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AutomatesAutomates #16 - The one with a moral compassThis episode of Automates features values-driven Caitlin McFee, Head of Growth at Capacity. Caitlin explains: Her reasons for getting behind the mission of Capacity and how it helps firms operate as better businessesThat firms must look beyond 'wellbeing days' to truly transforming the experience of working in a law firmUsing work allocation as a lever to affect changeThe inherent challenges in attempting to fundamentally change the way the legal industry worksBalancing the needs of the firm and the associates with the desire of the partner to have controlThe cultural differences between the UK and US in adopting techCreating a...
2024-12-1247 min
#Notallmen???#014- Demonstrating Your Humanity with Caitlin McFeeCaitlin McFee is a lawyer and a life coach. A real super power who helps people enhance their lives and relationships through mindset work and emotional healing. In today's episode we talk through how we can find the balance between staying busy and slowing down. You can learn how we evaluate the meaning that we ascribe to certain behaviours in our everyday life and how embracing and demonstrating your humanity is one of the most important things that you can do.Follow Caitlin :Instagram- @caitlin.mcfeeJoin the #NotAllMen community: Instagram- @notallman_p...
2022-03-141h 23
Law Life Balance#18: Over And Out - Season Finale - Solo EpisodeI can't BELIEVE we're 18 episodes in and at the season one finale of the podcast. It's been such a journey, and I'm so incredibly grateful for all of your support, and the time of my amazing guests.
I wanted to take a little time to reflect on some of the themes that have come up, and what has happened in the legal industry during the course of season one. I also wanted to take the opportunity to tell you why I'm closing up here for the first season, and to explain what I'm going to be focussing...
2021-10-1916 minLaw Life Balance#17: Lessons From A Leading Legal Tech Founder - with Mary BonsorMary Bonsor was a property litigator in a top city firm before starting Flex Legal in August 2016. Flex is an online platform which connects pre-vetted lawyers and law students to law firms and general counsel for a flexible, on demand service. Flex has over 5,000 candidates on its platform and over 250 clients including magic circle firms, FTSE 250 companies and SMEs. In 2020 Mary was recognised as one of Management Today's 35 Women under 35.
Mary is passionate about the future education of the profession and how tomorrow's lawyers will qualify. She sees the SQE offering a huge opportunity to...
2021-10-1249 minLaw Life Balance#16: Back To Work After Baby: Returning To Work Mindfully - with Lori Mihalich-Levin, JDFirstly, I'm sorry this episode is a little bit late this week. Well, actually, I'm not sorry at all - I'm on holiday and having a lovely time so I decided to release it later. But I've found some time to do it so here you go! Please also excuse the audio quality change towards the end, Zoom crashed and failed to recognise my microphone - it's just a bit of a week for this one!
On the podcast this week is wonder-woman herself, Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD. Lori believes in inspiring and empowering working parents. She...
2021-10-0542 minLaw Life Balance#15: How To Ignite Your Self Belief And Reach Your Limitless Potential - with Charlotte SmithMeet Charlotte Smith, aka the professional Executive Coach for Limitless Lawyers. After an impressive 7 year career at a top boutique law firm in the UK, a prestigious 30 Under 30 Award, and an offer of partnership, Charlotte upped sticks and moved to California with her husband and pursue an alternative dream: to help other lawyers ignite their self belief and reach their, well, limitless potential! Charlotte now works with lawyers and silicon valley tech professionals to help them become limitless leaders.
Some of the many topics we covered include:
The differences and commonalities between lawyers around the world
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2021-09-2850 minLaw Life Balance#14: How To Set Boundaries At Work & Find Time For You - with Nikki AldersonMeet Nikki Alderson, a former barrister with a 19 year career at the Criminal Bar and now a highly successful coach for women and keynote speaker. After reaching a career crossroads whilst representing two men on death row in Jamaica (trust me it’s a good episode), Nikki decided to pursue some coaching to help her figure out her next steps. That led, ultimately, to her becoming a coach herself, and she now works to help retain women in the legal profession.
Nikki is also an experienced public speaker and has spoken at a whole host of national Co...
