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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.

Hi everyone, welcome to This Week's Podcast. So in past episodes, I've been talking about

different forms of lawyer stress, different things that produce lawyer stress and how to deal with it.

And I'm totally gonna keep talking about that because there's plenty for more than a few episodes.

But today I want to take a step back and talk a little bit about why lawyers are so anxious.

What are the causes of lawyer anxiety? Now you may think, what do I need to know the cause for?

Right, I'm anxious, that's what matters, I just want to solve it. That's sort of true and sort of

not. It is true that focusing on practical solutions is really what I do and what I do with my clients

and what I want you to focus on learning how to change your thinking. But it's also really helpful

to understand why you think this way. Because a lot of my clients come to me and on top of feeling

anxious or kind of low level depressed even sometimes, they also have a lot of confusion and shame

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