EPISODE · Apr 26, 2026 · 23 MIN
Ep. 04 - When the Career You Built No Longer Fits Who You Are
from Lawyers as Healers · host Dave Albrechta
What happens when the career you’ve built no longer fits who you’re becoming?In this episode, I share the story behind my transition away from litigation and into a different way of thinking about law, conflict, and my role in the world.After a decade as an employment litigator, everything looked successful on paper. But internally, I was dealing with constant anxiety and a growing sense of misalignment—between how I was living, how I was practicing law, and the values I was teaching my kids at home.That tension eventually reached a point where it could no longer be ignored.This episode is about that moment—and what came after.I talk about:the quiet signals we tend to ignorethe difference between managing symptoms and addressing root causesthe experience that forced me to confront what wasn’t workingand the beginning of a shift toward a more aligned way of living and workingThis isn’t a story about having everything figured out.It’s about what happens when you start asking questions you can’t un-ask.If something in your life feels off—even if everything looks “fine” from the outside—this conversation is for you.
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What happens when the career you’ve built no longer fits who you’re becoming?In this episode, I share the story behind my transition away from litigation and into a different way of thinking about law, conflict, and my role in the world.After a decade as an employment litigator, everything looked successful on paper. But internally, I was dealing with constant anxiety and a growing sense of misalignment—between how I was living, how I was practicing law, and the values I was teaching my kids at home.That tension eventually reached a point where it could no longer be ignored.This episode is about that moment—and what came after.I talk about:the quiet signals we tend to ignorethe difference between managing symptoms and addressing root causesthe experience that forced me to confront what wasn’t workingand the beginning of a shift toward a more aligned way of living and workingThis isn’t a story about having everything figured out.It’s about what happens when you start asking questions you can’t un-ask.If something in your life feels off—even if everything looks “fine” from the outside—this conversation is for you.
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