Being a master strategist requires a command of your practice area.  In criminal defense, understanding Brady and while it can't be fixed with a claim of "harmless error" is critical to how you plan your case -- from investigation to post-...

My former legal assistant and right-hand-man, Jeff Seward, was called for jury duty in a Washington State criminal case.  (And -- gentle warning -- there's a short deviation to discuss jury selection in the Trump criminal trial. &n...

Hey, Friends!  We're back and getting down to the nitty gritty -- trials!   The best firsthand juror experience most trial lawyers will get is *maybe* sitting on a venire panel before being struck.  O...

Hello!  We're back!  This episode talks about the three big lessons learned for Athenas after a year of . . . well. . . a lot:How brutal this industry can be. The new,  developing medicine to ...

Athena in the Well is back!   We return with this Facebook Live event last year, during the Chauvin trial.  Which Athena Shield quadrant does witness preparation fall?   Creative Goddess.  Yep.  You...

Faith Kohler is a fiercely independent, multi-faceted powerhouse.Attorney, former federal agent, Fortune 500 company alum, visual artist, and documentary film maker, Faith embodies the term “renaissance woman.”  With confiden...

How can the practice of yoga help us in the practice of law?  Andrea Griego, yoga studio owner and body work specialist shares her perspective.  First, the confidence and the humility gained by getting really good at something really ...

Fat is not a feeling.  You cannot run from your fork.Embrace the suck. Hello, friends.  These are just a few words to live by from our guest, Trish Fleischer, an Arizona-based fitness trainer specializ...

“Warrior” – a description that has become almost cartoon-ish.  And hyper-masculine.  The women warriors we see in popular entertainment often are also fetishized for their sexiness, at the cost of their intelligence an...

Hello Friends,So, here is the truth.I have been extremely motivated since the shut down to use the gift of time that was bestowed on me – on us – on the world, to do work that was important and meaningful to me.  Namely, the ...

What's Your Sign??  I know.  Cheesy.  But then.....what if what you thought was your astrological sign all your life was wrong?  And how could this have happened?  Well, the long and the short of it is that it is the Ea...

Eight years ago I made a fundamental shift around how I get unstuck when faced with a seemingly insurmountable challenge or circumstance in both my professional life and in my personal life.  I got out of my head and turned an intellectual...

What differentiates the trial lawyer who appears to effortlessly go to battle with a clear head and a sharp wit?  A woman who says what she means in the moment and not two days too late when she is alone in her car?  The key t...

For many people, a "Tarot card reading" means a woman in flowing robes, leaning over a small table in a candlelit room, foretelling impending doom (or pure unadulterated bliss, one of the two...)But that's not really what Tarot cards are...

Today's episode is a little outside the box.  But, let's face it, sometimes the box is a jerk.  Listen to the alternative wisdom of Deborah Garland - Ayurvedic Practitioner, Author, Yogi and Healer. Her profession is the knowledge and...

Has anyone ever told you to "just be yourself?"  Did you fight the impulse to find a vase and hurl it at said person?  Did you think to yourself: why does it all of a sudden seem impossible to "just be myself?"I admit that I h...

Welcome to Woowoo Wednesday!  Have you ever heard of the saying, "She is her own worst enemy?” When you think about it for a second, there is nothing more self-defeating.  Because as I am sure you are aware, wherever you go, you are t...

This is an introduction to the Podcast Episode:  The Transformative Strategist: 3 Mindsets of Stand-Out Legal Strategy.  In order to help you follow along, I have created a quick reference tool to the first cornerstone to evolving int...

This episode is the cornerstone of mastering the art and science of strategy.  Follow Joy Bertrand as she guides you through the theory behind her hard won success as an internationally recognized trial architect and reveals the 3 mindsets...

Why is it that you can think of the perfect thing to say (and I mean perfect) when there is no one there to hear it?  Your reason why is bottom-lined in our Woowoo Wednesday Soundbite.  A short, concise solution to one...

Join us each and every Wednesday, when we feature forward thinkers courageous enough to embrace a little woowoo to command the courtroom.  Today, we will discover 3 strategies (that you can do in less than 3 minutes...

Welcome to Athena in the Well.  A Podcast for women trial attorneys designed to help you find your voice, take your space, and command the courtroom.  Make sure to join The Athena in the ...

This podcast is designed to embolden the inner Athena of women trial lawyers through the mastery of the goddess' timeless teachings. Together we will empower your master strategist, fierce independence, creative genius, and ferocious warrior.&n...