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Are you an ambitious attorney who wants to build a life and career that you cannot wait to wake up for? Then you're in the right place. Welcome to Powerhouse Lawyers, a podcast for the Powerhouse in each of us. I am your host, Erin Gerner. A former lawyer, wife, mom, and life coach, and I am on a mission to empower women in the law to define success on their terms, by leveraging their unique superpowers to help them win in both law and life. Join me each week to hear inspiring stories, real talk, and practical tips. You need to redefine the toxic narratives that are keeping women overwhelmed, trying to do it all. You are worthy and capable of building a life and career that you have always wanted, and I'm here to empower you along the way. So if you are ready to practice law differently, let's go.
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- 1 weeks ago43 min
Don't F'ing Shrink, with Daffney Allwein
Daffney Allwein has spent more than a decade inside large law firms watching some of the highest performing people in the country run themselves into the ground. Her words for it: lawyers have made burnout an art form.She's a performance physiologist and the founder of Lift Pro Wellness, where she works with partners, senior partners, and executives who show up at a crossroads. She also went back to school at American University for executive leadership coaching, which means she stopped meeting her clients only at the level of their bodies and started meeting them at the level of their nervous systems too.Her coaching happens while you're moving. No sitting in a room talking about your feelings.This conversation gets into what chronic stress actually does to a body, why the signals are so easy to misread, and what it takes to get off a pace you set for yourself.In this episode we cover:Why she fell for the law firm population and never leftWhat lawyers are actually coming to her for, and why it's almost never what they say it isThe bear that isn't chasing youWhy law school wires a nervous system for threat, starting day oneWhat a dysregulated nervous system actually looks like, from sleep to digestion to postureWhy she asks hard questions during balance exercises, and what happens nextChronic stress, autoimmune issues, and what shifts for women in their fortiesSet priorities, not goals, and why goals can't hold you to anythingThe room full of powerful women that gave her podcast its nameWhy asking for help is so hard when your whole job is being the expertConnect with Daffney Allwein:Website: liftprowellness.comInstagram: @daffneyallweinPodcast: Don't F**ing Shrink, available on YouTube and everywhere you listenWork with Erin Gerner: Erin coaches high-achieving female attorneys who are successful on paper but struggling with burnout, identity, and what's next, helping them redefine success on their own terms.Book a connection call: https://calendly.com/eringerner/connectioncallStay connected with Erin Gerner:Website: eringerner.comLinkedIn: Erin GernerInstagram: @eringernerFacebook: Erin GernerDon't forget to subscribe to Powerhouse Lawyers wherever you listen.And if this episode gave you something, leave a rating and a review. It takes about a minute and it's the single biggest thing that puts this show in front of the next lawyer who needs to hear it.
- 2 weeks ago44 min
The Difference Between a Good Prosecutor and a Bad One
Jennifer Long never planned to leave the Philadelphia DA's office. She was an assistant district attorney handling child sexual abuse, adult sexual assault, stalking, and exploitation cases, and she calls it the best job she's ever had. She expected to be in that unit for life.Then life made leaving the only option, and she cried about it in her boss's office.What she built from there is the first and only nonprofit in the country dedicated to training and equipping prosecutors who handle sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, and human trafficking. Since co-founding AEquitas in 2009, Jennifer and her team of former prosecutors have trained more than 220,000 legal and allied professionals across all fifty states and around the world.This conversation is about heavy work, honest leadership, and what happens when the path you planned disappears underneath you.In this episode we cover:The thing she kept hearing from survivors that made her want to become a prosecutor in the first placeWhat it's like to cut your teeth in a packed Philadelphia courtroom against the best defense attorneys in the cityWhy she says getting humbled early is a giftLeaving the job she loved before she was ready, and what came afterTeresa Scalzo, the legend who gave her a seat at the national tableFounding AEquitas with no credit history, no track record, and partners who took grants on their behalf to make it existWhat AEquitas actually does, from a single legal question before trial to building a community's entire responseThe Supreme Court line at the core of their work: strike hard blows, not foul onesWhy she wants her team to be brutal with her internallyHow she thinks about the long road, and the emergency room versus the research instituteWhat she misses about the courtroomHer advice for any lawyer whose path just disappeared underneath themA legally blonde moment involving her very first preliminary hearingConnect with Jennifer Long and AEquitas:Website: aequitasresource.orgPodcasts: Just Champions and The Traffic ReportAlso at AEquitas: the National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals, and SPARC, the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource CenterWork with Erin Gerner: Erin coaches high-achieving female attorneys who are successful on paper but struggling with burnout, identity, and what's next, helping them redefine success on their own terms.Book a connection call: https://calendly.com/eringerner/connectioncallStay connected with Erin Gerner:Website: eringerner.comLinkedIn: Erin GernerInstagram: @eringernerFacebook: Erin GernerDon't forget to subscribe to Powerhouse Lawyers wherever you listen.
