The Sovereign Professional's Podcast
227 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsWelcome to the Sovereign Professional Podcast. This is where we unsubscribe from the status quo. Because of all the ways it has demanded you to abandon who you really are for others benefit. My goal is for you to take one step closer to deeper trust in everything that you are above everything else.
Please note: This podcast was originally called The Anger Podcast, and has changed to The Sovereign Professional's Podcast effective May 16, 2023.
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Surviving cancer and creating a new reality with Heather Moulder
August 16, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBAs you will hear in this episode, we worry a lot about things that we are not going to be worried about 5 years from now or many years from now in our deathbed. That rude email or the deadline that feels like is the end of the world are actually not the end of the world. But having perspective and actually attaining peace from that perspective are two different tasks. In this episode, Heather Moulder, a former big law attorney and now a coach for lawyers, talks about her life-changing journ...
Fit to Practice the “non-traditional” way with Tricia Schafer
August 09, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBThis conversation will be about so many things that we very rarely talk about as lawyers: not choosing to have children, living an autonomous life, building a law practice with many areas of specializations. How do we actually go about living life and contributing to our community on our own terms? That is what we explore with Tricia Schafer, a small law firm owner who has made unconventional decisions over the course of her life despite all the noise about what she was “supposed” to do. Ma...
Wealth Management for lawyers with Jennifer Belmont Jennings
August 02, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBWhen it comes to money, some of us may have a lot of anxiety around how to manage it and grow it, no matter how much of it we have. Whether we have debt or whether we have millions coming in, we want to be conscientious about how we maintain and build our wealth. But often times we are a bit stuck on how to even get started because it’s hard to know who to ask for help from, whether to trust them, and whether we even qualify to ask for help. In this episode, Jennifer Belmont Jennings, a for...
From Helplessness to Dream Job with Matt Jackson
July 26, 2022 10:00 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBI don’t know why I haven’t been doing this, but especially lately I have been so inspired by all of my clients on how much they have been able to bring out their magic into the world, I just HAD to show them off. I start by interviewing one of my incredible clients Matt Jackson, who is a criminal defense attorney in Virginia. He began this year at a place of helplessness, not sure where to find a job that he would actually like, putting off his job search process because of the dread. Now, ...
What it’s like to work with Angela - with LuLu Faulk
July 19, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBI am so excited to introduce you to LuLu Faulk, my project manager for my whole life and business. She managed my social media, calendar, emails, podcast, and everything else that goes on in my life, and now she is going off to law school in the fall so we are transitioning her out of my team. As the last hurrah, I wanted to interview her and get a bit about her story and what it was like for her working with me. Connect with LuLu here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lufaulk http://angela...
What to do with your law degree outside your practice
July 12, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MBIn this week’s episode, I guide you though three steps that I took in order to find what I can do outside of my law degree. It’s not anything like what you’ve heard before. Can’t wait for you to explore with me. Learn how to work with me here: http://angela-han.com/start
An easier way to coach yourself into well-being with Jonathan Beitner
July 05, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBWhenever you’re stressed, what is your first response? Maybe you have a whole system of meditation and journaling and exercising, or maybe you have absolutely no idea how to approach stress and burnout. If you have a whole system lined up, if it doesn’t work out the way you intended your system to work out, like you miss a day of exercising or you’re thinking about other things while you meditate, you start criticizing and judging yourself and you get right back to stressing. And if you hav...
How to Achieve Any Goal
June 28, 2022 10:00 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBOne of the biggest struggles I hear from my clients is that they simply cannot get themselves to achieve the goals that they’ve set for themselves. I’ve been through this, you’ve been through this, all of us have been through this. We are all probably going through something like this in some way in our lives. So in this episode I am covering the 4 steps in achieving any goal and the 5 common mistakes we make in the process so that we can be aware of what is holding us back. Learn how to...
Mediumship as a method for self-love with Stacy Schaffer
June 21, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MBYou know I am all about breaking those stereotypes and misconceptions about things we don’t know much about, and mediumship is one of them. It is something that I am curious about but don’t know much about, and the majority of people that I’ve met have villainized it, and I was not going to have it because I am not interested in judging things I don’t know. So I invited Stacy Schaffer, a lawyer and a medium, who shared in this episode her journey through uncertainty over the years in her li...
Becoming the first African American woman partner, an empty nester, and a business owner with Darleene Peters
June 14, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 38 MBWe need every example of minority women, African American women creating their own success on their own terms. And not just the shiny parts but also the parts where it feels lonely, dejected, and distant from our goals. In this episode, Darleene Peters, who just made partner at her firm as the first African American woman, talks about her journey and how she established relationships even when she felt like who she was was holding her back. She didn’t let who she was hold her back and decid...
