The Resilient Lawyer with Jeena Cho
Business:Careers
In this episode, I am excited to have Nefra MacDonald on to talk about how awareness of ones emotions can revolutionize your presence and how you communicate with others.
Nefra is the Business Development and Strategic Partner Coordinator at Rocket Matter. She has worked in various capacities at law firms, corporations and non-profit organizations and decided to use all of her experiences to help lawyers adjust their “pain points” that they feel everyday. She is currently the co-chair at Rocket Matters Product Advisory Committee, which serves as a source of targeted feedback for the company’s product improvement strategy. Her passions for wellness has also led her to be heavily involved in producing more wellness programs for lawyers, including Rocket Matter’s “Legal Wellness Retreat” where I will also be a presenter at.
Topics Covered
Nefra talks on how personal hardships changed her path from being a law student working at a firm, to where she is now helping other lawyers balance their life with mindfulness. How Kundalini Yoga helped her to be more present, more aware of her emotions, and how she uses that awareness to better control her emotions rather than the opposite. She talks on how she expresses those negative emotions to others and allows herself to feel it rather than bury it deep down. Common pain points with lawyers, work/life balance issues, and wellness and mindfulness issues such as the inability to disconnect from work without feeling anxiety and trying to manage staff.
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Questions? Comments? Email Jeena! hello@jeenacho.com. You can also connect with Jeena on Twitter: @Jeena_Cho
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