Meet Your Coach

Hi! I'm Chelsea Linsley, Lawyer and Life Coach Extraordinaire!  

If you are a law student or young lawyer who is feeling stuck or overwhelmed, motivated to work for the change you want to see in your life and in the world, but not really sure where to start, you've come to the right place. 

Two years out of law school, I was working as a food delivery driver. (Yes, you read that correctly).

I had quit my job as an underpaid public interest lawyer in a toxic work environment, and I was half-convinced the whole "law school thing" had been a huge mistake. 

I had a ton of sexy qualifications: a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, a certificate in Human Rights Law from Oxford University, international work experience. Yet, I had no idea how to create the life I had dreamed of as a lawyer working at the intersection of human rights and sustainable development.   

There were a lot of voices in my head telling me, among other things: my grades weren't good enough and I wasn't smart enough, tough enough, rich enough, articulate enough, or experienced enough to be a lawyer; my goals were too big, too vague, too unrealistic, too idealistic, too embarrassing to share, and too hard for people to understand; I had no idea what I was doing; and I for sure was never going to make any money and was probably a bad person for wanting to. (Sound familiar, anyone?)

As I drove from house to house delivering produce, I blasted self-help audio books & podcasts desperate to make a change. One thing led to another, and I signed up for coaching. It was the Best. Decision. EVER.  

Through coaching, I learned to change the voices in my head to ones that were helpful. I cultivated beliefs that would lead to powerful, constructive action, and change my life - and maybe even the world - forever. 

Today, I get paid a lot more money at a non-profit organization that I love. I work on cases and issues that light me on fire with a community of lawyers who continually inspire me to stay in the fight. 

I love what I do. 

Now, I draw on all of my experience to help law students and young lawyers thrive in their lives and in their careers, too. I bring to the table experience as both a lawyer and a life coach, as well as a legal writing and research professor, academic tutor, former litigator, and certified instructor of yoga and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. 

I believe...I know...that through coaching we have the capacity to create amazing results in our lives and in the world. I can't wait to see it happen for you.

Let's go!