About this episode

Wendy S. Meadows discusses her journey from burnout to building a fulfilling career that integrates law and coaching.

Wendy S. Meadows is a family law attorney, mediator, coach, adjunct professor, and author of Sparkle & Grit . In this episode, Wendy shares how burnout pushed her to rethink her career, why coaching became a natural extension of her legal work, and how lawyers can build lives that actually fit who they are becoming. Lawyer Side Hustles Wendy’s coaching business grew out of her own burnout and reinvention. What started with fitness coaching and personal development eventually evolved into helping lawyers navigate career pivots, entrepreneurship, confidence, and work-life balance. She now coaches attorneys across the country while still maintaining the parts of legal practice she genuinely enjoys, including mediation and collaborative family law. “What I've been able to cobble together is take all my favorite parts of my job and just amplify them,” Wendy S. Meadows expresses in Episode 246 of You Are a Lawyer. Her book, Sparkle & Grit , became another extension of that work. Wendy wrote the book as a guide for the version of herself who felt stuck years earlier, hoping other women would feel less alone while figuring out what comes next. Her career today blends law…

People in this episode

Host: Kyla Denanyoh

Guest: Wendy S. Meadows

Topics covered

• career development
• burnout
• coaching
• work-life balance
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• family law
• mediation
• career pivots
• confidence
• personal development

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sparkle & Grit

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