In this episode, I'm joined by Megan Smiley and we're chatting about our new workshop launching on May 31st!

The intention of the course is to teach the participants the basic tenets of various disciplines and how they can be used to increase self-awareness, build insight, and navigate personal + professional transitions. This is a primer of sorts for the woo-curious!

There will be five sessions and the topics covered include: meditation/intuition, astrology, human design, mediumship, and hypnotherapy. 

Tune in to listen to Megan and I chat about our personal experiences and what led us to create this course!

Specifically we talk about:

• Our paths to exploring various spiritual modalities
• Reconciling our "law brains" (aka left brains) and our spirituality 
• Integrating and aligning the various parts of ourselves 
• Meditation as a gateway drug
• The science behind meditation  
• The scale of woo 
• How various tools have helped us access our inner wisdom (rather than looking externally)
• The impact of the subconscious mind 
• Laying down our inner skeptic
• Surrendering to the unknown

Workshop dates: May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 5:30pm PST/ 8:30pm EST.

All sessions will be held on Zoom and will be recorded so if you can't make a session, you can catch the replay!

Registration is open until May 31st.

More info is available here!

Let's connect!

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Laurel O’Sullivan is a visionary advocate who inspires her clients to create lives of deeper meaning and purpose when confronted with challenging life transitions.

Laurel’s practice as a transition coach is grounded in twenty years of experience as a public interest lawyer and advocate and her own deeply held experiences traversing every imaginable type of life transition.

Laurel is currently working on a book about Second Chance which she views as a gift from the Universe beckoning us to to heal the past, and transform our lives by having the courage to pursue new life directions.

In this episode we discuss:

• Laurel's professional journey starting with her career in environmental law
• How astrology came into her life and Laurel's perspective on how it can empower us and help us feel seen + understood
• Micro (individual) and macro (global) aspects of astrology
• Fundamental Concepts:
• Our sun, moon, and rising signs (the "primal triad")
• The four elements
• North and South nodes
• Eclipses
• The Aquarian Age
• Laurel’s forthcoming book
• And so much more!

Laurel's website: https://laurelosullivan.com/ 

Let's connect!

Web: www.chiarawoods.com

Instagram: @chiarawoods

Join me for a conversation with Aman Costigan.

Aman started on a traditional legal path right out of law school in 2012 and became a partner in 2018.

But, after years of having a feeling like she wanted more in her life, she decided to take action and create a life she loves.

She started on a path towards building her own “Empire of Freedom” by bringing back fun and adventure into her life, starting her own business teaching yoga to lawyers, investing in a local start-up and purchasing an apartment building with her husband, all while practicing law!

In this episode we talk about:

• Aman’s professional journey
• Her path to yoga and the benefits it can offer 
• How she embraces the various sides of herself + aligns with her core values
• How she uses mind mapping for goal planning and her vision for the future
• Aman’s “Empire of Freedom” and what freedom means to her
• How she embraces the “and” in her professional life
• Her path to becoming an entrepreneur and her advice for people thinking about starting a business

Website: https://beyondyogaforlawyers.com

Instagram: @beyondyoga_for_lawyers

LinkedIn: Aman Costigan

Let's connect!

Web: chiarawoods.com

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Ellen Schlesinger and Melanie Goela are both licensed psychotherapists in Canada, wellness coaches worldwide, and former lawyers. They teach lawyers how to “work easy” to find freedom from anxiety and self doubt using their signature F.R.E.E. method of anxiety relief.

Topics covered:

• Melanie + Ellen’s professional journeys from lawyers to therapists.
• The challenges lawyers face within the culture of law and legal practice.
• Melanie + Ellen’s perspectives on recommended approaches to dealing with anxiety and why they may not always be effective.
• The importance of building self-trust and how that can be helpful in dealing with anxiety.
• What true resilience is (and what it isn’t)!
• Their new program for lawyers who are dealing with anxiety called The Liberated Lawyer.

