I recall someone giving me a very helpful hint to the effect
that when shaking hands and networking you should repeat your name and describe
what you do, not your occupation. So I became “Judith, Judith who helps people
at a time of relationship breakdown,” rather than “Judith, a divorce lawyer.”
The description has served me well but I glean that it is about to be
supplanted.
With the announcement on her blog of her separation from her
husband Chris Martin, Gwyneth Paltrow has introduced unsuspecting divorce
lawyers to a new phrase: “conscious uncoupling,” which inevitably makes me and others like me Conscious Uncouplers.
I can’t wait for a networking event to try that one out!
