Life, Law & Leadership with Elizabeth Fairon Elizabeth Fairon

In this episode, Elizabeth explores the first leadership topic on the podcast. Curiosity forms the foundation of life-long learning, and this month the podcast discusses how to solidify it as a habit in your thinking and approach to life. 

The release of Episode 2: Burnout struck a chord. So many people reached out and shared stories about their own experiences and the role that plays in their law life.  There were many conversations with reoccurring themes of mental wellness. In this episode, Elizabeth reflects on how foundational joy is for our life, career and health. Elizabeth poses some thought-provoking questions about “What brings you true joy?” and gives some insightful commentary on her journey to reconnecting with herself and finding strength and vitality through joy.

Burnout is all common within the legal vocation, and learning to manage and mitigate its impact is key to staying in the game. Elizabeth shares hard-won wisdom from her own personal story journey of climbing the ladder from junior associate to sole business owner and eventually hitting a wall. Re-evaluating her relationship with her career and business, Elizabeth unpacks how she overcame burnout and built healthier habits and attitudes toward her vocation that can guide younger legal professionals through the quagmire of stress and long hours.

This pilot episode of the Life, Law and Leadership podcast introduces legal expert and leadership thinker Elizabeth Fairon and unpacks the inspiration and purpose of the podcast.  In her own words, "Every day is a learning day". Elizabeth draws on her decades of experience to illuminate the mind with a nuanced perspective and engage younger legal minds with key elements of the vocation. The Life, Law and Leadership podcast unpacks the importance of the profession, matters of community perception, ethics and a trove of practical and people skills key to navigating the challenges of the trade.