Lauren Abrams produces the podcast 52 Weeks of Hope, she can be heard on Clubhouse Tuesdays at 10am PST and 5pm PST discussing Women in Podcasting for ClubPod; her blogs are about topics we all relate to from Imposter Syndrome to Whatever We Focus On Grows which can be found on Medium and her 52WeeksofHope.com website; She is the founding member and managing partner of the Law Offices of Lauren Abrams. She has been exclusively protecting the rights of employees for over 22 years. Lauren is pleased to serve as co-chair of the Practice Management Committee of the California Employment Lawyers Association and is a member of the Women’s Law Association, and the State Bar of California Employment Section, the National Employment Lawyers Association among others. Her practice areas include wrongful termination, whistleblower and retaliation, protected leaves of absence, disability discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, race and/or age discrimination, national origin discrimination, racial harassment, sexual harassment, and wage and hour/overtime violations.

Lauren has authored numerous articles on the rights of workers and has been heard on KNX Business Hour, ABC News, and Good Morning America. She is also surviving life with two eye-rolling teenagers, two happy dogs, and a fabulous life partner (not necessarily in that order!)

In this episode, Karen and Lauren discuss Lauren’s Heroine’s Journey:

• Lauren’s Call to Adventure
• Ordinary Live-Comfort Zone
  • Everyone goes through tough times in life, it is what you take out of it that matters. 
• Transformational Leaps
  • There are gifts we can receive as we talk to and listen to others, but we have to be willing to receive those gifts as well. 
• Embrace Full Life
  • Walk through the fear and do it anyway. Just doing a little action will make a big difference. 
• Return with Treasures
  • Everything always works out. It’s never on our timetable, but it always works out.
• How does Lauren FLIP TIME to LOVE LIFE?