2021-09-2146 minLaw Life Balance#13: How To Succeed As A Young Professional & How Employers Can Support - with Oliver HaddockThis week we have a very exciting guest, and a good friend of mine, Oliver Haddock. Olly is a litigator at Radcliffes Le Brasseur. He is also the Founder and Chair of the London Young Professionals Network, and the Chair of the London Young Lawyers Group. In celebration of his huge dedication to young lawyers, he has been shortlisted for the Law Society Junior Lawyers of the Year award at the upcoming Excellence in Law Awards (for which we wish him lots of luck)!
Obviously this episode contains loads of great information about law and young professionals...
2021-09-1452 minLaw Life Balance#12: How To Build A Law Firm Where People Can Thrive - with Jodie HillThis week I had the pleasure of speaking to solicitor and founder of her very own law firm, Jodie Hill. Jodie Hill originally trained as a barrister before cross-qualifying as a solicitor. In 2018 she became the founder and Managing Partner of multi-award winning Thrive Law. Jodie has specialised in employment law throughout her career and has a keen understanding of this complex legal sector, particularly D&I issues, together with all HR related issues. She also campaigns tirelessly for mental health, becoming a Law Care Champion in 2019 and in 2020 launching 'This is Me Yorkshire', a story-sharing movement to...
2021-09-0748 min
Law Life Balance#11: Mind-Body Health Optimisation & Outstanding Communication - with Charlène Gisèle BourlioutThis episode’s guest is Charlène Gisele Bourliout. Charlène is a former top London lawyer who transformed her career from corporate business centric living to health centric living and now specialises in mind-body health optimisation and corporate executive health coaching. Her online coaching service combines cutting-edge science and technologies with ancestral techniques which make her Health Coaching Program incredibly impactful.
Her clients include CEOs, executives and partners from some of the world's top law firms, FinTech companies and wellness brands from the UK, US and across Europe. She supports them with nutrition, meditation, biohacking, breathwork and...
2021-08-101h 06Law Life Balance#10: How to Beat Burnout & Optimise Mental Health for Peak Performance and Wellbeing - with Nick BloyThis week’s episode is Nick Bloy, experienced wellbeing strategist, coach, international speaker, trainer, and founder of WELLBEING Republic Limited. Nick began his career as a solicitor before realising he was more of a “people person” and finding his way into HR. Years of hard work, and his own burnout story, later, Nick decided to found his own company to help people harness their optimal mental state for peak performance and wellbeing.
I was really excited for this chat with Nick, and to learn from him about how he is working to solve some of law’s biggest prob...
2021-08-0356 minLaw Life Balance#9: How to get a 1st Class LLB, Social Mobility & Top Tips for Trainee Success - with Lucy ColeLucy Cole is a formidable incoming trainee of Clifford Chance, and proud holder of a 1st Class Honours Degree in Law from the University of Exeter. Lucy is passionate about diversity and inclusion, and supports aspiring lawyers through her platform @LucyDoesLaw and through her work with GROW Mentoring. She was Co-President of her university's law society and has even delivered a speech on young women's empowerment at the UN Headquarters in New York as a representative to an NGO.
I really wanted to speak to Lucy about her experience of pursuing the journey to becoming a lawyer...
2021-07-2747 minLaw Life Balance#8: Why Lawyers Leave & How To Make Them Stay - with William DoughertyThis week’s guest is William Dougherty, founder of new legal tech company, Capacity. Hailing from a small town in Scotland, William found his way (somewhat luckily some might say, given his approach to applications) to Dentons in London where he qualified and practised as an IP lawyer. He recently gave up his solicitor role to take Capacity to new heights and fulfil his vision of creating a more inclusive and sustainable culture and working environment in the legal industry.
A man who’s clearly done his research, William kept me on my toes for this episode and...
2021-07-201h 07Law Life BalanceTrailer for #8: Why Lawyers Leave & How To Make Them Stay - with William DoughertyThis week’s guest is William Dougherty, founder of new legal tech company, Capacity. Hailing from a small town in Scotland, William found his way (somewhat luckily some might say, given his approach to applications) to Dentons in London where he qualified and practised as an IP lawyer. He recently gave up his solicitor role to take Capacity to new heights and fulfil his vision of creating a more inclusive and sustainable culture and working environment in the legal industry.
A man who’s clearly done his research, William kept me on my toes for this episode and...
