Finding a family lawyer who wants to keep cases out of court isn’t common, but Jacqueline Harounian has made this her goal. As a firm believer in marriage, court cases and divorce are always a Plan B in her practice. On today’s episode, Jacqueline explains the process that she goes through with her clients in order to ensure the healthiest outcome for the family as a whole. We discuss how Jacqueline sometimes has to double up as a therapist for her clients, what she believes is forgivable behavior that can be worked through and what she believes warrants the ending of a marriage. Jacqueline also shares how the pandemic has impacted her work life and her personal life, the way she has seen it affect her clients, and how she thinks things are going to change in the future, particularly for women in the working world. After many years of working very hard (sometimes too hard) as an equally dedicated lawyer and mother, Jacqueline has found her purpose and her self-confidence, and she reminds us that getting to this point takes time and that there is nothing wrong with asking for help along the way. If you are not there yet, keep persevering! 

Key Points From This Episode:

• An introduction to today’s guest, expert family lawyer, Jacqueline Harounian.
• The positive impact that Jacqueline’s work has had on her personal life. 
•  Jacqueline’s background in psychology and how it helps her in her current job.
• Jacqueline’s opinions about marriage and divorce. 
• Advice on how to find your purpose in life, from someone who has found theirs.
• Why family law cases are so different to other types of cases. 
• The way many family lawyers deal with clients, and why Jacqueline disapproves of this way of operating.
• Court is always a Plan B in Jacqueline’s practice. 
• How Jacqueline maintains a balance between her work and home life, after being a self-described workaholic for a while. 
• Effects of the pandemic on Jacqueline’s work and family life, and on the rest of the working world and family lives in general.  
• Health is wealth; this is such an important thing to remember. 
• Situations where Jacqueline believes forgiveness between spouses is possible, and those that she believes warrant the ending of the relationship.  
• Hear about how to access a free budget template if you need one.  
• The case, years into her career, which helped Jacqueline gain confidence in herself as a lawyer.
• Why you should never take your lawyer hat off completely if you want to stay in the game. 
• Jacqueline’s thoughts on the differences between male and women lawyers and advice for women navigating a world that is still dominated by men. 
• Time and hard work are required to get to where you want to be, and it will be worth the effort when you get there! 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jacqueline Harounian on LinkedIn 

Wisselman, Harounian and Associates 

The Calling

LP3

LP3 Self Wealth Book Club

LP3 on Instagram

Transformation doesn’t happen overnight. It is a process of figuring out who you are, what you are good at, and then aligning that with your career. Today we welcome executive coach Dena Lefkowitz onto the show to talk about the steps that you can take to transform your life and achieve a greater sense of well-being. We open our discussion by touching on Dena’s story and how she found career satisfaction by transitioning from a high-paying job as a lawyer to becoming a coach for lawyers. Leveraging her experience, she highlights the transformative power of introspection, coaching, and surrounding yourself with the right people when pursuing change. After unpacking the importance of aligning your personality with your career, Dena discusses why you should distance yourself from toxic influences. Later, she shares the questions that listeners should ask themselves to kick-start their transformation. As Dena explains in this episode, transformation is a slow, graceful journey of self-exploration. Tune in to hear more about attaining personal and professional fulfillment. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Introducing today’s guest, life coach, and lawyer Dena Lefkowitz.
• Dena shares details about what her business does and how it fulfills her. 
• Hear why Dena left her position as a highly-paid lawyer.
• Exploring some of the challenges and workplace issues faced by lawyers.
• Why reflection is the key to transforming yourself.
• Being a leader versus being a boss.
• We discuss Dena’s journey and the struggles that she overcame.
• The importance of aligning your career with your personality and values. 
• Dena unpacks the steps it takes to transform yourself.
• Why you should surround yourself with a tribe of supportive people.
• Why being given permission to make less money was such a game-changer for Dena. 
• When an internal change is needed, not a career change. 
• Identifying what drains your energy. 
• Why you should be careful about what you say to yourself.
• Questions that you should ask yourself to kick-start your transformation. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Dena Lefkowitz on LinkedIn

