Integrative Lawyers of the World

Patrick Andrews, United Kingdom - Integrative Lawyers of the World, S6, Ep.6

Episode Summary

Patrick Andrews is the Barefoot Lawyer. He believes that “[t]o build a more peaceful, inclusive and regenerative society, we must re-imagine and remake our organizations.”* In this episode, he discusses how he does just this! Through holistic and pragmatic guidance, Patrick helps his clients contribute to a more healthy, just, and sustainable society by growing an organization or project that is aligned with life's fundamental organizing patterns. *See Barefoot Lawyer website at: http://www.barefootlawyer.uk/

Episode Notes

In this episode, we talk to Patrick about:

The moment traveling in China that shifted his mindset and legal path; the moment that gave rise to the “barefoot lawyer”
The harm caused by the Growth Mindset: the pursuit of unlimited growth and its negative impact on everything
Alternatives to the Growth Mindset
The importance of taking time to stop and askng “is this what I really want?” -at individual and systems level
A hybrid between for-profit and non-profit organizational structures
The power of your mindset
Importance of finding your tribe
The “Both -And” mindset
An “eye for an eye” belief and actions just creates a world full of blind people
Israel and Gaza
His new life direction of surrendering into the mystery of silence and guided meditation and how this has shown him that the more you change yourself, the more your outer world changes
What it meant for him to step out and declare himself as the barefoot lawyer
What integrative law and being an integrative lawyer mean to him

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