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You're listening to The Lawyer's Stress Solution. The only podcast that teaches you cognitive

science-based techniques specifically created for lawyers. Learn how to manage your lawyer brain

and conquer the stress, anxiety, and overwhelm of lawyer life. Here's your host,

former lawyer and certified master coach, Kara Loan-Thyles.

Hello, my lawyer friends. Today we're going to talk about one of my favorite topics, which is

the way that thinking like a lawyer and talking like a lawyer impact your non-lawyer relationships.

Or at least I should say your relationships outside of work, many of which will be with other lawyers.

That old joke, why do lawyers marry other lawyers? Because who else would have them?

There's a little bit of a kernel of truth in it. So many of you who are lawyers probably date or

are married to other lawyers, but also civilians get drawn into the mix sometimes.

And so what I want to talk to you about today is how to keep an eye on the types of

sort of conversation and thinking that you use as a lawyer and the ways that those can impact

your personal relationships to a not great outcome in a way that is counterproductive and pretty

unpleasant for everyone. Before I get to that, I want to thank all of you who have been listening and

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