Wellness Podcast

October 24, 2022

Finding what works for you

<p>Welcome to the Feeney Family Law <strong>Wellness Podcast</strong>.</p><p>The team at <a href="https://www.feeneyfamilylaw.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Feeney Family Law</a> have created this podcast, to help lawyers stay healthy. </p><p>In this first episode, Finding what works for you Feeney Family Law Senior Associate, <strong>Charles Letts</strong> speaks with <strong>Montana Morais</strong>, Principal at McInnes Wilson Lawyers about their lives as lawyers, and finding what works for you.</p><p>Montana shares with us her career for a boutique law firm to being a principal at a large firm, managing a team on nine and the different stresses between the two. </p><p>You’ll hear Montana and Charles discuss mentors, marketing yourself, building a career, staying well, managing emails, knowing when to switch off and the pressures at different stages of their careers.</p><p>They share insights as to how they managed situations and provide practical tips of managing the stress of being a lawyer.</p><p>Have they got it all worked out? A must listen for young lawyers and those entering the profession keen to find what works for them. </p><p>1:15 Welcome. Meeting Montana.</p><p>2:00 What does a principal role entail for you?</p><p>3:35 How do you manage a team whilst being a lawyer yourself?</p><p>4:10 How did your career in the law start?</p><p>4:30 Can you describe the transition from small firm to now being a principal at a large firm </p><p>6:35 Being a lawyer in itself is stressful. </p><p>9:12 What do you find works best for you from a wellness perspective?</p><p>17:12 Did you have a particularly stressful period in your career?</p><p>20:50 How did you find the mentoring process across a boutique firm and a larger firm? </p><p>27:30 What have your mentors helped you with?</p><p>28:55 Business development and networking</p><p>31:00 Creating your own personal brand. Getting known in a large firm.</p><p>33:15 Marketing yourself </p><p>39:05 What would you have liked to have known in your last year of Uni? </p><p>43:00 Finding what works for you.</p><p>44:25 Finding an area of law that’s right for you</p><p>45:50 There are many ways to build a career</p><p>48:45 Each area of law has its own different stress points </p><p>50:25 When did you feel you had it all figured out?</p><p><strong>Montana Morais, Principal, McInnes Wilson Lawyers</strong></p><p><a href="mailto:mmorais@mcw.com.au" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">mmorais@mcw.com.au</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/montanamorais/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">https://www.linkedin.com/in/montanamorais/</a></p><p><strong>Charles Letts, Senior Associate, Feeney Family Law</strong></p><p><a href="mailto:charles.letts@feeneyfamilylaw.com.au" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">charles.letts@feeneyfamilylaw.com.au</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-letts-08a94181/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-letts-08a94181/</a></p><p>If you have feedback on this episode or would like to suggest a future topic please get in touch: <a href="https://www.feeneyfamilylaw.com.au/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-small">https://www.feeneyfamilylaw.com.au/contact/</a></p>