FREE (LIVE) WEBINAR

3 Simple Mindset Changes to Finally Overcome Anxiety as a Lawyer (even if you’ve already tried everything)

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 @ 10:00am PST/1:00pm EST

Register here.

CONTACT

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @anxiety.therapists.for.lawyers

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/from-anxiety-to-ease/

Website: https://fromanxietytoease.com/

FREE DOWNLOAD

How Lawyers Calm Their Anxious Brains: A guide to help lawyers relax before, during and after social events (including job interviews!)

Let's connect!

Web: www.chiarawoods.com

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Ryan Spence is a life coach, motivational speaker, and author of The Triple C Method®️ Gain Clarity, Boost Confidence & Build Courage So You Can Live Life Lit. A former BigLaw lawyer, Ryan now helps lawyers & corporate professionals gain greater clarity, confidence, and courage so they can live life lit!

In this episode we talk about:

• Ryan’s professional journey starting with his work in the music business and what led him to law school and eventually to Big Law
• How getting physical (signing up for a box match!) helped him get out of his head and gave him a new challenge to focus on
• Ryan’s new book: The Triple C Method®️.
• The three most important questions to ask oneself when seeking clarity
• Why knowing your “why” is so important
• Why taking action is critical (even before you know what’s going to happen)
• The concept of “courage stacking”
• and so much more!

CONTACT RYAN

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @iam_ryanspence.com

LinkedIn: /i-am-ryan-spence/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/iam_ryanspence  

Website: https://www.iamryanspence.com/

Tune in on your favourite platform and let's dive in! 

Chiara

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I'm thrilled/ecstatic/absolutely delighted to tell you about the new (LIVE) course I'm teaching on Wednesday evenings in October (2022) called the Discovery Lab! 

It's for my peeps who feel ready for a change but aren’t quite sure yet of the what/when/how or maybe even why. (You're just READY).

In the early stages of any career transition you need guidance, support, connection with people who GET it, freedom to explore ideas, and a reminder to laugh every once in a while (because things can get overwhelming sometimes)! And that's why I created this course! 

(p.s. Even if you don't join me for the Lab, this episiode is JAM PACKED with goodies/insights/guidance to help you on your career transition journey!)

COURSE DETAILS

Wednesday Oct 5/12/19/26 @ 6:00pm (PST) via Zoom

Only $89 to register! Limited spaces available.

https://chiarawoods.com/discovery-lab

OVERVIEW 

In the Lab, we're putting on our lab coats and getting curious about ourselves, our dreams + what we want next for our lives!

By the end you will: 💫  Start seeing what's possible (hint: a lot!) 💫  Feel more present + less worried about the future 💫  Stop negative thoughts from holding you back 💫  Meet other ah-mazing women (like you!) on a similar path 💫  Feel motivated as f*ck! 🤭

If you're a little bit salty + a little bit spiritual ... I invite you to join me! It's going to be a party you don't want to miss! 🕺🏻

Tune in here or on your favourite podcast platform and let’s dive in!

Let's connect! 

Web: www.chiarawoods.com

Instagram: @soulicitorpodcast

Megan Smiley is the founder of Megan Smiley Coaching and the host of The Lawyer’s Escape Pod.

She helps lawyers and other professionals who feel called to something more creative and purposeful ditch the grind and design their own heart-centered businesses.

Before taking the leap into entrepreneurship, Megan practiced corporate law and worked for a law school as the Director of International Programs.  

Megan’s mission is to help people who feel stuck in unfulfilling professions launch businesses that align with their life vision, natural talents, and values.

In her free time, you’ll find Megan traveling the world. She’s been to 58 countries and counting.

In this episode we discuss:

• Megan’s evolving professional journey
• Work life integration v.s. work life balance
• How not to “build another prison” for yourself (from a career perspective)
• The importance of aligning with our true values
• The benefits of a growth mindset when exploring career options
• Perfectionism and shame (and how self-compassion can be an antidote!)
• Taking a heart-centred approach to creating a business and/or career

Tune in here or on your favourite podcast platform and let’s dive in!