Dena Lefkowitz on Twitter

Call Dena Lefkowitz at 215-696-3079

Achievement by Design

The E-Myth Revisited on Amazon

The Leadership Handbook on Amazon

Yale The Science of Well-being

Henry Ford

LP3

LP3 Self Wealth Book Club

LP3 on Instagram

For mothers, balancing their personal and professional lives can feel like a whirlwind, with one or the other often being neglected. The result? Mommy guilt and a need for self-love. Today we speak with health insurance agent Pamela Deaton to find out what it took for her to strike a balance between the two. To begin, we ask Pamela to tell us how her business has coped during the pandemic. After detailing some of the important changes she has made, we dig deeper and find out how she designed her business around her life, and not the other way around. Listeners will hear how Pamela’s divorce forced a change in her lifestyle, and how the event would define her outlook on life and the way she wanted to live it. To make the changes she desired, Pamela started block scheduling so she could focus on the things that are important to her. She touches on some of the mental blocks that she’s had to overcome as well and how she tunes into self-reflection. To find out what matters most to Pamela, and how she’s improved her business while focussing on her personal life, be sure to tune in today! 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Introducing today’s guest, Pamela Deaton.
• How Pamela has managed business changes brought about by the pandemic.
• Some of the ways Pamela’s nature of work has changed.
• Designing Pamela’s business around her life, instead of her life around her business.
• When Pamela first made a change to balance her professional and personal lives.
• The habits and perceptions Pamela changed.
• Hear about time blocking and how it has helped Pamela.
• Some of the mental blocks Pamela has had to overcome in business.
• How Pamela tunes into self-reflection.
• Ways Pamela makes sure she can help her clients in the biggest way possible.
• Pamela’s parting advice for other women.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Pamela Deaton on LinkedIn

Pamela Deaton on Facebook

Text or call Pamela at 309 336 1230 

HealthMarkets

FIMA

The E-Myth Revisited on Amazon

LP3

LP3 on Instagram

How do you want to spend your 168 hours per week? As we discuss with today’s guest, law marketer Wendy Witt, you have the power to design your dream life so that those weekly 168 hours are meaningful both inside of and outside of work. After chatting about Wendy's goal of introducing wellness to the legal industry, we dive into how you can start building your ideal life and career. A key theme in this episode, we look into how profits are a byproduct of passion, purpose, and sticking to your strengths. Wendy shares her perspective on why life is a marathon before opening up about the challenges that she’s faced and how overcoming them has made a better businesswoman. Following this, we reflect on areas where we can control our happiness as well as the importance of celebrating our achievements. Later, Wendy offers her insights on leaving unsatisfied work situations and growing your business. We wrap up our incredible conversation by asking you three profound questions that you need to have answers for. Join us to find out what those three questions are. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• We introduce the Million Dollar Attorney Wendy Witt and her goal of fighting for wellness in the legal industry.
• Wendy talks about her evolution as a legal marketer. 
• Having a plan and building your business around what brings you joy.
• Why profits will follow if you focus on your passion and purpose.
• How no life’s journey follows a straight line. 
• Hear about the strength that can be gained after overcoming your challenges.
• Why being vulnerable and needing help isn’t a sign of failure.
• How women often prioritize others over themselves. 
• What you can do to influence your happiness levels.
• Insights into how you can design the life and career that you want.
• The importance of celebrating your achievements. 
• Wendy shares her advice on helping female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. 
• We ask Wendy about business and job exit strategies. 
• Three questions that every listener needs to ask themself. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Wendy Witt on Twitter