2021-07-1902 minLaw Life Balance#7: Progress, the Pandemic & Prioritising Mental Health - with Elizabeth RimmerThis week I’m joined by Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare, the UK’s mental health charity for the legal community. Elizabeth began her career as a lawyer at Leigh Day, before transitioning to the VCSE sector. Years later, she found herself drawn back to the legal industry in a different capacity - one which lets her combine her knowledge of the law with her passion for mental health and wellbeing. For Elizabeth, wellbeing means (primarily) daily dog walks and time with her parents, but she’s advocating for a broad and flexible definition of wellbeing throughout the legal indust...
2021-07-1357 minLaw Life BalanceTrailer for #7: Progress, the Pandemic & Prioritising Mental Health - with Elizabeth RimmerThis week I’m joined by Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare, the UK’s mental health charity for the legal community. Elizabeth began her career as a lawyer at Leigh Day, before transitioning to the VCSE sector. Years later, she found herself drawn back to the legal industry in a different capacity - one which lets her combine her knowledge of the law with her passion for mental health and wellbeing. For Elizabeth, wellbeing means (primarily) daily dog walks and time with her parents, but she’s advocating for a broad and flexible definition of wellbeing throughout the legal indust...
2021-07-1202 minLaw Life Balance#6: The O Shaped Lawyer, In-House Law & Human-Centric SkillsDan Kayne is General Counsel of the Routes department at Network Rail, and the founder of the O Shaped Lawyer movement. Juggling effectively multiple full-time jobs (including fatherhood), Dan is a tour de force when it comes to driving change in the legal industry. A man who believes that “it’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice”, Dan joins me for a chilled and friendly chat, peppered with moments of his natural, dry humour, which will leave you feeling positive about the future of the legal industry, guaranteed.
In this very human co...
2021-07-0651 minLaw Life BalanceTrailer for #6: The O Shaped Lawyer, In-House Law & Human-Centric SkillsDan Kayne is General Counsel of the Routes department at Network Rail, and the founder of the O Shaped Lawyer movement. Juggling effectively multiple full-time jobs (including fatherhood), Dan is a tour de force when it comes to driving change in the legal industry. A man who believes that “it’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice”, Dan joins me for a chilled and friendly chat, peppered with moments of his natural, dry humour, which will leave you feeling positive about the future of the legal industry, guaranteed.
In this very human co...
2021-07-0501 min
Legally Speaking PodcastLaw Life Balance: Prioritising Mental Wellbeing in the Legal Industry - Caitlin McFee - S4E16Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Caitlin McFee onto the show. Caitlin is a Pro Bono Associate and the Founder of Law Life Balance, a mental health and wellbeing platform for lawyers. After facing her own struggles whilst doing her training contract at a Magic Circle firm, she set up the project to drive forward positive cultural change in the industry. In addition, she's also a Project Lead at the Association of Mental Health Provid...
2021-07-0534 min
Minderful Voices#152: Caitlin McFee on her morning mood checkCaitlin - lawyer and life coach - does a morning mood check as part of her routine to start the day right.
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2021-07-0201 minLaw Life Balance#5: Leadership, Diversity & Social Inclusion - with Raj PanasarRaj Panasar is a lawyer who has recently left private practice from his previous position as a Corporate Finance partner at Hogan Lovells. Born and raised in Lancashire, Raj felt under immense pressure from his parents to pursue a ‘high-flying’ career, despite being at real socio-economic disadvantage and coming from, in his own words, deep deprivation. Nonetheless, he made it into private practice, training at Linklaters, and then making partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton before moving to Hogan Lovells. Raj has now stepped away from partnership to pursue his own legal tech venture which he’s keeping under...
2021-06-291h 02Law Life BalanceTrailer for #5: Leadership, Diversity & Social Inclusion - with Raj PanasarRaj Panasar is a lawyer who has recently left private practice from his previous position as a Corporate Finance partner at Hogan Lovells. Born and raised in Lancashire, Raj felt under immense pressure from his parents to pursue a ‘high-flying’ career, despite being at real socio-economic disadvantage and coming from, in his own words, deep deprivation. Nonetheless, he made it into private practice, training at Linklaters, and then making partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton before moving to Hogan Lovells. Raj has now stepped away from partnership to pursue his own legal tech venture which he’s keeping under...
