What is a Good Life? #18 - A Values-Driven Life with Hannah Genton

On the 18th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast I am joined by Hannah Genton, who is a Co-Founder at CGL LLP, a law firm she established, a speaker on Innovation in the Law and Work Models for Mental Health, and a Death Doula.

I contacted Hannah for this conversation after reading an amazing viral post of hers that very authentically depicted the challenge of juggling the big law career and raising a baby. This experience proved to be the inspiration for setting up a law firm that accommodated other approaches to working in this industry (“I had the sense that work should adapt to life, not the other way around”- from the post).

In this episode we discuss Hannah’s approach to developing authenticity and truly living her values, setting up the law firm, her self-reflection practices and how they have affected her approach to life, her experiences of working with the dying, and what she is learning from parenting with regards play, curiosity, and letting go of fixed plans and outcomes.

Hannah provides a great example of someone consciously constructing their life around their values, so I took a lot from this conversation as I am sure you will too.

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Running Order:

01:37 Podcast begins

02:35 How can I be authentically me?

05:52 Setting up her own law firm

09:51 The feeling of aligning with values

13:07 When your values are clear decisions are easy

14:20 Journey of self-reflection

18:51 Experiencing death early in life and working with the dying

22:04 Common threads of conversations with the dying

25:53 Finding meaning

28:35 The importance of curiosity in relating to people

32:25 Journey with Authenticity

36:02 Fun and creativity

42:02 Lessons from kids and curiosity

46:30 What is a good life for Hannah?

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- Hannah's company website: https://cgl-llp.com/