Integrative Lawyers of the World

Fernanda Guerra, Brazil

Episode Summary

Fernanda Guerra joins us to discuss conscious contracts, integrative law, and learning to be in the now.

Episode Notes

She has worked for more than 20 years as a traditional lawyer.  However, the traditional way seemed toxic and she was looking for a better way to practice law.  In this search, she found J. Kim Wright, integrative law, and conscious contracts.  She now uses conscious contracts with her business clients.  

In our conversation, we discuss:

• Her journey to integrative law and going from hating the practice of law to loving it
• How some colleagues think the things that she does is cute but they are missing the point.  Conscious contracts and integrative law skills help lawyers better help their clients by giving lawyers additional skill sets. 
• Living in fear or living with love is the difference between reacting (fear) from, to creating (love), life
• Being in the preset moment with clients
• What integrative law means to her

Notable moments:

1.  I spent more than 20 yeas as traditional lawyer. Nowadays my colleagues look at the things that I do as cute but not something they can trust or they believe there is consistence [substance].  But really I can do things in another way. It is important to show the movement and show the world and legal community that other skills we put in our abilities and help people, help us, and help people.

2. A lot of lawyers or people who give up law practice came to me and want to take some coffee and some conversation about how I can change my practice ….so working to inspire people is very powerful, plant the seeds with that – 2 to 3 hours in agenda each week to talk with lawyers who feel uncomfortable with traditional practice and don’t know how to change – I feel insecure all the time but I choose to go and change.

3. I like to say that you can choose between two things: fear and love and you can do all the things that you do thinking about fear. .. the fear that you have to protect yourself or you can go with fear or choose to –if you just choose the fear, you are just reacting to protect yourself, you are not living your life as a protagonist. You are just reacting to things that you see and you are not free to choose the things.  So, when I feel fear, I think okay – let’s go.   You cannot avoid fear or conflict. 

4. I can feel that there is more than a brain – more than my mind….there is this moment. It’s where the magic happens. That’s where I choose…because as an integrative lawyer it is what I put to my clients.

5.  I lived two lives separately….I need to be one person at work and one person in my private life.

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