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The interview features Enje Daniels, a criminal defense lawyer, business owner, homeschool mom, and mother of three, to talk about what it really looks like to build a part-time criminal defense practice while homeschooling.

Enje shares her journey from traditional civil litigation to criminal defense, why becoming a mother reshaped her relationship with work, and how she intentionally downshifted her practice to prioritize family, faith, and flexibility. She opens up about leaving employment, starting her own firm, setting boundaries in a demanding practice area, and tripling her income while working fewer hours.

This conversation also explores homeschooling in the early years, teaching children a second language through immersion, and why Enje chose to slow down during the season of raising littles. She discusses how she structured a “quasi maternity leave” as a self-employed lawyer, diversified her income through photography, and designed her practice to work around motherhood rather than compete with it.

Throughout the episode, Enje reflects on how faith has guided her decisions, the importance of listening to internal nudges, and why success in this season looks different than it did before children.

This episode is for lawyers, entrepreneurs, and working mothers who are asking:

• Is it possible to run a law practice part-time?
• Can I homeschool while still contributing financially?
• How do I build a business that supports family life instead of overwhelming it?
• What does it look like to design work around motherhood and faith?

If you are navigating career shifts, entrepreneurship, homeschooling, or redefining success in the early years of motherhood, this episode offers encouragement, practical insight, and permission to build differently.

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The Lawyer-Mom’s Guide to Going Solo: How I Built a Flexible Firm

In this episode, I’m sharing the honest, behind-the-scenes story of how I built a part-time, flexible immigration law firm while raising little ones.

If you’re a mother working in law and feeling stuck in a traditional workplace, or wondering whether starting your own law firm is even possible with young kids, this episode is for you. I walk through exactly how I structured my practice so that my work fits around my family. I talk about choosing flat-fee legal services, limiting case types, designing systems that allow me to work fewer hours, and keeping overhead intentionally low so the business supports my lifestyle.

I also dive into the financial fears so many moms have when thinking about leaving a firm, how I chose case types that were profitable and repeatable, and why I rely heavily on technology instead of a large team. I share why I’m grateful I kept practicing instead of stepping out of the workforce entirely and the sacrifices and trade-offs that come with building a firm around motherhood.

You’ll hear:

• Why I chose part-time practice instead of full-time growth mode
• How I structured my firm using flat fees and systematized case types
• The financial mindset shift that helped me actually start
• How to decide what cases to take (and what to say no to)
• The importance of community, mentorship, and paid lawyer groups
• How I used Google reviews, referrals, and simple marketing to get my first clients
• The pros and cons of contract-lawyering vs. building your own client base
• Why maintaining integrity and not burning bridges matters when launching your firm

My hope is that this episode gives you inspiration to imagine a different path, one where you can stay in the workforce, contribute financially, keep your skills sharp, and still prioritize motherhood in this season. One where you don’t need to choose between being a present mom and being a lawyer.

If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to be a sole practitioner, a homeschool mom, and a business owner, this episode is for you.

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We share integrative tools we’ve used and researched while navigating a cancer diagnosis in our family, focusing on simple, accessible steps that can support conventional care or help you act while choosing a path. These are simple therapies that are accessible to most.

We’ll cover:

Teas & Traditional Herbal Supports

• Soursop (guanábana) leaf tea
• Dandelion root extracts
• Ancient and cultural uses + lab research

Food-Based Anti-Inflammatory Support

• Black seed oil
• Aged garlic
• How families worldwide have used these remedies for centuries

Nutrient Support

• Vitamin D3 + K2
• Why deficiencies are extremely common in newly diagnosed patients
• The Sunshine Trial and immune modulation

Immune-Modulating Mushrooms

• Turkey tail
• Maitake
• What research from Japan and Canada is showing

Supportive Treatments You Can Ask Your Naturopath About

• Mistletoe therapy
• Local hyperthermia
• How they’re used in Europe and integrative clinics

Metabolic Health & Fasting Research

• Fasting around chemotherapy
• Time-restricted eating
• Why researchers are exploring cancer’s metabolic pathways

A Note for Moms: Breastfeeding & Childhood Cancer Prevention Research

Throughout the episode, I also share parts of our family’s story—how traditional Honduran remedies played a role, how my uncle has lived with liver cancer for years, and how faith shaped so many of our decisions.

If you or someone you love is facing a new diagnosis, I hope this gives you both comfort and practical next steps to explore with your care team.

If this episode was helpful, please leave a review, your encouragement helps this show reach more families walking through hard things.

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