On the next episode of Attorney Heart I have compiled clips of the very best and most listened to episodes of 2018.  It has been an incredible year with awesome guests and conversation and I can’t believe we are up to Episode 64!

A lot of valuable information and lessons on wellness, reducing stress, eating healthier, exercising, developing a positive and resilient mindset, getting enough sleep, limiting alcohol intake, overcoming fears, and many other awesome topics!

Rebecca Queensland is an attorney based in Nebraska. She works as a claims attorney, deals with property rights, contract law, & insurance policies. She has an interesting and unusual hobby for an attorney - performing in pageants. Rebecca decided to sign up for the Miss Nebraska USA pageant and use the title to advance women's equal pay laws for the women of Nebraska. This was after she realized that there was a lack of protection for women to not only assess but also assert their work.

One of the most powerful ways to increase your impact and influence as an attorney is to learn to put your health and wellness first. Learning to put yourself first may sound selfish, but it isn’t. On the next episode of Attorney Heart I cover how enhancing your self-care skills actually allows you to develop greater self-confidence and self-empowerment and provides you with greater vitality, energy, and fulfillment.

Eric Casher is an attorney at the Meyers Nave law firm. He has been assisting public and private clients with legal and regulatory matters throughout California for over 10 years.

Eric talks about his work helping clients in his current law firm, his primary expertise in the area of public contracts and government conflicts of interests, his litigation background, and being a City Attorney which he enjoys because he gets to choose what he wants to handle!

As attorneys and law students, we focus highly on logic. As a result we become very “mind” oriented, where we want to understand the reasoning behind a particular case, argument, or statement.  We do this consistently, as it is required by our profession, but one of the most powerful ways that you can thrive professionally and personally is to deepen the relationship between your mind and your heart and on this next episode of Attorney Heart I delve further into this topic.

Imagine earning your undergraduate degree in another country and then traveling to the United States to apply for law school (with limited English skills), getting admitted into law school, taking the California bar exam, and passing it. Well, that is exactly what our powerful next Attorney Heart guest did. Leila shares the challenges she faced in law school as well as in taking the California bar exam and the skills and personal qualities she relied on to overcome those challenges.

On the next episode of Attorney Heart, I had the incredible opportunity of interviewing Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) Director Kevin Kish. Director Kish shares his journey in becoming the leader of the largest civil rights agency in the United States.

On this episode of Attorney Heart, attorney Chris Punongbayan shares his powerful advocacy as the executive director of California ChangeLawyers. We discuss the importance of diversity in the profession and Chris introduces us to the definition of a Change Lawyer.  Chris explains the purpose of California ChangeLawyers and how it focuses on investing in bright, diverse legal changemakers.

On the next episode of Attorney Heart former Los Angeles District Attorney Siannah Collado Boutte shares her powerful story of how she became a trial attorney.  We discuss the challenges that she had to overcome, especially as a first-generation attorney.  She recently joined The Simon Law Group where she handles civil trials in personal injury cases.  I really appreciated the opportunity to interview Siannah who opens up about what it takes to be a thriving trial attorney!

Debt can create high levels of incessant stress in our lives. As Americans, we tend to live beyond our means and the majority of us are in some form of debt.  On the next episode of Attorney Heart, debt and credit strategy attorney Jen Lee shares her expertise and provides incredibly valuable tips and suggestions around the bankruptcy process and how she helps her clients, including attorneys, navigate the waters of debt.