What Happens When Women Leaders Make Space for Themselves

What Happens When Women Leaders Make Space for Themselves

By Miylie Roan

In honor of Women's History Month, I want to shine a light on something Michele Richman, Chief People Officer, recently did that I think says a lot about who she is and the kind of culture we're building here at Lawline.

Michele completed an eight-week small group leadership circle called Off the Back Burner, a program designed for women who are navigating leadership, family, and life all at the same time. And if that description resonates with you, you already know why a program like this exists.

The conversations were real. Boundaries. Resilience. How to make space for what actually matters when everything feels urgent. Michele's biggest takeaway was something that might sound simple but hits differently when you experience it firsthand: so many women in leadership, across industries and company sizes, are carrying the same weight. The same questions. The same tension between showing up fully at work and showing up fully everywhere else.

There's something quietly powerful about that realization. It doesn't solve anything on its own, but it breaks the isolation and sometimes that's exactly what you need to start making different choices.

What I love most about Michele doing this is that it wasn't required. Nobody assigned it to her. She chose it. She invested in her own growth in a way that had nothing to do with a job description and everything to do with becoming a better leader and a more grounded person.

The personal work people do to keep showing up as the best version of themselves is the kind of growth we want to continue to celebrate at Lawline!

Thank you for sharing this with us, Michele. Happy Women's History Month.