- Oct 1, 202657 min
She Runs a Law Firm From the Beach With No Billable Hours
Ariella Cohen Coleman was going to work in fashion. She wanted to be a Bloomingdale's buyer. Then her dad was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer when she was thirteen, and he died when she was seventeen, and by the time she got to college her entire world had reoriented around advocacy.She went to law school to fix healthcare. Not to practice law. To fix the system that had her mother spending every day of her father's illness fighting insurance companies just to get covered care covered.Then she got sick herself, got told never to talk about it professionally, and spent years believing she was the only lawyer in the country with a complex health history.Today she's the founder of The Wellness Esquire and host of its podcast, and she runs Ariella Law with no billable hours from beaches around the world.In this episode we cover:Why she went to law school with no intention of ever practicingWatching her mom become her first example of an advocateGetting diagnosed during her first year of law school and what she learned about staying safeSix concussions, and the one that finally made her stopWorking through a concussion for a month because stopping felt like weaknessHow boredom turned into the first real questions she'd ever asked herselfBeing told never to discuss her health professionally, and what happened when she finally didThe law student who messaged her after that first post, and where she is nowWhy we're too quiet about the options, and how many ways there actually are to be a lawyerHer two pieces of advice for any lawyer who knows something is wrongBuilding a firm with no billable hours, chosen clients, and a written mistakes policyThe Wellness Esquire directory and why community is the missing pieceConnect with Ariella Cohen Coleman:Website: thewellnessesquire.comAlso: ariellacohencoleman.comLinkedIn: Ariella Cohen ColemanPodcast: The Wellness Esquire, available everywhere and on YouTubeWork with Erin Gerner: Erin coaches high-achieving female attorneys who are successful on paper but struggling with burnout, identity, and what's next, helping them redefine success on their own terms.📅 Book a connection call: https://calendly.com/eringerner/connectioncallStay connected with Erin Gerner:Website: eringerner.comLinkedIn: Erin GernerInstagram: @eringernerFacebook: Erin GernerDon't forget to subscribe to Powerhouse Lawyers wherever you listen. 🎙️
- Sep 24, 202642 min
She Offered to Quit. They Said Get Another Nanny: with Jessie Brown
Jessie Brown wanted to be a writer. She was an English major doing an MFA in creative nonfiction when she lost both of her parents and realized she had no financial safety net. So she did the practical thing and went to law school.That pattern, choosing the safe path over the one that actually fit, followed her for the next two decades. It picked her practice area. It kept her in litigation long after her body was telling her something was wrong. It even had her enrolled in a backup master's program while she was already building the business she actually wanted.Today Jessie is a coach and retreat facilitator working with attorneys at every stage, from brand new associates to partners planning their exit. She's also a trained forest bathing guide, sound healer, breathwork facilitator, and meditation teacher, and she leads nature-based retreats in Sedona.This conversation is about what it takes to finally stop letting fear pick your life for you.In this episode we cover:Why she chose law school after losing both parents and having no safety netThe senior partner who told a room of young female associates the truth about how she "had it all"The annual review where she offered to resign and was told to hire a second nannyLeaving, staying home, moving across the country, and sitting for a second bar exam on her own dimeThe deposition that made her physically ill and changed her practice areaStepping down from the partner track and taking a pay cut to do work that fit herThe Clifton Strengths result that finally explained why everything felt so hardBeing the unofficial office therapist for her entire career and what it was telling herThe safety-seeking part of her that picks every path, and how she learned to spot itWhat actually happens to a nervous system on a retreat, and why in-person still mattersConnect with Jessie Brown:Website: jessiebrown.orgEmail: jessie@jessiebrown.orgLinkedIn: Jessie BrownPodcast: AlignedWork with Erin Gerner: Erin coaches high-achieving female attorneys who are successful on paper but struggling with burnout, identity, and what's next, helping them redefine success on their own terms.📅 Book a connection call: https://calendly.com/eringerner/connectioncallStay connected with Erin Gerner:Website: eringerner.comLinkedIn: Erin GernerInstagram: @eringernerFacebook: Erin GernerDon't forget to subscribe to Powerhouse Lawyers wherever you listen. 🎙️
