Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo

Resisting the process we decide upon can be difficult. We may be filled with uncertainty and not want to get started unless we know with 100% certainty that it will work. Unfortunately, that's not how successful people create success. They make educated guesses, then they get to work. They see where they may be resisting the process, then they decide that they're all in. Listen in on what it takes...

Indulging in confusion prevents you from getting outcomes you want in your life whether it's in your relationships, your law practice, or your health. In this episode you'll learn the mindset tools to get out of confusion and create a process for getting the results you want. This work will take place over the next few episodes, so be sure you're subscribed in your app where you're listening, so y...

Connecting with intuition is not what we're taught to think it is. We're told intuition will tell us the right thing to do. Intuition is actually the result of knowing what we want and taking actions consistent with our true desires. Listen to this episode to begin developing that relationship. RESOURCES Busy Lawyer's Guide Show notes CONNECT WITH ME On Instagram @dina.cataldo On LinkedIn WORK WIT...

If you've ever felt worried that you "can't get it all done," you're in good company.   This has been the themes of some of my coaching calls lately. I want to share with strategies to help you get out of worry, and start feeling more at peace in your practice.   RESOURCES Busy Lawyer's Guide CONNECT WITH ME On Instagram @dina.cataldo On LinkedIn RESOURCES Calendar Masterclass for Lawyers WORK WIT...

We tend to canonize the heroes in our life and hate on the villains in the story of our life. We'll give our time, money, and energy to fueling our belief in the hero/villain stories that we have instead of seeing them for who they are: humans just like us. See where this may be happening in your life and where you may be ruled by your misperceptions. You have more power to change your behaviors t...

What do you choose to believe? And how is it impacting your capacity to have what you want? No matter what you want -- to feel more in control of your practice or your life -- you'll want to listen in. At the end of this episode, I pose 5 powerful questions to help you uncover beliefs that may be preventing you from going after what you want. Don't let your current beliefs dictate your future. CON...

Codependency is a way of relating to the world that we pick up subconsciously.  If you're codependent, you probably don't even realize it because you've operated from that place since you were a child. I didn't. And a surprising number of lawyers don't realize it either. Codependency has some negative connotations for us because it feels like a weakness. It's not a weakness. It's actually your sup...

We have our own personal ecosystem. Our body is an ecosystem that has needs. What it needs to survive is pretty basic: food, water, shelter. What it needs to thrive is a different story. The reason I decided to coach lawyers is because I wanted to help lawyers move from survive mentality to thrive mentality. For a lot of years, I was stuck in survive mentality. I was stressed out, I never seemed t...

Any time we want something, we're going to encounter obstacles.   It's how we think about them that determines whether we overcome them or not.   Each obstacle is a game.   Each game you play and win gets you one step closer to creating what you want.   In this episode you'll learn how to think about obstacles in the way high performance athletes do, distinguish true obstacles from false ones, unc...

Have you been sitting on an idea and not taking action on it because it seems impossible? This is the episode you'll want to listen to to begin making it happen. And if you fall into the camps of having a ton of ideas you ruminate on or having zero ideas, you'll want to keep listening. For those of you with a ton of ideas, I'm going to help you discover what you really want and take action. And if...

Let's do some new year planning, shall we? Read this BEFORE planning anything for next year. Answer a few questions for yourself before you do any new year planning. No matter where you are in your law journey, the answers to the questions I'm posing in this episode will help you plan where you focus your time and attention in the new year. RESOURCES Sign up for my new Masterclass. Follow Through...

When we go after a goal, or do anything new, our brain goes haywire. It throws up the warning signs and tells us "It's hard," "I don't know how," or "I've never done it before." None of that is a problem. You'll learn the skills you need to overcome those thoughts, and more. You'll also learn the skills you need to develop to create the successes you want in your life. Ready? Let's go! RESOURCES C...

