17. Erin Gerner

Erin Gerner, mom, lawyer, and entrepreneur, takes us from "I quit" to "oh shit" to "bullshit." From national junior tennis, to working motherhood and staying home, to entrepreneurship—which she calls "a special kind of lunacy," because the stress and fear are a gift when it's the hard you chose. Sometimes the plan is no plan: short memory, messy, scared, showing up anyway. Her message—really bad things can be happening, and you can still move forward.We talk quitting without a backup plan, rebuilding from nothing, the power of community, radical self-acceptance, and letting go of other people's expectations of you. Now she coaches female lawyers, with a gift for seeing in people what they can't yet see in themselves—and reminding women exactly what they're capable of. She hosts Powerhouse Lawyers, where she welcomed me as a guest this summer.If you've ever quit before you had a plan, or needed someone to remind you who you are—this one's for you.Find Erin on:LinkedInErinGerner.comPowerhouse Lawyers Podcast