- Sep 17, 202642 min
Lawyer. Reality Star. Public Defender. Sydney Segal Refuses to Pick Just One
Sydney Segal is a lot of things. Brooklyn Law grad. Public defender in New York. Survivor 41 competitor. Runner-up on The Challenge: Vets and New Threats. Former Division I track athlete and California state cross-country champion. Five-language speaker. Solo backpacker through 60+ countries. And someone who has figured out how to be all of those things at once — without apologizing for any of them.She didn't stumble into this life. She built it deliberately, starting with two gap years, a very clear sense of what she didn't want, and the willingness to bet on herself before anyone told her she was allowed to.This episode is about what it looks like to refuse the box — and actually pull it off.In this episode we cover:Why she took two gap years before law school — and why she'd tell every young lawyer to do the sameHow she ended up on Survivor during a COVID semester and never looked backThe comp day strategy that made reality TV possible — twice — without leaving her jobWhy she chose public defense over big law and has never once regretted itWhat it actually feels like to be on reality TV — and what it exposed about herself she didn't expectHow being a D1 athlete shaped how she handles the mental weight of criminal defense workHer rule for the work phone: it stays home, every time, no guiltWhat she means when she calls it a life resume — not a bucket list"Bet on yourself" — what that actually looked like in practice before she had a safety netLeaving for China solo in ten days to check off her seventh wonder of the worldConnect with Sydney HEREWork with Erin Gerner: Erin coaches high-achieving female attorneys who are successful on paper but struggling with burnout, identity, and what's next — helping them redefine success on their own terms.📅 Book a connection call: https://calendly.com/eringerner/connectioncallStay connected with Erin Gerner:Website: eringerner.comLinkedIn: Erin GernerInstagram: @eringernerFacebook: Erin GernerDon't forget to subscribe to Powerhouse Lawyers wherever you listen. 🎙️
- Jul 23, 20261h 19m
ICU Nurse. Big Law Attorney. Now Building the Life She Actually Wants
Tatyana Norman Webler graduated nursing school in May 2020 — straight into the COVID pandemic. She spent three years as an ICU nurse watching the healthcare system fail patients in real time, asking why the left hand never talked to the right hand, and wondering if there was a way to fix it. Then she went to law school.She graduated — in labor — passed the bar with a newborn at home, and landed in big law. Eight months later, she was gone.This is the story of what happened in between. And what the blood work proved.In this episode we talk about the moment Tatyana realized big law wasn't just misaligned with her values — it was bad for her biology. We talk about high functioning depression, the Body Keeps the Score, and what it actually looks like to climb out of survival mode and build a life from scratch that actually fits who you are.In this episode we cover:How a single moment on a hospital ethics committee made Tatyana want to go to law schoolGraduating law school in active labor — and walking across that stage anywayPassing the bar with a newborn and four hours of study time a dayWhat eight months in big law actually cost her — and how her biomarkers told the whole storyThe week she didn't nurse her daughter once because of an artificial deadline — and the rage that followedWhy she left and what happened to her blood work six months laterHigh functioning depression: what it is, how it's different from burnout, and why so many lawyers are living in it without knowing"You can't outthink your way out of depression" — and what she's doing insteadHow coaching helped her stop strategizing and start actually doingThe portfolio career she's building: Lucid Edge Advising, the Ohio Brain Capital Alliance, and her podcast Lucid CommonsWhy two things can be true at the same time — and why that's the permission slip most of us needBooks mentioned:Becoming You by Suzy WelchHigh Functioning Depression by Dr. Judith JosephThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkConnect with Tatyana Norman Webler:LinkedIn: Tatyana Norman WeblerPodcast: Lucid Commons (Spotify, Apple, YouTube)Advising: Lucid Edge AdvisingNonprofit: Ohio Brain Capital AllianceWork with Erin Gerner: Erin coaches high-achieving female attorneys who are successful on paper but struggling with burnout, identity, and what's next — helping them redefine success on their own terms.📅 Book a connection call: https://calendly.com/eringerner/connectioncallStay connected with Erin Gerner:Website: eringerner.comLinkedIn: Erin GernerInstagram: @eringernerFacebook: Erin GernerDon't forget to subscribe to Powerhouse Lawyers wherever you listen. 🎙️