Let's connect! 

Web: www.chiarawoods.com

Instagram: @soulicitorpodcast

Join me for a fascinating conversation with Susan Stenson about healing, the mind/body connection, death, grieving, chronic pain, stress reduction, and the modality of BodyTalk!

Susan wears many hats: BodyTalk practitioner, poet, artist, gardener, Mama and Nana.

Having spent forty years in Victoria, Canada, she now lives in the Cowichan Valley with her husband, the novelist, Bill Stenson.

Through BodyTalk, Susan supports her clients in discovering the open door that is their very own intelligent heart. 

Susan's website: www.bodytalkvictoria.com 

Resources mentioned in the episode:

Reiki Can't Possibly Work. So Why Does It? By Jordan Kisner. The Atlantic (April 2020).

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/04/reiki-cant-possibly-work-so-why-does-it/606808/

Wikipedia: Quantum Entanglement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement

Study: Evaluation of BodyTalk, a novel mind-body medicine, for chronic pain treatment (UCLA, 2014)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uRIqGtvc9KEOwyONnJNDCEmHpu10A22Y/view?usp=sharing

Can't wait for you to dive in! 

xo Chiara 

Let's connect!

Web: chiarawoods.com

Insta: @soulicitorpodcast

Ceremonial Artist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, mother of two, and lover of the Every-Day Sacred. Alli’s journey into her spiritual quest started with her love of the creative arts and acting, and then led to her being a hatha and kundalini yoga teacher for over 15 years.  Alli is always looking at ways to weave together healing modalities and the arts to help others connect with their inner worlds and expand their sense of play and belonging.

Alli runs her own Hypnotherapy studio in Comox, B.C., Canada, as well as offering monthly workshops and nature based rituals. Alli most recently created the “Dream Temple Sessions” in which she combines Lunar Kundalini and Breathwork with a guided Hypnosis Journey.

In this epsideo we disuss:

• Alli’s professional journey which includes past experience as an actor, financial advisor, and yoga teacher
• How she weaves her past experiences together into her current work
• Healing our relationships with money – how Ali consciously and powerfully shifted her money stories and moved toward ease and joy
• Her hypnotherapy practice including what hypnotherapy is and how it can be used as a tool for greater expansion
• Alli’s work as a ceremonial artist and the healing that can be found in bringing people together
• What gives Alli a sense of meaning and purpose
• Her guidance for people going through a transition

Alli’s website: www.allimaryepp.com

Instagram: @allimaryepp

Let's Connect!

Web: www.chiarawoods.com

Insta: @soulicitorpodcast

Join me for my fascinating conversation with Lauren Kay, a Human Design Guide who’s passionate about human potential and helping people align with their unique gifts and strengths. Lauren is a former Big Law lawyer now senior legal consultant and advocate of the WFA (work from anywhere) movement. She’s all about aligning with freedom, passion, and purpose at work and in business.

Lauren is also the creator of the Legally Different podcast, a hub for soul-fuelled success where she has conversations with pioneering legal humans.

In this episode we talk about:

• Her path from law to her current business
• The “soul nudges” she chose not to ignore and why
• The flawed logic in “living for retirement”
• How she built a life that aligns with her values

All things Human Design:

• What it is and how it can help us in our professional and personal lives
• The key aspects of the five main archetypes: Generators, Manifesting Generators, Projectors, Manifestors, and Reflectors
• How it can help us develop a personal strategy and shed light on how we make decisions
• My session with Lauren and my archetype (Manifesting Generator!)
• What it means to be “creative”

Links

Find Your Human Design Type: www.mybodygraph.com

Schedule a session with Lauren: Human Design booking link

Lauren’s Instagram: @legallydifferent

Email: [email protected]

Tune in here or on your favourite podcast platform and let’s dive in!

Let's connect!

Web: https://chiarawoods.com/podcast/ 

Instagram: @soulicitorpodcast