Wendy Witt on LinkedIn

Million Dollar Attorney

LP3

LP3 on Instagram

As we often say on this show, your business will only grow as much as you are willing to grow personally. Thankfully, there are some best practices that can guide us as we grow and achieve our dreams. And Danya Hunt joins us today to share a few of them. Danya is the founder of TheraFit Fusion where she empowers high-achieving change-makers to show up and perform their best through better habits. In this episode, Danya talks about overcoming self-limiting beliefs, the difference between the employer and entrepreneur mindset, and a few of the undisputed keys to success. What many of us don’t realize is that so much of what holds us back was programmed into our subconscious minds as children. These beliefs are part of what make us doubt ourselves, and Danya gets into the work she does with her clients to help dismantle them. Next up, Danya talks about some of the characteristics of high performers like Olympic athletes and successful business people, weighing in on what makes them tick. Here she highlights that what separates the good from the great is all about willingness to learn, to associate with people that you aspire to be like, and to do what it takes to succeed. Wrapping up, we hone in on what it takes to be successful, highlighting consistency, focus, and time – lots of it! Tune in and hear how you can start walking the path that leads to the life of your dreams today!

Key Points From This Episode:

• The role that our subconscious programming plays in our ability to achieve goals.
• How Danya helps clients uncover their self-limiting beliefs.
• Danya’s process toward realizing that so much of our self-limiting beliefs come from childhood.
• How Danya made the shift from the employee to the entrepreneur mentality.
• Getting to know your subconscious programming by paying attention to the things that trigger you.
• Similarities in mentality between Olympic athletes and high-performing business people.
• The role of mindset in separating winning Olympic athletes from their competitors.
• How much more receptive to coaching high performers are.
• The potential that we all have to reach our goals if we can change our mindsets.
• How vital it is to surround ourselves with people who believe in us and can push us.
• Getting used to the idea that success takes focus, consistency, and a very long time.
• All work is challenging, so we might as well choose a goal we are passionate about.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Danya Hunt on Instagram

TheraFit Fusion

Marisa Peer

Webinar with Regina Huber

Chelsea Williams on LinkedIn

Core Solutions Group

LP3

LP3 on Instagram

This is the third of our three podcast episodes with the wonderful Regina Huber, so if you have not yet checked out the first two episodes, make sure to go back and listen to those as soon as possible! This miniseries also serves as a taster of the three webinars we are hosting with Regina on LP3, so do not forget to go and register for those too. Today we are continuing our discussion of Regina's pillar framework, looking at the fourth pillar and how it fits into the system. This part is all about money and action and their relationship with each other. We often say that, as ladypreneurs, our most valuable resources are time and energy and that profits go far beyond just financial gains. In actuality, we start businesses to begin to buy back our time, and so if you are interested in transcending the rat race, this is definitely the episode for you! We often feel that there has to be more out there, and this conversation serves as a reminder that there is, and that you can attain it! Regina talks about using passion to create profits, how to take inspired and effective action, and ultimately create and live a fulfilled life. This is not to be missed!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Unpacking Regina's fourth pillar, of inspired and effective action, and how it relates to the other three. 
• What constitutes inspired action; the connection to the heart and your vision.
• Focus, priorities, and getting past the difficulties of time management.
• Regina's belief in the extendability of time through presence and mindfulness.
• The patience involved in allowing your business and profits to grow over time. 
• Flipping the relationship between time and money and buying back valuable moments. 
• Money mindsets and addressing psychology and motivation before profits.
• Translating ideas and dreams into money for your business; gaining clarity on goals.
• The interconnection between your business and personal expansion.
• How a complete focus on money can impact your trajectory negatively. 
• Learning and collaborating in order to level up and grow constantly.
• How to continue this journey with Regina in the three-part webinar and sign up now!

