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The transition from law school to attorney world can present its own set of unique challenges. On the next episode of Attorney Heart I interview Rachel T. Gezerseh who is the author of “The Law Career Playbook.” Rachel covers some very practical professional development information that is beneficial not just to graduating law students, but to attorneys who have been in the profession for a long time. We cover everything from the power of effective networking to the importance of building meaningful relationships in the profession. Rachel is a partner at Liang Ly, LLP and she is a Lecturer at the University of Southern California Law School. Rachel previously worked at Jones Day in Los Angeles and she handles a wide variety of complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts, where she represents both plaintiffs and defendants. I truly enjoyed my interview with Rachel and the advice that she provides will truly benefit attorneys who are starting out as well as attorneys who seek to grow their practice. Thank you in advance for tuning in and enjoy! If you would like to reach out to Rachel, you can connect with her at this link: http://www.lianglyllp.com/rachel-gezerseh http://breakintobiglaw.com/product/law-career-playbook

Social media has become part of daily life in today’s highly technologically interconnected world. On the next Episode of Attorney Heart I delve into the topic of how social media can impact your professional performance and overall health. From your perspective, do you use social media to build meaningful connections or does it sometimes get in the way of doing so? I provide some information and statistics from recent reports and studies that focus on the intersection between social media, loneliness, anxiety, and depression. More importantly, I share some tips and strategies that can help you bring awareness to your social media habits and determine whether you need to make any adjustments that will improve the overall quality of your health and professional performance. ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Attorney Heart Facebook page Attorney Heart Website Attorney Heart on YouTube To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: Fernando Flores on LinkedIn Fernando Flores on Instagram Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach based in the San Francisco Bay Area who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a speaker at law schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.

On the next episode of Attorney Heart I had a truly powerful interview with Andre?s Y. Gonza?lez. Andre?s moved from Cuba to the United States at the age of 20. While in Cuba, Andre?s faced many challenging situations and when he started living in the United States. He discusses that he realized how deeply his freedom had been restricted. As a young man he was required to enter the military and Andre?s shares how having to hide the fact that he was a gay man in the military was particularly difficult. When Andre?s arrived to the United States he felt he had to find his voice. Andre?s was attending medical school in Cuba and when he arrived to the United States he thought he wanted to continue that path, but for various reasons he shifted over to enter the legal profession. Andre?s is preparing to finish his law school career and become an attorney and he has a particular interest in the intersection of legal technology and privacy. Andre?s has an incredible level of grit and his story is truly inspirational. I hope you enjoy it and thank you in advance for tuning in! ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Attorney Heart Facebook page Attorney Heart Website Attorney Heart on YouTube To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: Fernando Flores on LinkedIn Fernando Flores on Instagram Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach based in the San Francisco Bay Area who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a speaker at law schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.

The Partnership For Working Families has an extensive number of campaigns that focus on empowering local communities. On the next episode of Attorney Heart I interview Ben Beach, who is the Legal Director at The Partnership and he explains that he works with organizations and local governments in cities across the country in order to transform local economies. Ben has extensive experience advising community organizations and community-based campaigns for economic justice and has experience in social issues that include affordable housing, racial inequities, climate justice, energy efficiency, transit-oriented development, future of work issues and other areas as well. Ben Beach received his J.D. from NYU School of Law and in addition to discussing the very powerful work that The Partnership takes on, we also had an awesome conversation on the meaningful wellness policies that The Partnership has adopted. If you need some ideas on what kind of wellness policies you can adopt at your law firm and/or non-profit organization you definitely want to tune in, the wellness policies Ben discussed are holistic and effective. To Contact Ben, you can reach him at http://www.forworkingfamilies.org/contact. ----------------------------------------------------------------- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Attorney Heart Facebook page Attorney Heart Website Attorney Heart on YouTube To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: Fernando Flores on LinkedIn Fernando Flores on Instagram Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach based in the San Francisco Bay Area who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a speaker at law schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.

