it is often hard to ask for help. Here, I explain the reasons why we do not ask for support as frequently as needed; the wrong and right ways to ask for help, and six tangible gifts from obtaining the coaching that we need. I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call. Be well, be safe and be free!

One of the biggest challenges in creating personal fulfillment is making it a habit to live in the present, and to avoid being stuck in the past or in the future. Both of those create obstacles to our attaining personal freedom. In this Episode of the Free Lawyer Podcast, I describe the problems and negative emotions we feel when we drift off the past or the future. I explain 10 real gifts of being truly mindful and present. Listen and enjoy~ I am now coaching attorneys, entrepreneurs and professionals how to enjoy personal freedom and be more successful. Would you like to learn more? Please visit www.garymiles.net and sign up for a free discovery call. Be well, be safe and be free!