How to Rest Effectively
June 07, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 40 MBThis episode is for those who feel like they need to rest more effectively but are struggling to find the best way. Learn how to work with me: angela-han.com/start
Practicing law in India and beyond with Bhavna Fatnani
May 31, 2022 10:00 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBI think this is the very first episode from an attorney in India, and it is a very special one because in this episode, Bhavna Fatnani talks about her journey moving past societal expectations to follow what her heart tells her to do. So if you are at a crossroads on “how to get started with following your own desires,” this is a short and sweet episode that offers an example of how easy it can be to do exactly that. You can start with writing your thoughts, sharing your feelings, or both. ...
How to get better at being a lawyer and everything else
May 24, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBIn this episode, I talk about all the ways we can be better at something when we feel like we are not good enough. I talk about the practical and intrinsic ways to be clear about what you want to improve and how to improve easily. If you are in constant impostor syndrome, whether you are 3 days or 3 decades out of law school, this episode is for you. Learn how to work with me: angela-han.com/start
Going back to work after parental leave with Lauren Tetenbaum
May 17, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBOne unspoken struggle among many legal professionals is that there is very minimal time and resources available to parents, especially when they have children. Going on leave and coming back, we are at a loss on what are the most appropriate steps to take without compromising our career. Lauren Tetenbaum is a lawyer and a counselor who specializes in helping attorneys who experience exactly that struggle. In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to ask for help at work and at home ...
How to Draw Boundaries
May 10, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBDrawing boundaries has been one of the toughest tasks for us lawyers when it’s the most important task. Today, I am dismantling all the anxiety and drama we have around drawing boundaries and making it as simple and easy as possible. I talk about why we struggle so much with drawing boundaries, the two different types of boundaries, and the only boundary that is ultimately what we need in order to stay true to all other boundaries we need in our lives. It’s more than just saying no, and it ...
Finding your dream career and community with Flo Nicolas
May 03, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBThere was a lot of talk around job search in the beginning of the pandemic, and now the conversation has shifted to the Great Resignation and how companies are struggling to find talent. But some of us are still trying to find our place, and not enough of us are talking about it. Today we have Flo Nicolas, Chief Growth and Community Officer at How to Contract with Laura Frederick, who talks about her own personal journey in her professional growth. What kind of processing she did for her th...
How to Stop Feeling Guilty as a Parent
April 26, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBSo many times we like to believe that we are doing everything wrong and everything has gone wrong in our parenting. And we never talk about it. I want to speak up about this because people ask me and question me all the time about how I “balance” everything as if I am not doing it right by doing it all. In this episode, I talk about why we feel this way and exactly what to do. So if you are having one of those days where you feel like you’re not doing enough as a parent, this episode is for...
The human behind the trademark attorney with Jamie Sternberg
April 19, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes - 44 MBJamie Sternberg is my trademark attorney and also a friend and a co-author of the book that is coming out shortly or maybe has already come out by the time this podcast is out. But I wanted to get Jamie on this podcast because she has been “doing it all” with ease - being an attorney, being a parent, and dealing with grief from the loss of family, and in this episode, she talks about how she was able to do that. The answer here is that she listened to her mind and body and decided to ask fo...
How I built a $220,000 coaching business with a full time job and a toddler while being pregnant
April 12, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBIn this episode, I talk about everything behind the scenes in growing my business to a six figure empire in a year as a life coach. Every time I talk about something like this, people have questions, so I wanted to be as comprehensive as possible. This is probably one of the longest episodes I’ve made, and it’s solo, and it has all the goodies you are looking for in designing not just your own business but your own dream life. I talk about all the numbers, how I got there, the mistakes I ma...
Having fun as an immigrant, a parent, and a lawyer with Elena Kohn
April 05, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 45.6 MBI always gravitate towards stories of immigrants because they really showcase the trails of those who felt like outsiders. And to a great extent, we all feel like outsiders at some point because we are all so different. Elena Kohn is an in-house counsel, an immigrant, and a parent who shares her journey all the way from the beginning, where she experienced the collapse of the Soviet Union, meeting her future husband, moving to the UK, then moving to the US, all before becoming a highly acco...
Legal design and mental health with Marty Finestone
March 29, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBA lot of the time we talk about how to manage our mental health outside the work place. What do we need to do to take care of ourselves after hours? That is the question we like to usually ask, but today I want to assert that part of self care is having the kind of environment, including systems and processes, that allow you to enjoy your work. Marty Finestone is a lawyer and a legal design expert who uses both his lawyer thinking and creativity (though, they are not mutually exclusive), in...