In this episode of Be a Better Lawyer, you'll learn a few easy ways to simplify your practice that you've likely never considered. When you think about simplification, you may think that means doing less. Yes, that's true. But what most lawyers don't consider when simplifying their practice is that how they THINK about their work matters. When you focus your attention on how you THINK about your p...

Most lawyers waste a ton of time over-working. Over-working happens when we're not focused on the most impactful actions in our practice. When we're over-working, we feel pressured, overwhelmed and sometimes a bit confused. We think we're doing everything we're "supposed" to be doing. So why aren't we making the progress we want to see. When we're not focused on the most impactful actions that mov...

Anxiety is a normal human emotion. But when you want to do your best, most impactful work, it's not helpful. Anxiety prevents you from serving clients at your highest level and -- if left unchecked -- prevents you from showing up the way you want to in your life. What most people don't know is that we unconsciously fuel anxiety with our thoughts and behaviors. In this episode of Be a Better Lawyer...

In this episode you'll learn 5 indicators that you can expand your vision for yourself and your law practice. I'll give you lots of examples along the way so you can get the awareness you need to begin stretching yourself into an expanded vision of yourself. We can't expand our vision for ourselves when we're swimming in the proverbial water. How do you know you're in the water? Our choices tell u...

Asking for more money can be a touchy subject for some lawyers. Money generally can be emotionally charged. In this episode, you're going to learn some tools to help you reign in the emotions and start making decisions that are in alignment with how you want to live and what you want your practice to look like Specifically, we're talking about raising rates. Even if you're not a lawyer who owns yo...

On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you believe that your services are valuable to your clients? Why? This episode is for lawyers who want to build their confidence in their practice. It's important that you believe in your bones the value of your services because that determines what you're willing to charge for them, how you talk to your potential clients about your services, what kind of clien...

Whenever we judge someone, we want them to be different. When we want someone to be different, we wish we could control them. Who doesn't want to control all the people? Wouldn't it be great if we could tell adults how to behave, and they would just do what we tell them to do? It sounds horrible when I call it control, right? We think we should be able to be annoyed, angry and shame other people -...

Everything we have in our life is a reflection of what we believe. If you're not making the progress you want to see on your goals, you may feel our of control. Today I'm sharing 5 beliefs I needed to embrace to take control of my time and my life. I also want to invite you to my Calendar Masterclass for Lawyers happening this upcoming Saturday. We're taking a deep dive in the beliefs you need to...

This podcast is for lawyers who feel a bit lost. They know they're meant for more, but they're not sure what. It's a bit of a workshop to help you begin thinking differently, create a vision for your life, and create a strategic plan to begin moving forward on getting what you want. RESOURCES I've create a guide that accompanies this podcast that you can download at http://dinacataldo.com/176 Cale...

Our brain isn't great at predicting outcomes. When we're faced with decisions or new circumstances, our brain goes directly to doubt and fear to keep us safe. If we have doubt and fear, then we won't take any new action, which assures our safety. If we don't manage our brains instead of them acting from default, we won't get closer to our goals. RESOURCES Calendar Masterclass for Lawyers CONNECT W...

"How do I stop feeling behind?" is one of the most common questions I get asked by lawyers. If you want to stop feeling behind, it starts with one secret: understanding how your mind works. Once you understand how your mind works, then you can begin changing the habit that has you feeling behind. The secret to how to stop feeling behind is great, but what if you could take this work deeper? In thi...

One of the issues that a lot of lawyers come to me with is they know that there's something tugging at them to do more than what they're currently doing, but they don't know where to start. There's so many things that they want to do, they get overwhelmed. In this podcast, I'm sharing an exercise to help you get clear and some mindset shifts to help you take action. RESOURCES Calendar Masterclass...

Going after any goal that we've never achieved before requires us to become a different person. We're becoming the person who has upleveled ourselves to accomplish it. I was thinking about how I've put myself in the position to achieve my goal of building a coaching business while working as a full time lawyer to the point where I could leave my law job. I wanted to distill the top three shifts th...