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Regina Huber

Transform Your Performance

Covey Framework

Tony Robbins

The E-Myth

Chelsea Williams on LinkedIn

Core Solutions Group

LP3

LP3 on Instagram

Wisdom does not only reside in the mind, half of our intelligence comes from the heart, and ignoring this part of ourselves can severely limit the ability to excel in the world! Joining us again on the show, for the second of three parts, is Regina Huber, and today we talk about how passion enables us to share our gifts with the world. Regina explains the process of connecting with our passions, which has a lot to do with listening to the messages our heart is sending us. If you missed the first episode we did with Regina, it is highly recommended to go back and listen to that immediately, before she unpacks today's wonderful wisdom! Moving forward from that discussion on the first two pillars of her transformational leadership framework, Regina delves deeper into the idea of 'heartset' before moving onto the third pillar which deals with the body, energy, consciousness, and presence! In addition to this, Regina walks us through a great, simple exercise for reconnecting with our hearts and listening in on its messages. You are not going to want to miss this chat, so be sure to join us and remember to sign up for the three-part webinar series we are hosting with Regina too!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Unpacking the idea of 'heartset' and why it is important to transformation. 
• How the wisdom of the heart can help us make vital decisions in life and business. 
• Regina's simple and effective exercise to quickly connect with the heart!
• Receiving messages from the heart and taking note of this valuable information!  
• The role of passion in propelling you forward and sharing your gifts with the world. 
• Magnet energy and the drawing of attention; what happens in powerful first impressions. 
• Tangible results for energy work and how this translates into different areas of your life.
• What to expect in the upcoming webinars as Regina expands on these topics.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Regina Huber

Transform Your Performance

Chelsea Williams on LinkedIn

Core Solutions Group

LP3

LP3 on Instagram

Today we have the first of a three-part series with an amazing guest! Regina Huber will be talking to us about her approach to transformational leadership and how her three P's of passion, purpose, and profit, help her clients reach their goals and move forward into a more aligned future. This podcast series also serves as an introduction to the webinar series we will be hosting with Regina, in which we will delve deeper into her philosophy and lessons. Regina has lived on five different continents, taking her work and powerful spirit to many communities across the world. She has built up a strong reputation for shifting power and accelerating careers, authoring books, and speaking to a wide array of audiences. This podcast series, and particularly the upcoming webinars, are designed for you, and can definitely take you and your business practice to the next level, so don't miss out! Today we start our journey with this amazing woman, introducing her unique genius and frameworks, so tune in! 

Key Points From This Episode: 

• Regina's early life, her adventurous spirit, and her desire to explore the world. 
• Interesting and colorful experiences that Regina has had across the globe.  
• The array of passions that Regina has cultivated over the course of her life. 
• Packaging life lessons and business acumen into actionable strategies for an audience.  
• Regina's Powerful Leadership Transformation framework and its four pillars. 
• Bringing the heart into the conversation, and a more holistic approach to intelligence.  
• Taking effective action over staying busy for the sake of it. 
• Regina's ideal clients and the audiences she services through her training 
• What to expect in the first webinar from Regina! The place of passion and how it relates to purpose. 
• Accessing our inner power and tapping into this amazing and unique resource. 
• Expanding your vision and creating excitement about the future! 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: 

Regina Huber 

Transform Your Performance 

Chelsea Williams on LinkedIn 

Core Solutions Group 

University of Johannesburg  

LP3 

LP3 on Instagram 

Hey, ladypreneurs! As we move into the new year of 2021 and look back at the strange and unsettling time we had in 2020, it is so important to position ourselves for the year ahead. But what exactly does that mean? For one, we need to take note of how the last 12 months have affected us, and let go of the baggage we might be carrying around from this period. Most of us are in a vastly different space and place than we were at this time last year, so we need to get clear on a few things in order to move forward and achieve our dreams. There have been lessons to learn in slowing down, connecting, simplifying and so much more, and if we can just take some of these with us towards the new challenges that we will face in this year and the ones that follow, things will definitely be on the up! So often progress is not about huge wins and huge triumphs, but about small steps taken every day towards a goal, and it is the awareness of our positioning that allows us to lay out these steps. None of us want to get or stay stuck; the familiar pain and discomfort that we often cling to is the enemy! Let's make this year one of exploration and courage, where we confront the unknown in a way that heals and pushes us forward! 

