Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by attorney Heidi Brown, to discuss mental health, introversion, and the importance of self-care in the context of law, as well as her most recent book on the subject, The Introverted Lawyer.
After a traumatic life-event made her reconsider everything, Heidi began to self-reflect on what it was she really wanted from her life – and moreover, what she really wanted to do with her life. She began to write about her experiences and through this discovered herself. In her newest book, Heidi champions the valuable gifts that introverted, shy, and socially anxious individuals can contribute to the legal profession. She herself is an introvert and questioned where she stood in the legal field. In today’s conversation, Aaron and Heidi talk about active listening, deep thinking, empathy, careful legal writing, creative problem-solving, thoughtful communication and more.
What is an introvert? What is an extrovert? How do we process what we experience? Heidi and Aaron ask these questions and talk about how everyone has struggles, good and bad personality traits, and what drives us as people and lawyers. Throughout the book, and today’s episode, Heidi offers a seven-step process for empowering our lawyer voices in an authentic manner, touching on the importance of embracing ourselves for who we are and by doing so, transforming the legal profession.
Having suffered from extreme public speaking anxiety throughout law school and law practice, Heidi’s passion lies in researching, studying, and writing about introversion, shyness, social anxiety, and extreme public speaking anxiety in the legal context. Based on her research, she was appointed to serve as a Board Member on the Association of American Law Schools’ Committee on Balance in Legal Education and is leading a Task Force on Law Student and Lawyer Well-Being at Brooklyn Law School. Heidi is the author of four other books on federal litigation and legal writing.
To learn more about Heidi Brown, please visit her about page here.
To learn more about the book, The Introverted Lawyer, please click here.
Host: Aaron Freiwald
Guest: Heidi Brown
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