This group coaching program is intended for women attorneys wanting to:

• achieve greater work/life balance
• effectively manage the stress of legal practice
• define, with crystal clarity, their most important goals and develop specific plans to achieve them
• find greater satisfaction within the law
• learn about alternative practice areas and successfully change specialties if desired
• learn about work settings more accepting of alternative work arrangements
• acquire accurate information about career alternatives for lawyers and successfully make a career change if desired
• connect with other women attorneys also working to define and achieve success on their own terms

The Lawyers Life Coach (TM) Program meets twice monthly for one hour. Group members meet via audioteleconferencing. No special equipment is needed. You will be provided with the phone number for the call and when you call in you'll immediately be connected to all participants. Group members also have 24/7 input to Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., the group facilitator, and to one another, via a members-only listserv.

The fee for this program is $150/month.

The curriculum for The Lawyers Life Coach (TM) Program will include the following topics. Group members will determine the depth and breadth of each topic covered.

Program Topics:

• How Do You Define Success?
• The Choice of Law as a Profession
• Transforming Problems Into Solutions
• Taking Control of the Controllable (And Coping with the Rest)
• Simple Methods for Immediately Improving Work/Life Satisfaction
• Family Matters - Making Time to Create and Sustain Relationships
• Getting Rid of Time Wasters
• The Power of Focus
• First Things First
• Urgent vs. Important Matters
• Time-Shifting
• Effective Stress Management
• Getting to Yes/Creating Win-Win Solutions
• Rainmaking for Women Attorneys
• The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
• The Art of Delegating
• Increasing Life Balance One Step at a Time
• Networking for Support and Building a Power Base
• Coming to Terms with 2000+ Billables
• What Really Matters?
• Money: Happiness, Lifestyle and Student Loans
• Alternative Work Arrangements
• Mommy Tracks and Partner Tracks
• Emotionally Intelligent Mothers
• The Tick of the Biological Clock
• The Person at the Top Creates the Climate: Changing Employers
• Changing Work Settings (firm size, in-house counsel, government, non-profit, solo practice, academia, etc.)
• Changing Practice Areas
• Career Alternatives for Lawyers
• Making Successful Transitions: Short- and Long-Term Goals
• Gender Bias - Changing the System of Legal Practice

For further information, please contact Ellen at Ellen@lawyerslifecoach.com or (301) 578-8686

Ellen also provides individual coaching via phone with email and fax backup. If you're interested in private coaching or would like to augment your group coaching experience with individual coaching, please contact Ellen at Ellen@lawyerslifecoach.com or (301) 578-8686.