How To Avoid A Boring Legal Career feat. Sheila M. Wilkinson (Part I)

Sheila M. Wilkinson is a social worker, lawyer, career transition
coach, and podcaster who spends half the year in Brussels,
Belgium, and half the year in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her life is
centered on taking risks, rejecting boring careers, and
people-pleasing. In this episode, Sheila emphasizes the
importance of connecting with people and offers recommendations
for books that can help her clients on their personal and
professional journeys. 


Sheila also talks about her mission to help lawyers make aligned
decisions, set boundaries, and focus on what they truly want to
do rather than what they think they should do. She believes in
reconnecting the intellectual self with the emotional self and
offers guidance to lawyers in this process.





This episode is Part 1 of a two-part series with Sheila
Wilkinson. 





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Sheila has built a successful coaching business. In her coaching
practice, she helps lawyers build rich, joyful, and thriving
lives and businesses. Sheila believes that many lawyers are
caught up in doing what they think they should do rather than
focusing on what they truly want. She emphasizes the importance
of reconnecting with one's emotions and desires to create a
fulfilling and intentional life.
“Because most people are doing all the things that they think
that they should be doing instead of the things that they actually
should be doing, which is the things that they want,” shares Sheila
M. Wilkinson in Episode 125 of You Are a Lawyer.

Sheila's approach combines her background as a licensed social
worker with her legal expertise, allowing her to guide her
clients through their careers' emotional and intellectual
aspects. She encourages her clients to reflect on their
experiences and goals, providing them with the support and
guidance they need to navigate the challenges of the legal
profession.





LISTEN TO LEARN


How to build a rich, joyful, and thriving life and business

The benefits of setting daily goals and reflecting at the end
of the week

How to disconnect intellect from emotion



WE ALSO DISCUSS


The importance of connecting with people, especially in a
post-lockdown world

Doing what you actually want to instead of what you think you
should

Challenges lawyers face in balancing their personal and
professional lives



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