The four-day work week as a law firm partner in Ireland with Lisa Quinn O’Flaherty
March 22, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBThis is the first time we are having a law partner in Ireland come on as a guest on the show, and she has shared her firsthand experience working at a firm where she has not experienced burnout as a lawyer and as a parent. Lisa Quinn O’Flaherty is a partner at Fitzsimons Redmond Solicitors in Ireland, and she talks about what it is like to navigate her work life as a parent of two children. You know, subconsciously, I thought she would start with overcoming all kinds of challenges, but she ...
Parenting 6 kids and starting your own innovative practice with Rebecca Evans
March 15, 2022 10:00 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBRebecca Evans has such an incredible journey. She started her law career later while giving birth to her youngest during law school. She also started her own practice for many reasons, including that she was committed to creating a new future for the legal industry. She has so many golden nuggets of wisdom to share, including her approach on parenting and lawyering and her approach for better lawyering for clients. You’ll see that she is so articulate and is a great storyteller, so I’ll f...
Better Sex for Lawyers with Danielle Savory
March 08, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBI know I am known for talking about things that people never talk about, but this one is probably the thing people REALLY never talk about. We never talk about sex. We have been socialized to believe that talking about sex is inappropriate when it is one of the powerful ways we find pleasure as human beings. We have been socialized to stop pleasuring ourselves, and even when we do, there are only certain ways that we can do that. So then when we are struggling with pleasuring ourselves thro...
A better marriage for lawyers with Maggie Reyes
March 01, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBWe don’t talk about this much, but marriage is as much a part of our lives as our careers are. We often like to talk about how great our marriage is, and if it is not so great, we don’t like to talk about it at all. So we end up feeling alone in our marriage journey and try to distract ourselves with the work and all the outside obligations that come up in our outside lives. But as we know in our subconscious, the outside life and the inside life are deeply interconnected. Today I invited m...
Speaking up for change without taking yourself seriously with Matt Margolis
February 22, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBMany of you probably know Matt Margolis, but if you don’t, he posts hilarious memes and gifs on LinkedIn and elsewhere about the practice of law. So if you don’t follow him, certainly check him out. I reached out to him after I saw one of his posts about redlining contracts, which gave me a chuckle. It’s so funny how you being yourself can make someone laugh in a way that moves their heart and so you develop a relationship. In this episode, you’ll love Matt even more as he talks candidly ab...
Spirituality and lawyering with Brad Miller
February 15, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBWhat really is spirituality? There are a lot of names and labels and thoughts around spirituality. Some people call it “woo woo” and some people don’t want to deal with it at all because it can feel a little spooky. But it really is a tool for getting clarity on our purpose - whether it’s the daily purpose or the grand purpose - to help us make the decisions that we make as human beings and lawyers. Brad Miller is a solo practitioner and a coach for other solo and small law firms, and we bo...
First year to six figures as coaches with Olivia Vizachero and Angela Han
February 08, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MBIf you follow me on LinkedIn, I announced several weeks back that I would get together with Olivia Vizachero, Rachel Coll, and myself who have reached their first six figure years as coaches for lawyers to talk about how we got here and answer any questions people had. Rachel was unfortunately unable to join us today, but Olivia and I still had a blast talking about all things coaching: why it’s important for women to make money, the bumps on the road in getting to six figures, and how we a...
Compassionate lawyering with Jenn Deal
February 01, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBThe phrase “compassionate lawyering” may sound a little jarring because, I mean, compassion? Doesn’t that mean that we are being weak? You can’t win your cases by being compassionate to opposing counsel, right? But that is not what we mean. We are talking about exercising compassion toward ourselves. The perfectionism and the people pleasing - understanding how we are letting those tendencies infiltrate our lives and how we can exercise compassion to ourselves first and foremost so that we ...
Stepping into leadership as a lawyer with Monica Levi
January 25, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBOftentimes we believe that leadership doesn’t necessarily have to follow "lawyerhood", but in my conversation with Monica Levi, a former lawyer and a leadership coach, we talk about how they are so closely connected. By stepping into being a lawyer, we may have already become a leader. So the question is, how can we be the leader that serves others in a way that feels right to us? That is the question that we discuss, along with the question of what to do when nothing feels right. Spoiler a...
