Be a Better Lawyer with Dina Cataldo
Overwhelmed by the demands of your law practice? Struggling to find time to grow your firm while balancing client work, deadlines, and your personal life?
Be a Better Lawyer is the go-to podcast for busy lawyers who want to increase productivity, manage their time more effectively, and build a successful practice without sacrificing their well-being.
Hosted by Master Coach and former criminal prosecutor Dina Cataldo, this podcast dives deep into actionable strategies to help you overcome overwhelm, streamline your workload, and focus on what truly matters.
Whether you're looking to set better boundaries, improve your mindset, or 10x your productivity, Dina’s practical tips and counterintuitive insights will help you create a more profitable and peaceful law practice.
Tune in weekly to discover time management techniques, mindset shifts, and business strategies specifically designed for lawyers. If you're ready to take control of your practice, reduce stress, and reclaim your time, Be a Better Lawyer is here to help.
Subscribe now and start building the law practice — and life — you want.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 399
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
268: Are You Playing it Safe or Evolving?
Chances are, if you’re here, you want change. You want to evolve and expand.
But in case you’re new to this podcast and aren’t sold on change, I want to ask you a question:
Are you happy with where y…
267: Seeking Significance
What makes you significant?
Is it your accomplishments?
What other people think about you?
Or maybe, is it something else entirely?
We all want to feel significant, but I'm sharing the most helpful w…
266: 6 Lessons Learned Growing a Business
While I was a criminal prosecutor, I started building my coaching practice helping lawyers take control of their time and intentionally design a life they love.
When I started this business-building …
265: How to Use ChatGPT in Your Law Practice
Today we're talking about how to use ChatGPT in your Law Practice.
ChatGPT can make your life easier, but there are some concerns you'll want to be aware of before you put it into practice.
In this e…
264: Creating an Emotional Energy Refresh for Your Space
I love the idea of where we live, work and play being a temple, and I wanted to create an episode for you to get awareness around the places you spend time and how you feel in them.
When you do, it w…
263: Values Alignment
A value is something we hold dear to us.
It’s part of an image of who we are and what we want to project to the world.
Most of us think we know what our values are, but if we take a closer look, a lo…
262: Boundaries with Employees
Do you know there's a problem with your assistant or associate but you keep putting off doing anything about it?
This is how you know you're avoiding:
👉 you don't make time for meetings with them, or
…
261: How to Follow Through
One of the things I hear most from lawyers is that they can't follow through.
They think the problem is they need more discipline or they're lazy.
But if you're driven to succeed that's definitely n…
260: How to Use Content for Business Development
This is going to be a fun episode.
I’m a total marketing geek, and I loved learning about marketing while I was starting to grow my business.
A lot of lawyers I work with own their own practices or a…
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It's called, "Why You Feel Behind (HINT: It's Not the Work): The 3-Step Method to Get More Done without Burning Out."
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259: Result Atrophy and Overcoming Resistance
Have a goal or a task you've been putting off?
You've hit resistance.
Resistance is normal.
It’s even desirable because it tells you there’s a next level for you.
But if we don’t move though that res…
258: Productive Shortcuts vs. Wishful Thinking
Want to boost your productivity and well-being at the same time? You need to know the difference between productive shortcuts and wishful thinking.
We like shortcuts.
Shortcuts are supposed to use l…
257: Your Foundation for a Life Reset
If you're feeling stuck or overwhelmed in your law practice, listen to this episode for a life reset.
A reset starts by knowing where you are right now. When I talk to lawyers, there are three places…
256: Starting a Business
Want to start your own law practice?
Or maybe you want to start a business completely unrelated to the legal profession?
Before you do, listen in to this week's episode of Be a Better Lawyer Podcast …
255: Why You're Not Planning Your Week (and How to Start)
If you're like a lot of lawyers I talk to, you want to plan your week, but you're not doing it.
Sound like you?
Then you'll want to listen in to this week's episode of Be a Better Lawyer Podcast.
I b…
254: Re-Balancing Your Life
If you're feeling disconnected from yourself or out of balance, you're not alone.
I've been there, and there are 5 questions that helped me see where I needed to become more balanced in my life.
Answ…
253: Solving the Right Problems in Your Law Practice
Diagnosing and solving the right problems in your law practice is the difference between feeling overwhelmed and calm.
It's the difference between feeling like you're drowning and enjoying your pract…
252: Identity Breakthroughs
What do you think about yourself?
How you think about yourself is crucial because your thoughts about yourself forms your identity.
Identity informs whether we you or can't create the outcomes you wa…
251: How Do I Know I'm Making the Right Decision?
One question lawyers ask me is, "How do I know I'm making the right decision?"
Seems like an important question, right?
Our decisions determine the quality of our life.
Each decision creates an outco…
250: Thinking vs. Worrying
Are you thinking or worrying? How do you know and how do you get into strategic thinking, so you can problem-solve better?
I answer these questions and more on today's episode of Be a Better Lawyer P…