2021-06-2802 minLaw Life Balance#4: Burnout, Billable-Hours & Defining Success - with Chrissie WolfeThis episode’s guest is Chrissie Wolfe, recently ex-private practice personal injury lawyer from Irwin Mitchell now legal consultant, and founder of Law and Broader (or LAB). For the past 8 years, Chrissie has juggled a full-time private practice career alongside a busy social media schedule and various projects related to LAB, something she set up to help other aspiring lawyers access the competitive profession. Having recently relocated to Dubai, the location (and perspective) shift allowed her to re-evaluate her priorities and make the leap out of private practice into pursuing her own interests full-time.
This is a ra...
2021-06-211h 02Law Life BalanceTrailer for #4: Burnout, Billable-Hours & Defining Success - with Chrissie WolfeThis episode’s guest is Chrissie Wolfe, recently ex-private practice personal injury lawyer from Irwin Mitchell now legal consultant, and founder of Law and Broader (or LAB). For the past 8 years, Chrissie has juggled a full-time private practice career alongside a busy social media schedule and various projects related to LAB, something she set up to help other aspiring lawyers access the competitive profession. Having recently relocated to Dubai, the location (and perspective) shift allowed her to re-evaluate her priorities and make the leap out of private practice into pursuing her own interests full-time.
This is a ra...
2021-06-2102 minLaw Life Balance#3: Junior Lawyer Life & Finding Balance - with Sophie ShawIn Episode #3 I'm chatting to Sophie Shaw, a restructuring and insolvency lawyer at a silver circle firm who also runs the @lawwithsophie Instagram page and blog.
Sophie started her legal career in legal marketing at a magic circle firm before securing a training contract three years later at her current firm. Sophie started her Instagram page and blog at the beginning of 2021 to help people who are struggling to gain access to the legal profession. She shares the wealth of knowledge she accumulated during her three years of applications and rejections to demystify the application process and...
2021-06-211h 07Law Life BalanceTrailer for #3: Junior Lawyer Life & Finding Balance - with Sophie ShawIn Episode #3 I'm chatting to Sophie Shaw, a restructuring and insolvency lawyer at a silver circle firm who also runs the @lawwithsophie Instagram page and blog.
Sophie started her legal career in legal marketing at a magic circle firm before securing a training contract three years later at her current firm. Sophie started her Instagram page and blog at the beginning of 2021 to help people who are struggling to gain access to the legal profession. She shares the wealth of knowledge she accumulated during her three years of applications and rejections to demystify the application process and...
2021-06-2101 minLaw Life Balance#2 - Change, Neuroscience and the Law - with Dominique AshbyWelcome to Episode #2: the first of the Law Life Balance podcast interview episodes, with Dominique Ashby. Dominique is a former lawyer turned change specialist and the founder of neuro@work, where she uses her expertise in neuroscience (having studied an MA at Cambridge University) to help organisations (including law firms) increase operational agility and resilience in a cost-effective, sustainable way. Her mission is to take the headache out of change for organisations and realise the full value-add for D&I of putting humanity at the heart of the workplace.
In this episode, Dominique and I will...
2021-06-2153 minLaw Life BalanceTrailer for #2: Change, Neuroscience and the Law - with Dominique AshbyWelcome to Episode #2: the first of the Law Life Balance podcast interview episodes, with Dominique Ashby. Dominique is a former lawyer turned change specialist and the founder of neuro@work, where she uses her expertise in neuroscience (having studied an MA at Cambridge University) to help organisations (including law firms) increase operational agility and resilience in a cost-effective, sustainable way. Her mission is to take the headache out of change for organisations and realise the full value-add for D&I of putting humanity at the heart of the workplace.
In this episode, Dominique and I will...
2021-06-2101 minLaw Life Balance#1: Law Life Balance & MeHello everybody and WELCOME to the very first episode of the Law Life Balance podcast! I am so excited to share this podcast with you. It has been a while in the making and is a real passion project of mine, so I sincerely hope you enjoy it and find it valuable.
In the first episode, I wanted to share with you a little about my own personal story, my journey into law, and what ultimately led me to starting Law Life Balance as a business. I've shared some parts of this story before, but this is...
2021-06-2123 minLaw Life BalanceIntroducing the Law Life Balance podcast!It's here! The Law Life Balance podcast is finally live, with so many super exciting episodes coming your way. So press like/save and get notified each time a new episode is released - you're not going to want to miss out on these conversations!
2021-05-2500 min