Mindfulness, entrepreneurship, and lawyering with Anna Lozynski
January 18, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBToday I am speaking with Anna Lozynski, who has been in places all over the world as a lawyer and an entrepreneur. One of the things that is remarkable about Anna is that having an extensive background in the corporate world, she also has a deep relationship with mindfulness. Being a corporate lawyer and mindfulness is not something you see everyday or see talked about that often. So with Anna we chat about what mindfulness really means and how it can work for our structured and sometim...
How to make mindfulness relatable and fun with Marike Knight
January 11, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBMindfulness and stress are buzzwords to the point where just talking about it attracts a bunch of eyerolls and more stress. So in this conversation with Marike Knight, lawyer and founder of Cool Karma Collected, she talked about how mindfulness can be fun and relatable and how we can make stress work in our favor. This is for those who feel like they need some sort of break in their mind and body and are not sure where to start. It can feel like homework, but even if it is homework, it’s th...
Leading a nonprofit as a human lawyer with CEO of Ms. JD Danielle Allison
January 04, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBToday I speak with Danielle Allison, CEO of Ms. JD. We talk about all things life, about how lawyering impacted her as a person and as a lawyer, and how transitioning to a unique role as a leader of a national nonprofit impacted her life as a human being. What is it like to step into a completely new role after practicing law for years, and is it possible to adjust and transition smoothly? As you’ll see in our conversation, we are so resilient, and not in a way that is painful or that we ha...
Non-sleazy passive income through real estate with Seth Bradley
December 28, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBWe live in a world where we are bombarded with advertisements and messages about how we can be “flush with cash,” have “all the freedom and flexibility,” but it is really hard to tell what is a scam and what is actually true. It helps when we have someone who knows our language as an experienced attorney and has gone through all of those steps and is now successfully investing in real estate and operating as an entrepreneur. So today, Seth Bradley, a real estate attorney and a real estate i...
Choreographing your life after betrayal, with Lora Cheadle
December 21, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBWe talk a lot about burnout and wellness, those are the buzz words, but we don’t really mention the word “betrayal.” That is why I am so excited to share my conversation with Lora Cheadle. She's a former lawyer, life choreographer and betrayal expert, who goes really deep into her personal experiences that most of us would feel hesitant to talk about. But Lora is vulnerable because she is here to serve, and she has an important message about betrayal: you can be a victim of betrayal, many o...
Starting a business while being a full time lawyer with Loraine Martinez Bellamy
December 14, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBA lot of us are brewing with the idea of starting a business while having a full time job, and the biggest hold back is that we feel like there isn’t enough time or even if we do, we don’t know where to start. In this episode with Loraine Martinez Bellamy, who is basically the same person as I am because she has a full time job as a lawyer and has a full on business as well, we talk about how easy it is to change our thoughts around getting the appropriate help to do what we love doing and ...
Lateraling in BigLaw made easy with Summer Eberhard
December 07, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBI have quite a few listeners who are in big law as junior associates thinking a lot about whether they should lateral and if so, what exactly that looks like. Often they languish in so many questions and thoughts about what the “right” answer is, and today we dispel all kinds of notions around how hard it is to lateral. In this episode with Summer Eberhard, partner at Major, Lindsey, and Africa, Summer talks about what to look out for when lateraling successfully, how to make it easy withou...
How to Podcast for Lawyers with Mark McDonald
November 30, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 54.6 MBI get so many questions around podcasting from other lawyers on how to start one, how it works, and what it looks like, all that good stuff, so I thought about doing a whole masterclass with none other than my own editor, Mark McDonald. He formerly worked at BBC and NPR stations and is now an editor and a media professor. I have been working with him for two and a half years, and he has been nothing short of incredible. He’s had the longest tenure as a member of my team since the inception ...
Managing bipolar disorder II with Reid Murtaugh
November 23, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBI really had to hear the phrase “you are not alone” multiple times, like multiple times, in order to really feel like I was not alone. And I think I am still struggling sometimes to really know that I am not alone, especially when we are working out of our homes, and even at the office, we usually have physical walls between colleagues. That is why I really appreciated my conversation with Reid Murtaugh, owner and founder of Murtaugh Law in Indiana and an executive member of the Lawyers Dep...
How to become a lawyer with Anjie Vichayanonda for law students
November 16, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBThis is a special episode for law school students because you guys are our future. Only a few years ago, I was in your exact spot, and I don’t know about you, but I was completely clueless and feeling incompetent as ever. And I know myself, and I know that I cannot help law students. That is not my zone of genius. So I asked Anjie Vichayanonda, a lawyer and founder of LegUp Legal, which focuses on mentoring pre law students and law students. Here, we address all the fears about being a pros...