As attorneys one of the most important things we can do for our clients is provide them with sufficient and accurate information for them to make an informed decision. On the next episode of Attorney Heart, I provide you with important information related to how alcohol impacts our health, with a specific focus on how it impacts our brain. In our fast-paced, high-stress, always-going, don’t-stop lifestyle, it can be easy for us to rely on a few drinks a week (or a day) to take the edge off. But how does alcohol impact our brain’s cognitive abilities? How does it impact our focus and attention? Does it affect our memory and does alcohol really shrink our brain? Do we lose any healthy nutrients when we drink or is it just toxins that enter our body? Does our brain fully recover by the next day? While it may not provide all of the answers in relation to alcohol and our health, I hope you find this next episode helpful and that it allows you to make an informed decision about the relationship you may currently have with alcohol. Wishing you awesome health and wellness! ----------------------------------------------------------------- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Attorney Heart Facebook page Attorney Heart Website Attorney Heart on YouTube To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: Fernando Flores on LinkedIn Fernando Flores on Instagram Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach based in the San Francisco Bay Area who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a speaker at law schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.

As attorneys, law-students, and advocates we are trained to solve problems. We are trained to spot problems and then do whatever we have to in order to resolve that problem for our clients. As a result, if we were not before, we become problem-solvers. More importantly, we become very closely connected to the identity of being a problem-solver. As a long-time problem-solver myself, I realized that over-identifying with this professional quality often did not leave room for me to experience problems myself. On the next episode of Attorney Heart I delve into how the problem-solver within us will often limit us from asking for support/help in various different scenarios and how this in turn can impact our well-being. The problem-solver within us sometimes makes us deny the fact that we have problems (and need support) because we solve others’ problems and as a result we should not have them ourselves. If we do ask for help, the belief goes, our reputation will be impacted, we will be stigmatized, and it is just better to suffer in silence. I hope this episode provides you with a different perspective on how you can turn this belief or mindset around to permit you to live a more professionally and personally fulfilling life. ----------------------------------------------------------------- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Attorney Heart Facebook page Attorney Heart Website Attorney Heart on YouTube To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: Fernando Flores on LinkedIn Fernando Flores on Instagram Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach based in the San Francisco Bay Area who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a speaker at law schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.

On the next awesome episode of Attorney Heart, Casey Berman shares his story of why he decided to leave law behind. Casey Berman graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1999 and after a few years in the legal field he stopped practicing to create a number of different enterprises, but in particular he created his business called Leave Law Behind. Leave Law Behind helps attorneys leave the law and on this episode Casey provides the insights, tips, and ideas that he provides other attorneys who seek to find alternative careers. Casey strongly believes that one of the most common reasons that attorneys leave the law is because their personal qualities do not adequately align with their professional profile. Casey has developed various important tools to help attorneys, but in particular his “strengths finder” test has been very popular in the legal community. We get into an awesome conversation on managing fear and how this is one of the biggest blocks to making a desired change that will improve your life. Casey holds a BA in Rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley and a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. To find out more about Casey and Leave Law Behind, visit: https://leavelawbehind.com/attorneyheartLLBQuiz/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Attorney Heart Facebook page Attorney Heart Website Attorney Heart on YouTube To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: Fernando Flores on LinkedIn Fernando Flores on Instagram Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach based in the San Francisco Bay Area who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a speaker at law schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting well-being for attorneys and professionals! On the next episode of Attorney Heart, Bryan Falchuk shares how a challenging period in his life became a turning point to improve it. Bryan was obese and overcome by anxiety until he discovered the approach to change all that – Do a Day. Using Do A Day, Bryan was able to break from this pattern to live a life of consistent, unending health and wellness. In his case, he has used this strategy to lose 147 pounds! Bryan is a life and executive coach, public speaker and the best-selling author of Do a Day. He works to share what he’s learned with others seeking a happier, more complete existence. As Bryan says, people don’t change, lives do. Bryan provides some really helpful tips on getting the mindset that you need to stay focused on any goal that you set for yourself. Bryan believes that one should focus on the present instead of being occupied by thinking about past mistakes. For people who are struggling in life to achieve their goals, Bryan advices that we place greater importance on self-worth and reduce self-deprecating thoughts. Bryan’s work has appeared in many major publications like the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Inc. Magazine and more, and he has been featured as a guest on over 100 podcasts and radio shows. He has also shared his message across many stages, including multiple TEDx events. Very grateful that Bryan joined us for this episode of Attorney Heart, enjoy! To connect with Bryan Falchuk at https://www.bryanfalchuk.com/ --

