Welcome to the Happy Lawyer Project

In February 2021, I began the Happy Lawyer project, interviewing happy lawyers, miserable lawyers, and all sorts of lawyers in between.

I did this looking for the common denominators, to try to figure out how we can be happier in our lives right now.

You see, I believe that we already have all we need to be happy - we just need to figure out the map to follow.

Using the interviews, my own journey (and research), and the 500+ hours of coaching I’ve done, I’ve distilled the blueprint to Happiness.

The Talk

The Happy Lawyer Blueprint to Happiness, the process, and the rationale behind it have all been distilled down into a one hour talk.

The Book

The Happy Lawyer Book (a bestseller!) is available for purchase (as paperback, audiobook, or kindle) on amazon.ca (affiliate link) and amazon.com.

The Assessment

The INVENTORY

Take the Happiness Assessment to see the components of how your happiness (and happiness hygiene) is structured.

Take the Good Life Inventory if you’d like some help quickstarting your Reflect / Take a step / Do it all again Cycle.

I’m Paul Karvanis.

I’m a lawyer. I was called to the bar in 2010 and I only stopped practicing in August 2022.

I’m a coach. Back in 2018 I started Leader Rising, a life-coaching and mastermind destination for professionals who want to excel in their loves and love it at the same time. I’ve since put in 500+ hours of coaching, many of those with lawyers. I trained with the Coactive Training Institute (I am a Certified Professional Coactive Coach), and in 2022 I became a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation.

I’m a speaker.

I’m a writer. The Happy Lawyer book was released in Fall 2023 and became a bestseller.