The deep process of becoming a former lawyer with Sarah Cottrell
November 09, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 58 MBI am willing to bet that all lawyers have, at some point, gone through an internal crisis of whether they should really stay in the law. And many times, most times, we stay in the law because we don’t know what else to do. We just feel like this is what we’re supposed to do. It feels scary even thinking about making a change when you have all the things that people say you should have: a good income, a roof over your head, some prestige, perhaps. While your feelings take a backseat because ...
Being a former lawyer, a Chief Communications Officer, an end-of-life doula, and a parent with Randi Johnson
November 02, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBToday we are speaking with Randi Johnson, now a Chief Communications Officer with Gravis Law, a highly ranked national law firm. She is also a former lawyer and an end-of-life doula, and when you hear that, you know she is going to have some interesting wisdom to share. Not just because those professions are a rare combination but also because it takes courage and resilience in the mind, body, and soul to pursue non-common professions and escape the traditional views of what it means to be ...
The history buff-alonian Jesse Cooke
October 26, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MBYou may or may not know Jesse Cooke from his famous historical posts on LinkedIn, and I invited him to be interviewed on my show because he is one of the very few people who doesn't talk about anything related to the law. And as Jesse and I talk about in the show, no one wants to talk to lawyers. Do I know about that. I’ve had so many people throw hate at me just for being a lawyer. So in this world where there is a fair amount of hostility against lawyers, we are thinking about ways to add...
Managing personal and family mental health with Joanne Clarfield Schaefer
October 19, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBHave you ever said the phrase “I just can’t imagine” when someone tells you about a situation that sounds so painful? I certainly have. But in this conversation with Joanne, I realized that when we say “I can’t imagine,” what we are really saying is “I don’t want to imagine.” When we resist imagining what other people are going through, we are resisting empathy. I always felt weird saying that, and in this conversation with Joanne, I finally understand. She is a former partner and now a coa...
How to transition from in house to owning your own firm with Wendy Neal
October 12, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBI’ve always been curious about creating your own firm, but so far I have only met those who went directly from a larger firm to creating their own and doing so intentionally. In Wendy’s case, it was almost accidental as she was taking a break to figure things out because she had her whole network in place already, So in this episode, Wendy Neal, a firm lawyer turned chief legal counsel to private practice owner, talks about how she transitioned smoothly and how she creates lasting relations...
Navigating partnership and DEI in big law with Gloria Sandrino
October 05, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBThe more I learn about the legal industry, the more I feel like I need to learn. One of those things is navigating the partnership track and how it works. So today I spoke with Gloria Sandrino, Global Chair of Partner and Group Recruiting at Lateral Link. In our conversation today we talk about some of the deep heavy stuff on how diversity plays a role in navigating the partnership track, what that means to the entire legal industry, and how we can contribute to a more equitable and inclusi...
How to be an exceptional in-house counsel with Krista Lynn
September 28, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBI think I am on a roll with talking about the life of an in-house counsel. I’ll be honest - it is a LOT of fun. It is really uncomfortable learning and growing in the day to day, but it’s the kind of growth that you get excited about because you feel like you are making a difference in the company. But it’s not just the position itself that makes it great. It takes the environment and your personal responsibility to make it amazing and ultimately make you a great in-house counsel. So today ...
How to contract with Laura Frederick
September 21, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBI never imagined that learning how to contract would come back to learning how to be fit to practice. In law school, I remember putting my health and wellbeing last and really just focusing on getting everything right. It was such an uplifting conversation with Laura Frederick, who runs her own firm and teaches other lawyers how to contract better, sharing how learning how to contract better is about knowing your priorities, your strengths, and your place so that you are able to best serve ...
Climbing up the corporate legal ladder with Sheila Murphy
September 14, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBAt some point in our careers, we start thinking about transitions. Many times transitioning in-house, being part of the business decisions, the community of non-legal colleagues, the culture of forward thinking. That is the romantic vision that we have for in house positions. Some people think this is all a dream, but at least I don’t. As in-house counsel, I do believe in the American in-house dream. That is why I am so happy to have Sheila Murphy, a corporate lawyer of 24 years now turned ...
How yoga and meditation can REALLY help you with Jennifer Mohamed
September 07, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBWe all have different experiences with yoga and meditation. Some of us might be thinking, yoga and meditation seem to calm and inactive for me. Some of us might be thinking, I tried yoga and meditation but it wasn’t really for me. Some of us might be thinking, yeah yoga and meditation are great but I really gotta get back in the game. If you resonated with any of the above, this episode is for you. I chat with Jen Mohamed, who is a lawyer and a yoga and meditation teacher, and we talk about...