- Jul 9, 202635 min
Burnout Will Kill Your Business as Fast as Bankruptcy — with Danielle Hendon
You left the firm to build something on your own terms. But somewhere between getting clients, managing a team, and handling everything else that comes with running a business, the freedom you were chasing started to look a lot like another job.Danielle Hendon has seen it a hundred times. As founder of 4 Corners CFO, she works exclusively with female-founded law firms as a fractional CFO — helping them understand what their numbers are actually saying, structure their revenue for real profit, and build firms that support their lives instead of consuming them.This conversation is practical, direct, and exactly what solo and small firm owners need to hear.In this episode we coverHow Danielle went from opera singer to accountant to fractional CFO for female law firm ownersWhy hanging your own shingle often just means trading one boss for many — and what to do about itThe rule of thirds: how your P&L should actually be structured for sustainable profitWhy time tracking still matters even when you swore you'd never do it againWhat "closing the closables" means and how it can free up cash immediatelyThe case study: how one estate planning client's first quarter profit equaled her entire prior year — after making one key hireWhy the numbers aren't a judgment — they're a story and a roadmapHow to know when you're ready to hire (hint: it's 10 billable hours a week)The line of credit conversation every attorney needs to have before they need oneFree resource from Danielle: Take the revenue capacity quiz to find out how much money your firm is leaving on the table — no contact info required. 👉 fourcornercfo.com/powerhouselaywersConnect with Danielle Hendon:Website: https://4cornerscfo.com/LinkedIn: Danielle HendonWork with Erin Gerner: Erin coaches high-achieving female attorneys who are successful on paper but struggling with burnout, identity, and what's next — helping them redefine success on their own terms.📅 Book a connection call: https://calendly.com/eringerner/connectioncallStay connected with Erin Gerner:Website: eringerner.comLinkedIn: Erin GernerInstagram: @eringernerFacebook: Erin GernerDon't forget to subscribe to Powerhouse Lawyers wherever you listen. 🎙️
- Jun 18, 202646 min
From Big Law to In-House to All In on Herself
Misty Leon has spent nearly 25 years at the intersection of law, business, and strategy — as a partner at a boutique firm, Senior Counsel at a Fortune 500 company, and now founder of Practical Counsel Advisors, where she helps small to midsize law firms modernize their operations and navigate AI responsibly.In this episode, Misty shares the winding, intentional journey that led her to finally go out on her own — and why the bravest thing she ever did was stop asking "can I do this?" and start asking "do I even want to?"In this episode, we cover:How Misty accidentally stumbled into ERISA law via a newspaper job listing in Charlotte — and why it opened doors in Big LawWhat five years in-house taught her that she never could have learned at a firmThe moment she realized she was heading toward burnout — and how she caught it before it caught herWhat Practical Counsel Advisors does and why AI readiness is a reputational risk firms can't afford to ignoreWhy "change management" is more than corporate speak — and why it's the piece most firms skipThe mindset shift from powering through to asking whether the path still fitsWhy women don't need more resilience pep talks — and what we actually need insteadThe concept of seasons, and why it's one of the most powerful tools for ambitious women juggling everythingHer legendary legally blonde moment involving a law school interview and a closetConnect with Misty:LinkedIn: Misty LeonWebsite: practicalcounseladvisors.com Resources & Links:Book a connection call with Erin: https://calendly.com/eringerner/connectioncallFollow Erin Gerner on Instagram, Facebook & LinkedIn
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