If you’re feeling confused about what you want for your career, you’re in good company. Many of the lawyers I talk to feel this way.

They know a more fulfilling career is possible, but they’re not sure how to find it.

And I get it. Five years ago, I felt that way, too.

Here’s the step-by-step method I use to help attorneys shift from uncertainty to clarity, confidence, and purpose.

The Real Struggles
At the start of coaching, many of my clients feel overwhelmed by career confusion, drained by burnout, and frozen by fear of making a change.

They often feel like they are living someone else’s career instead of their own.

My Process in Action
Step 1: Deep Self-Discovery
What happens: We explore your authentic self through a full review of your career history, targeted assessments, reflective exercises, and journaling.
Why it matters: This reveals your strengths, core values, what energizes you, and what truly fulfills you in your work.
What it sets up: A clear foundation for making career decisions that align with your values and authentic goals.

Step 2: Trusting the Inner Compass
What happens: You learn to listen to and trust your intuition instead of relying only on external voices or industry expectations.
Why it matters: Fulfilling career moves come from following your inner guidance.
What it sets up: Confidence to make decisions that fit you, even if they defy the “traditional” legal path.

Step 3: Uncovering Hidden Fears
What happens: We bring limiting beliefs and fear-based patterns to the surface, often rooted in early life experiences or cultural and professional norms and pressures.
Why it matters: These beliefs are often below the level of conscious awareness and may keep you stuck in roles or environments that drain you.
What it sets up: Awareness of the true barriers to change.

Step 4: Reframing and Moving Forward with Courage
What happens: We transform limiting beliefs into accurate, empowering ones that align with your career vision.
Why it matters: Shifting from fear to courage makes bold, fulfilling career moves possible.
What it sets up: Momentum toward work, in or out of the law, that feels deeply aligned with who you truly are and what matters most to you.

Success Snapshots
Here are a few quick examples:
– One client left a high-paying but unfulfilling Big Law litigation role to join a nonprofit doing legal work she found deeply meaningful. We resolved her fear of taking a pay cut, rooted in childhood financial scarcity, and she is now thriving.
– Another client, a senior associate in Big Law, overcame crippling anxiety and panic attacks caused by perfectionism. We uncovered the childhood roots of her fear of mistakes, reframed her beliefs, and freed her to work with confidence and balance.
– Another client had resigned from his law firm job due to burnout before we met. Through coaching, he discovered his love of helping others, teaching, and personal finance. He’s now working in a less demanding legal role he enjoys while having the time and energy to build a side business as a financial advisor.

What Happens Next
If you’re experiencing career confusion or burnout and would like more clarity and fulfillment in your career, download my free Career Alignment Map.

And if you’re a lawyer who has gone from confusion to clarity or burnout to balance, what helped you find your way?