Taking 100% Responsibility for Your Happiness with Okeoma Moronu [GWL 113]

Is happiness an inside job? How can we, as lawyers, take responsibility for the choices we make that ultimately impact our level of happiness? Joining us this week is Okeoma Moronu, a young attorney and host of The Happy Lawyer Project Podcast where she explores this concept of happiness.

What You’ll Learn

• How she transitioned from BigLaw to in-house counsel
• How she manages the pressures of being part of a small in-house legal team
• Why she launched The Happy Lawyer Project Podcast
• Why is it that lawyers are unhappy?
• How can young lawyers figure out what it is they want and what they enjoy
• How diversity in the profession all starts with being happy and feeling like we belong
• What role her two children play in her decision making
• How she was able to make it known that her family is a priority while interviewing for her position
• Where her interest in personal finance stems from

Resources:

The Happy Lawyer Project Podcast

Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @thehappylawyerproject

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