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney and professional well-being! After a 6 week trip to India in late 2018 I was fortunate to be able to deepen my relationship to meditation. As a young attorney I never meditated. And by never I mean never. I personally did not understand what I gained from it. Closing my eyes, sitting still, breathing deeply, what did that do for me? Years later, as I became a more experienced attorney and the stressors and pressures of the profession increased, I wanted to improve my ability to manage stress. At first I was not consistent when it came to meditating, but now I meditate for at least 10 minutes a day. On the next Episode of Attorney Heart I take you through a guided meditation of an experience that I had while I was in Rishikesh, India. If you have never meditated before, I recommend you stay committed to doing this meditation for 21-30 days. The meditation last only about 8-10 minutes per day and it can be incredibly helpful in reducing stress, managing anxiety, increasing focused, strengthening your immune system, and improving sleeping patterns. Also, the wonderful thing about meditating is that you can do it anywhere, at anytime. Enjoy, and thank you for tuning in to another episode of Attorney Heart! --

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being Jessie Kornberg is the president and CEO of Bet Tzedek, a highly respected public-interest law firm based in Los Angeles that provides representation to clients who are low-income and are unable to afford an attorney. Jessie has established several firsts at Bet Tzedek including Los Angeles’ first low-income tax and small business start-up clinics, the nation’s first transgender medical-legal partnership and a family preparedness program to respond to growing concerns surrounding the deportation of undocumented parents. Jessie previously worked as a trial attorney at the law firm Bird Marella and was the Executive Director of Ms. JD, which she established as a national voice on issues concerning women and law. She earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law. Prior to taking the helm at Bet Tzedek, Kornberg distinguished herself as a trial attorney at Los Angeles-based litigation boutique Bird Marella. Among her achievements there, she lead the trial team that prevailed in one of the 10 largest intellectual property verdicts of 2013, served as pro bono counsel in ground-breaking inmate-safety litigation on behalf of the inmates of the Angola death-row facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and chaired the firm’s pro bono program. Prior to joining Bird Marella, Kornberg served as the first executive director of Ms. JD, which she established as a national voice on issues concerning women and law. Kornberg’s earliest exposure to impact litigation and strategic policy work – which intersect with two of Bet Tzedek’s core strengths – came while serving as a legal fellow with the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (now known as Legal Momentum). Other economic justice work included projects with the Los Angeles Community Action Network, Homes for the Homeless, and the Institute for Children and Poverty. Following graduation from law school, Kornberg was a clerk to Chief Judge Jon P. McCalla of the U.S. District Court in Memphis, Tenn. She earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, where she was editor in chief of the Women’s Law Journal. Kornberg holds a bachelor’s degree in American history from Columbia College of Columbia University. To connect with Jessie and Bet Tzedek visit: http://www.bettzedek.org --

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! On the next episode of Attorney Heart I have compiled clips of the very best and most listened to episodes of 2018. It has been an incredible year with awesome guests and conversation and I can’t believe we are up to Episode 64! A lot of valuable information and lessons on wellness, reducing stress, eating healthier, exercising, developing a positive and resilient mindset, getting enough sleep, limiting alcohol intake, overcoming fears, and many other awesome topics! If you haven’t tuned in before, definitely gift this episode to yourself as the wisdom will help you start the year off with more energy, positivity, joy, and health! Have an amazing end to 2018 and a powerful start to 2019. Thank you as always for tuning in and taking Attorney Heart to new heights! --

