Get abroad. Stay abroad.

Your success hinges on gaining clarity and focus in order to find your place internationally and then succeed there.


At The Inner Advocate®, your work will include focusing on three key areas to support you in your journey to a successful and rewarding international career and life.

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Areas that may be focused on in coaching include, for example:

  • Values

  • Thoughts

  • Pace

  • Observation

  • Focus

  • Resources

  • Perception

  • Body language

  • Inner critic

  • Vision

  • Narrative

  • Habits

  • Emotion literacy

  • Introspection

You will also focus on improving the most important aspects of the international career and life you long for.

For senior international lawyers and professionals.

Examples of coaching topics:

  • Creating a vision for your international life and career abroad, and taking steps toward that vision.

  • Navigating and adjusting to the complexities of your first work experience abroad or a different role abroad.

  • Addressing work-life balance in the context of global work.

  • Managing high levels of stress when dealing with complex international matters.

  • Developing your leadership style to lead international teams and projects more effectively.

  • Navigating important multi-cultural relationships and situations in and outside of work.

  • Leveraging prior professional experiences for new international work situations.

  • Managing the “inner critic” that can sabotage success while working internationally.

  • Weathering major personal life changes during an international move or in the middle of sophisticated global work.

  • Coping with the feelings of personal and professional isolation.

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For junior international lawyers and professionals.

Examples of coaching topics:

  • Creating a vision for your international life and career abroad, and taking steps toward that vision.

  • Weighing the pursuit of more advanced legal education abroad.

  • Dealing with the overwhelm and stress of living and working internationally during the early years of your career.

  • Networking more effectively in the legal profession in your new country and/or globally.

  • Navigating important multi-cultural relationships and situations in and outside of work.

  • Establishing work-life balance as a rising international lawyer.

  • Managing the “inner critic” that can stall progress while working internationally.

  • Creating your leadership style to lead international teams and projects more effectively.

  • Coping with the feelings of personal and professional isolation.


Ready to better navigate your international career now?

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In the words of clients.

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“The coaching experience with Lora was truly enriching. She accompanies you through a journey of self discovery in a very elegant manner, so growth happens without effort. An important benefit for me personally was that Lora’s previous background as a lawyer allowed her to better relate to my professional experience.”

~ M.D., Head of Legal Department at Fortune Global 500 company

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“I looked forward to every new session with Lora who was my professional coach. By asking [the] right questions, with her innovative approach and creative exercises – Lora challenged me and helped me get more clarity on my inner values and beliefs and gain new perspectives, clearer vision and more confidence. With open and honest communication and effective feedback sessions we maximised value of our sessions. I highly recommend Lora and this valuable experience to anyone.”

~ A.S.D., Board Member and CFO at Fortune Global 500 financial institution

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“Working with Lora was an incredible and transformative experience. As a professional coach, she is deeply committed and genuinely passionate about supporting you on your journey. She has an amazing ability to help you get to the heart of whatever you’re working through—whether it’s a personal challenge, a professional goal, or figuring out who you truly want to be.”

~ I.M., Legal Director at Fortune Global 500 company

A lawyer.

Lora McInturf, Esq., LL.M. (ICF, EMCC, UCA),

an international lawyer turned executive coach, coaching supervisor, and ICF mentor coach.

Having worked with hundreds of lawyers and professionals from over 50 countries, Lora has supported people to transform important aspects of their work and lives. The results have been meaningful shifts in their ways of thinking and being that then put them on new and more powerful trajectories wherever they are in the world.

If you are ready for this kind of change in your work and life, begin your conversation here.


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Transform your work and life from the inside out.

Impact everything.

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