Roamhowl

Jennifer talks about the challenge of living an authentic life and sharing it publicly as she transitions between the worlds of legal practice and podcasting. http://roamhowl.com/008 “I believe that if we share the truth about ourselves, we will discover that we are more similar than different from each other." ~Jennifer Gardner For many years now, my primary work has been in the legal profession.  Now, the Legal Profession is still fairly conventional and conservative, although I think this is starting to change. While working as a lawyer, I have felt like my private life had to be very private, like I couldn't show up completely the way I was to work.  I always felt some shame around the duality between the  "creative me" and the "professional me."   When I was a young lawyer, a partner in the firm I worked at once lectured me about how if I did not work 12 hours a day I would never amount to anything.  I quickly realized that I could not have a life and survive in a law firm owned by someone else.  I also