Ep. 063 - Advocating Through Pageants

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being! As attorneys, we focus a lot on advocating for others, which is one of our main roles. However, one of the things that happens when we do this continuously is that we often tend to forget to advocate for ourselves. It is important to learn how to put yourself first because if you don't, then it is going to limit your ability to help & advocate for others. Putting yourself first doesn't mean you're being selfish. Your overall holistic being needs to be in tip top shape. You need to learn how to fulfill your own needs first. Doing that will not prevent or detract from you advocating effectively for others. Over time it's going to enable you help them in a much more positive and effective way, by being your best & most authentic version of yourself. A lot of times we tend to consume our time & energy in ways that impress others by taking more & more responsibility. Over time, we end up taking more than we can handle, and this becomes so overwhelming that it impacts our health directly. Putting yourself first is a gradual process and has a lot of benefits: You're going to gain more energy, and you will be more productive, more effective, more efficient, happier, get more respect from others & respect others more, have better relationships, reduce your fears, reduce stress, reduce anxiety, reduce any resentment, and reduce any depression you may have. Learning how to take care of ourselves sets a good example for our children. And it can go a long way in terms of what they see and what kind of values they end up adopting. -- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imaternow/ Website: http://www.imaternow.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXjsRYDF9Z8sk3Leu--RPw To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-flores-6a4b86/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1fernandoflores/ Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a Speaker at Law Schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being! "If you want to be a good productive attorney you have to take care of both your mental & physical health." Eric Casher Eric Casher is an attorney at the Meyers Nave law firm. He has been assisting public and private clients with legal and regulatory matters throughout California for over 10 years. His comprehensive experience ranges from public law and public contracting to construction litigation, workplace investigations, and public-private partnerships. Eric’s leadership at Meyers Nave includes currently serving as Chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee. He also serves as City Attorney for the City of Pinole and General Counsel of the East Bay Dischargers Authority, a joint powers agency consisting of five local agencies that manage wastewater treatment and disposal. Eric talks about his work helping clients in his current law firm, his primary expertise in the area of public contracts and government conflicts of interests, his litigation background, and being a City Attorney which he enjoys because he gets to choose what he wants to handle! Despite the challenges he faces being a City attorney, Eric has learned to strike a balance for all his clients. He talks about setting goals and prioritizing. His family comes first and he works out through triathlons, biking, and swimming to take better care of his health. "You're no good to anybody if you aren't taking care of yourself" Eric Casher Eric encourages fellow attorneys to practice "sticktoitiveness" and to be persistent. In 2015, the Black Law Students Association of the University of California Hastings honored him with a Distinguished Alumni Award. He also received the “President’s Award” from the Charles Houston Bar Association in 2014. Thank you in advance for tuning in! You can reach out to Eric Casher here: Email: ecasher@meyersnave.com Website: http://www.meyersnave.com/attorney/eric-s-casher/ -- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imaternow/ Website: http://www.imaternow.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXjsRYDF9Z8sk3Leu--RPw To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-flores-6a4b86/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1fernandoflores/ Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a Speaker at Law Schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being! The British writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley once said “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.” What Huxley was talking about was really learning how to deepen the relationship between the mind and your heart. Between your thoughts and your emotions. A lot of the times we do not pay attention to that relationship between the mind and the heart, and we think they are not really connected, or that they are independent of each other. We think if I focus on my logical thoughts and if I focus on my reason, I’ll be fine and I can move forward. But I have to tell you... that’s not true. You really have to be able to focus on all of yourself to really thrive. For me personally, I can say that by deepening the relationship between my heart and my mind, and by staying present with every single thought, emotion and experience, I’ve really learned to live and to thrive, not just professionally but in life. That’s how I’ve really learned to excel in the work that I do. And I know if you take steps to do the same, you will have the same experience. For years, I didn’t nurture all of my areas of well being. And that hurt me. You have 50,000 to 70,000 thoughts a day. And a lot of those thoughts create emotions within you that you don’t really pay attention to. Most of the time you’re not aware of what emotions are coming up for you. But the issue becomes: what happens when you are stuck on a particular thought which are creating emotions which are making it difficult for you to get through your day? Maybe you are thinking about a particular big brief you have to do. And maybe you are not getting started on this big brief because it is the first time you have worked on this particular type of big brief. And maybe the thought of drafting this big brief you have never drafted before just ends affecting you in a way that creates a little bit of fear or self doubt. You may end up procrastinating because once we encounter a particular emotion connected to fear and self-doubt and overwhelm, it becomes really difficult to move towards that goal. So if we don’t catch the thought early on enough, we hurt ourselves. And related to that, when you catch that thought and you become self aware of the particular thought you are having in relation to the task you have at hand, you need to work really hard at not guilty or shaming yourself. Because that will only hurt you. -- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imaternow/ Website: http://www.imaternow.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXjsRYDF9Z8sk3Leu--RPw To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-flores-6a4b86/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1fernandoflores/ Fernando Flores has been a trial and appellate attorney for over 10 years. He graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D. Fernando founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles and he provides resources and information on the topic through the Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a Speaker at Law Schools.

