Leaving Biglaw to Become a Sex and Relationship Coach with Amy Terwilleger

About this episode

Amy Terwilleger shares her journey from being a successful lawyer to becoming a sex and relationship coach, highlighting the importance of living authentically.

On paper, Amy Terwilleger’s life as a lawyer looked great. Partner at a regional firm in Florida. Deputy general counsel. Thirteen years of business litigation. Married with two kids. And the whole time, a constant restless feeling she could not shake. What Amy eventually figured out was that she was living somebody else's perfect life. The things that mattered to her, her values, the way she thought, and who she actually was as a person were not showing up in the life she was actually living...

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Cottrell

Guest: Amy Terwilleger

Topics covered

• career change
• lawyer to coach
• personal values
• self-discovery
• work-life balance

Keywords

• Biglaw
• sex coach
• relationship coach
• lawyer career change
• personal fulfillment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Florida

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