Key Points From This Episode: 

• Looking back at the year of 2020, its crises, and many ups and downs! 
• The importance of taking the time to listen and get to know yourself.  
• What does 'positioning yourself' mean? Creating a vision and anticipating manifestation. 
• Your goals are for you; they do not have to be anything particular or even a certain size. 
• Getting away from familiar and 'comfortable' pain by forging forward towards healing and clarity! 
• The progress equation; reflecting on the unavoidable pains of life in order to move forward.  
• Protecting your mind in this uncertain and damaging point in history.  
• Accepting the gifts from difficult situations and showing support to others.  
• You don't have to hit it out of the park; focus on consistency to win the game!  
• Assessing the effects of 2020 and letting go of the negative ones. 
• Common American myths and misconceptions around hard work. 
• Balancing drive and reflection for a healthier philosophy and approach to success.  
• Staying focussed on the importance of sleep, time, and family. 
• Where we are currently at as the human race; ideas from Vishen Lakhiani. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: 

Chelsea Williams on LinkedIn 

Core Solutions Group 

Episode 4 with Shauntae C. Hudson 

Conversational Caffeine on Facebook 

Rha Goddess 

The Social Dilemma 

The Secret 

The Top Five Regrets of the Dying 

The Mindvalley Podcast 

Vishen Lakhiani 

LP3 

LP3 on Instagram 

With the pandemic still affecting day to day lives, we can either get caught up in the pain and only see threats in our future, or we can flip the script, double down, and focus on the opportunities provided by change. Having recently given birth just before the pandemic struck and thereafter revamping her business, Melissa Shanahan knows all about turning challenges into successes, and today we invite her onto the show to hear all about how she did it. Melissa is the Owner of Velocity Work, a consulting firm that provides accountability and support to attorneys growing their law firms. After becoming a mother at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Melissa decided to kickstart a new business model, condensing her services into a focus group that took the form of a 30-day sprint. We start our conversation off by hearing about the iron will and creativity Melissa exercised when deciding to work harder where others might have shied away. We then talk about how people saw this decision and how Melissa had to set boundaries around how much she communicated about her goals to the people close to her. Tuning in, you’ll also hear about the role that journaling played in Melissa’s faith in herself, and the lessons she had to learn in order to walk the path she had chosen, her experiences as a new mother, and the idea that working smart produces better results than working hard.  Tune in today! 

Key Points From This Episode: 

• An introduction to Melissa and the services she provides attorneys through Velocity Work. 
• Lessons Melissa learned working for a consulting firm that she applied to her new business. 
• How having a child and the pandemic kickstarted a whole new business model for Melissa. 
• Tendencies for attorneys to be slow to adopt technology and how the pandemic changed this. 
• The tragedy of the pandemic but how it is providing many opportunities to grow too. 
• Melissa’s confusing postpartum experiences; a mixture of pain and ecstasy rooted in love. 
• Melissa’s journaling practice and how it helped her maintain focus, clarity, and faith. 
• The idea that the path is not clear when you follow opportunities as an entrepreneur.  
• Setting boundaries due to tendencies people have to want to control each other’s lives. 
• Mental blocks that Melissa has had to overcome in her journey of running her business. 
• The value of resisting immersing oneself in a culture of one’s business services. 
• How some clients resist the suggestions of coaches due to the work it takes to follow them. 

 Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:  

Melissa Shanahan on LinkedIn 

Melissa Shanahan on Twitter 

Melissa Shanahan Email 

Velocity Work 

Velocity Work Podcast 

Ernie the Attorney 

Indistractable 

Chelsea Williams on LinkedIn 

Core Solutions Group 

LP3 Podcast 

LP3 Ladypreneurs on Facebook