Sustainable careers for lawyers and law firms
Find a little balance in your inbox
Lawyers are strong, intelligent professionals.
We’ve got the career, family, nice house, decent income, but experience failing mental health, rising stress levels, and a poor sense of well-being.
Have you spent years climbing the ladder, striving to be the “go to” person for your clients and the person your team looks to for answers?
But in clocking up all that chargeable time maybe you’ve missed school plays, dinner dates and family gatherings.
Do you manage to have conversations with your spouses that doesn’t involve negotiating who’s paying the cleaner or picking up the kids from school?
Lawyers have a larger dose of the “perfectionist” gene than you’ll see in many other professions. We feel as though we must be the one who gets everything done, meets deadlines, gets the kids to school and has a week’s worth of frozen dinners ready? (Or feels like you should be doing all of that?)
This is leading us to higher and higher levels of burnout, stress related absence, ill health, not feeling able to pursue that promotion or new role, and even leaving the profession we’ve worked so hard to join.
Law firm leader, HR, L&D or Talent professional?
feeling guilty?
So you reach for a glass of wine.
But you know that it isn’t going to stop you waking in the middle of the night worrying about files, forgotten emails, the future, or whether you’ve washed the school uniforms.
feeling stressed?
So you book another holiday.
But you know a week or two isn’t going to stop you worrying about all those unread emails, and the inevitability of falling further behind with work and all the many responsibilities you’re carrying.
feeling exhausted?
So you try yoga or golf.
But instead of being ‘time out’, it feels like yet another thing on your endless to do list. Something else to feel guilty about not quite managing. You stay on the treadmill trying to keep everything moving, but feel that it could all come crashing down anytime.
As aspiring young lawyers we thought we could have it all… the career, the family, the lifestyle.
Externally maybe you laugh at having been sold a pipe dream, being told we could have it all, but deep down you wonder whether it’s only you who is struggling to keep the plates spinning and unsure how/if anything can be different.
Do you feel you don’t have an identity outside of your career? Can you remember what hobbies you used to enjoy?
I’m Hannah Beko
I’ve spent 20 years as a commercial property solicitor and 10 years coaching lawyers. I know the pressure from the inside, and I know it doesn’t have to cost you your health.
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ICF ACC accredited coach · Author of The Authentic Lawyer (2022) · Podcast host
Since 2016 I’ve worked with professionals from…
Macfarlanes, Bird & Bird, Slater & Gordon, Clyde & Co, Leigh Day, Evolve Law, Eversheds-Sutherland, Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Stephenson Harwood, Collyer Bristow, Gateleys plc, Raydens, Birketts, Howard Kennedy, Nexa Law, Mishcon de Reya, Lester Aldridge, Ellisons, Optimal, Taylor Rose, Keystone Law, gunnercooke, Lennons Solicitors, Burnetts, Moore Barlow, Milbank, LawNet, Woodstock Legal, Fletcher’s Group and organisations including Professional Training UK, Women Lawyers & Mothers, Women in Law UK, Manchester Trainee Solicitors Group, Cilex and Junior Lawyer’s Division.
It’s time to forget the old image of law…
Whether it’s a career decision or crossroad, or tools for reducing stress and increasing enjoyment with life/work; together, let’s find a way to make it happen without burnout.
Rest, Restore & Rise
A programme to help you step back from burnout and rebuild with care. Join the waiting list for the next round.
One-to-one coaching
Monthly coaching or the Career Reset Intensive, for when you need clarity on what comes next.
For law firms
Training, talks and partnerships on wellbeing, burnout and sustainable leadership.
What people are saying
It all starts with happiness for me. When we take care of our mental health and wellbeing, we are able to be the very best version of ourselves in our private lives and our business and career. Happiness has a big impact on productivity, effectiveness and profit!
Hannah, Lawyer, Coach & Trainer
Hannah has given me the tools to change my life!
Lindsay, Business Owner
If you want to kick start your journey to self care, go to one of Hannah’s workshop. It makes you stop and take time to think about where you want to go.
Claire, Lawyer
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