Quitting can start to feel obvious. Clean. Like the only move left.

That feeling shows up after long stretches of pressure, mental fatigue, and constant urgency, when thinking narrows and relief starts to pass for certainty.

This episode slows that moment down.

The focus isn’t the decision itself. It’s what pressure does to judgment. When your system has been running hot for too long, quitting can feel decisive not because it’s right, but because it promises the fastest exit from discomfort.

We talk about the questions most lawyers skip when they’re exhausted and trying to think their way out of a situation their body is already reacting to.

You’ll hear how sustained pressure compresses thinking, why urgency feels convincing when you’re depleted, how internal signals get misread as proof that the job is wrong, and what helps reopen your range of thought before exhaustion makes the call for you.

A pause long enough to make sure fatigue isn’t the one deciding.

Want more support?
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Full Show Notes and Transcript:

035 The Questions to Ask Before You Quit (That Most Lawyers Skip)
https://www.heathermillscoaching.com/blog/035-the-questions-to-ask-before-you-quit

January pressure tells you to reset, fix, and optimize. This episode explores why that pull creates disconnection and how to return to your own judgment instead.

That pressure is rarely loud. It shows up as subtle self-evaluation, a sense that you should be clearer, more disciplined, or further along than you are. Even when nothing is technically wrong, your attention turns outward, scanning for what you should change.

If January tends to increase overthinking rather than clarity, you’re not imagining it.

This episode looks at why “new year, new you” messaging lands so strongly, especially for people already carrying high responsibility and mental load. When productivity culture frames the new year as a restart, it can quietly replace internal signals with urgency, comparison, and self-doubt.

Rather than pushing for reinvention, this conversation focuses on returning to yourself. Your timing. Your judgment. Your capacity to listen inward instead of reacting to external narratives.

You’ll hear:

• Why January often triggers more self-monitoring than insight
• How constant internal evaluation wears down confidence over time
• What it actually means to come back to your own authority
• A grounded way to move forward without treating yourself as a problem to fix

No reset required.

Want more support?
Want support easing the constant pressure and returning to yourself? You can book a 20-minute call at heathermillscoaching.com/call.

Follow Heather on LinkedIn and Instagram for weekly tools, insights, and stories that help you recover from burnout and lead sustainably in law.

Full Show Notes and Transcript:
034 You Don’t Need a January Reset to Be on Track
https://www.heathermillscoaching.com/blog/034-january-reset-pressure-return-to-yourself

A brief holiday pause from me to you.