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being! Imagine earning your undergraduate degree in another country and then traveling to the United States to apply for law school (with limited English skills), getting admitted into law school, taking the California bar exam, and passing it. Well, that is exactly what our powerful next Attorney Heart guest did. Attorney Leila Parviz was born and raised in Iran and she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Tehran. Upon graduation, at the age of 23, she moved to the United States and while she was living with a host family she worked hard to improve her English skills. Leila shares the challenges she faced in law school as well as in taking the California bar exam and the skills and personal qualities she relied on to overcome those challenges. She emphasized the importance of asking for help when you need it, as she notes: “Do not be afraid to seek help. No matter what you’re going through, there’s always someone who’s been there done that. It is part of being efficient.” Leila received awesome support in her professional journey and now she truly enjoys helping others on their journey to becoming attorneys. She has a genuine conversation about the mental stress and physical decline she experienced during the bar preparation period and gives valuable tips and pieces of advice that were beneficial to her in achieving that goal. Leila graduated from Western State College of Law and now works as an immigration attorney at the Law Offices of Hadley Bajramovic. Thank you in advance for tuning in! You can reach out to Leila Parviz here: E-mail: l.parviz@gmail.com -- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imaternow/ Website: http://www.imaternow.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXjsRYDF9Z8sk3Leu--RPw To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-flores-6a4b86/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1fernandoflores/ Fernando Flores has been a trial and appellate attorney for over 10 years. He graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D. Fernando founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles and he provides resources and information on the topic through the Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a Speaker at Law Schools.

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being! On the next episode of Attorney Heart, I had the incredible opportunity of interviewing Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) Director Kevin Kish. Director Kish shares his journey in becoming the leader of the largest civil rights agency in the United States. We discuss the role of the DFEH and cover various important civil rights topics focused on how he aims to advance DFEH’s mission of protecting the people of the state of California from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations as well as from hate violence and human trafficking. I really enjoyed our discussion around how stress shows up in different forms, especially when you make a high level transition that moves you away from full-time litigation to a management position. Anyone considering making a similar transition should definitely tune in, a lot of valuable tips. If you want to learn more about how to join the DFEH, Director Kish also covers some pointers as you move forward with that application process and gives insight on the applicants that the DFEH is looking for. Enjoy and please share with anyone who may be interested in pursuing a civil rights career with the DFEH! You can reach out to Kevin Kish here: Website: www.dfeh.ca.gov -- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imaternow/ Website: http://www.imaternow.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXjsRYDF9Z8sk3Leu--RPw To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-flores-6a4b86/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1fernandoflores/ Fernando Flores has been a trial and appellate attorney for over 10 years. He graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D. Fernando founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles and he provides resources and information on the topic through the Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a Speaker at Law Schools.

