Take Back Control of Your Day

A Different Kind of Legal Professional

Many lawyers believe that high performance means always remaining calm.
Staying neutral. Professional. Controlled.

But I didn't learn control in a courtroom.

I learned it in a volatile household—where pressure didn't simmer. It exploded.

That kind of environment doesn't teach you how to control or lea. It teaches you how to survive.

At 18, I made a decision:
To stop repeating what I'd seen—and learn how to operate differently.

Under pressure. In conflict.

When the stakes were high and the cost of getting it wrong was even higher.

That decision changed everything.

As a litigation barrister, I saw firsthand what most lawyers know but rarely admit:

Litigation is exhausting.

Emotionally brutal. Uncertain.
And high performance isn't guaranteed just because you're senior.

So I trained as a mediator just two years after becoming a barrister.

Studied negotiation, how to handle difficult conversations and leadership at Harvard.

And became certified in high-performance habits that no one teaches in law school or practice.

And here's what I discovered:

Most professional training teaches you how to follow a process.

What no one teaches you is how to:

• Perform under extreme pressure

• Neutralise high-conflict personalities

• Stay influential when the room turns hostile

• Deliver excellent work—without losing your edge (or always being "on")

Those are the real high-performance skills legal professionals lack.

And they're the difference between surviving your career and excelling in it.

Today, I do two things:

• I mediate high-stakes disputes where reputation, relationships, and outcomes all matter.

• And I coach high-performing legal professionals to operate at their best—when pressure's high and the margin for error is zero.

This isn't about being more confident.

It's about building an operating system you can trust—so when the pressure spikes, you don't fold. You continue to perform at high levels.