Brittany Ratelle wanted to be a wife, mother, and practicing attorney. To be all three at the same time, she had to get creative.

Brittany Ratelle is an attorney. But she doesn't work in a fancy, downtown law office. She doesn't wear dark power suits, put in 60-80 hours a week to make partner, or argue cases in a courtroom. Instead, her business is the opposite of that in almost every way.

She works online, wears colorful attire, is present for her kids, and does everything possible to keep her clients out of court. Besides taking her legal practice seriously, everything else about her business is fun and creative. So how did she devise this unicorn legal practice? Brittany says she "fell into it."

But upon further examination, we learn that's not the truth--and Brittany knows it.

During questioning on this podcast, Brittany divulged key evidence proving she took deliberate steps to build a family-friendly law firm, even if the resulting business wasn't premeditated. I submit the following examples:

• Brittany worked in the marketing department at a law firm after getting an undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University. Although she wanted a law degree, Brittany didn't like the typical "law firm" experience. However, she enrolled in law school anyway.
• As the mother of a newborn at the time, Brittany could have delayed taking the bar exam until she had more sleep and more time to study. But she studied while up with her baby and took the exam anyway.
• Unsure of where to apply her new legal skills, Brittany chose family law because she could build a part-time practice that worked for her schedule. And though she found the work emotionally draining, she kept practicing to remain an active member of the Bar.
• When creative friends asked for legal assistance building and protecting their online influencer businesses, she used her expertise to help.
• And when another friend told her to listen to a podcast about online marketing, Brittany did.

Each step nudged Brittany closer to creating an online law firm that helps other creatives build and protect their online businesses. Though she may not have intended to create this one-of-a-kind firm, the evidence is clear she made conscious choices to get there anyway. Her success is not accidental.

But that doesn't mean she didn't get pushed.

Brittany says, "I really got a strong answer that I was supposed to go to law school and that Heavenly Father was basically saying, 'I know you don't know what that will look like and what that will look like having a family...but it will unfold in time, be patient with the process.'"

So she did, and she was. She enrolled in law school, sought personal revelation in making each career move after that, and allowed God's will to prevail in her life. Now a successful online attorney, Brittany helps other women "fall into" dream businesses of their own--all of which she sees as an answer to their prayers and her own.

Listen to the interview to learn more. It's another great example of how God knows our desires and wants us to use our talents and abilities to help oth

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