Episode 13: On the Five Traits of a Happy Lawyer with Clarissa Rayward of The Happy Family Lawyer

Clarissa Rayward started The Happy Family Lawyer to help lawyers find happiness in law and life. She runs her own family law practice in Brisbane, Australia, and has published two books, Splitsville- How to separate, stay out of Court and stay friends and Happy Lawyer, Happy Life. She also has a podcast by the same name, in which she interviews lawyers who have found success.

What you’ll learn:

The five traits of happy lawyers that she has identified
What she loves about the law: The people (and yes, those she meets as a divorce lawyer)
How she maintains focus on priorities in the face of the normal stresses that arise from practicing the law
How she came to the power of a positive attitude and embraced it
How she brings her passion into her life regularly
That if you are at a Firm that you want to stay at, then it’s about being able to have open and frank conversations about your goals and your value to the Firm

Quotes:

“There is a bigger reason why I do this work. There is something that brought me to this that is more…”

Resources:

University of Greater Good at Berkeley- (http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/)

Center for Healthy Minds- (http://centerhealthyminds.org/)

Connect with Clarissa:

On Her Website: (https://www.thehappyfamilylawyer.com/)

On Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/thehappyfamilylawyer/?hl=en)

On Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/thehappyfamilylawyer)

On Twitter: (https://twitter.com/ClarissaRayward)

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