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being! While strides have been made in diversifying the legal profession, a lot of work remains. On this episode of Attorney Heart, attorney Chris Punongbayan shares his powerful advocacy as the executive director of California ChangeLawyers. We discuss the importance of diversity in the profession and Chris introduces us to the definition of a Change Lawyer. Chris explains the purpose of California ChangeLawyers and how it focuses on investing in bright, diverse legal changemakers. As a promoter of the adage “practice what you preach,” he advises to always put yourself in your to-do list! I had the pleasure of meeting Chris at their annual event and I am truly grateful to have been able to bring him on the podcast. Enjoy and if you know of someone who can benefit from this episode please share! You can reach out to Chris Punongbayan here: E-mail: chrisp@changedlawyers.org Website: www.changelawyers.org -- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imaternow/ Website: http://www.imaternow.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXjsRYDF9Z8sk3Leu--RPw To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-flores-6a4b86/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1fernandoflores/ Fernando Flores has been a trial and appellate attorney for over 10 years. He graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D. Fernando founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles and he provides resources and information on the topic through the Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a Speaker at Law Schools.

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being! In a world where it’s easier to go with the flow and settle with whatever life deals us, it’s always so inspiring to meet people who dared to challenge the status quo and stood up for whatever their hearts desire, no matter the struggle. Today, we will be listening to a remarkable lady prosecutor who, despite life’s setbacks and blatant NOs, refused to buckle and faced life head-on. Let’s be inspired by her story from starting out as an expectant law student with no fund for law school to taking the bar and eventually becoming a district attorney. Let’s reminisce together as she recounts her journey to living the life of her dreams, be awed by the tough spirit that refused to let life’s tragedies bring her down and learn a thing or two about choosing priorities, maintaining work-life balance and learning to step aside for a while and recharge. Let’s all welcome Siannah Collado Boutte, a District Attorney who recently joined The Simon Law Group and an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School where she teaches Criminal Law In Action during the winter and summer sessions. Prior to that, during her term as a DA, she also taught Project Lead for 7 years, a program targeted to teach inner city 5th graders about the criminal justice system. Enjoy and if you know of someone who can benefit from this episode please share! You can reach out to Siannah Collado Boutté here: Email: Siannah@TheSimonLawGroup.com Website: www.thesimonlawgroup.com/ -- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imaternow/ Website: http://www.imaternow.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXjsRYDF9Z8sk3Leu--RPw To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-flores-6a4b86/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1fernandoflores/ Fernando Flores has been a trial and appellate attorney for over 10 years. He graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D. Fernando founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles and he provides resources and information on the topic through the Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High-Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a Speaker at Law Schools.

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being! Debt can create high levels of incessant stress in our lives. As Americans, we tend to live beyond our means and the majority of us are in some form of debt. By generation, the breakdown of those who are in debt is as follows: 80.9% of baby boomers, 79.9% of Gen Xers, and 81.5% of millennials. Despite of this, we fail to have sufficient conversations on how to get out of debt, minimize the debt-related stress, and even use bankruptcy as a “tool” to eliminate debt. On the next episode of Attorney Heart, debt and credit strategy attorney Jen Lee shares her expertise and provides incredibly valuable tips and suggestions around the bankruptcy process and how she helps her clients, including attorneys, navigate the waters of debt. As she notes, in many ways she acts as a debt therapist and once you tune in you’ll find out why! Enjoy and if you know of someone who can benefit from this episode please share! You can reach out to Jen Lee here: E-mail: jen@jenleelaw.com Website: www.jenleelaw.com -- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imaternow/ Website: http://www.imaternow.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXjsRYDF9Z8sk3Leu--RPw To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-flores-6a4b86/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1fernandoflores/ Fernando Flores has been a trial and appellate attorney for over 10 years. He graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D. Fernando founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles and he provides resources and information on the topic through the Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a Speaker at Law Schools.