In this episode of The Verdict is Marketing, host Kim Sailer interviews Cathi Marcus, a certified professional life and business coach, who discusses strategies for managing stress, setting authentic priorities, and maintaining well-being in high-pressure environments like law. Listeners will gain insights into self-awareness, mindfulness, and how to align personal priorities with professional demands without sacrificing mental health.
Resources: Learn more about Cathi Marcus – https://www.lawbard.com/about-lawbard/
Transcript
Kim: Welcome to today’s episode of the Verdict is Marketing, the podcast of all things legal marketing and more.
Kim: If you’ve ever felt like the weight of expectations and stress is pulling you in every direction, this is the conversation you need. We’re diving deep into setting priorities and aligning them with your values. Uncovering the hidden internal stressors that may be holding you back and exploring practical strategies to reset, refocus, and reclaim control, even in high-pressure environments like law. Stick around for actual insights, powerful mind shifts, and inspiration to help you manage stress, not just during the holidays but all year long.
Kim: You don’t want to miss this. I’m your host, Kim Sailer, founder of LawBARD. Our guest today is certified professional life and business coach Cathi Marcus. Cathi is a frequent contributor to LawBARD and I asked her here today to discuss setting priorities and expectations. Welcome to the show, Cathi.
Cathi: Hi, Kim, I’m so happy to be here, especially with you.
Cathi Marcus – Certified Professional Life & Business Coach Kim: Ah, excellent. So before we dive in, I want to share a little bit about you. Cathi Marcus is a published author, certified coach, and an expert in human design and potential with an award winning career in healthcare. Having overcome multiple addictions and conquered both internal struggles and a literal 14,000 foot mountain, Cathi is a beacon of transformation and empowerment. Known for her guru thinker insights and science backed coaching, she helps individuals transcend limiting beliefs, unlock creativity, and embrace authentic, abundant living. Through her talks, workshops, and coaching, Cathi inspires others to shift from insecurity to resilience and scarcity to abundance, embodying the transformation Power of self love and purpose.
Kim: Cathi, did I miss anything?
Cathi: You know, I’m listening to it and going, okay, and you know what, beyond all of that, I’m a human being doing the human things. And I, I know all about all the stresses that your audience faces, I think most important is for them to know not only did I have 2 decades in corporate healthcare, but I also spend a lot of time in the legal sector. Uh, so I worked for an AV firm. I know about the regulations. I know about the cultures. I know about the expectations. I know about the hours. I know about all the stresses, the clients, their personalities, the co workers, their personalities, need I go on, that your audience faces day in and day out. And, at the same time, with all of the so called credentials that I have, I think the greatest credentials that I have are the same credentials that your audience has, because when it comes to human design and human potential, we’re all created in the same way.
Cathi: We all have certain capacities that we may not be aware of. We all have things that. block us from receiving the abundant energy that’s available to all of us that will improve all areas of our lives. And so, like, what I really love to talk about is how we are the same and not so different.
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