About Mitch Neuhauser
I grew up outside of Baltimore where family, education and team sports were the focal points. From there, I went to Duke University, double majoring in Public Policy and Religion (ask me why when we get together). Just before heading off to law school at the University of Virginia, I married Stacey who I had met the summer before while we both interned at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa.
Following law school, Stacey and I moved back to Baltimore where I worked at two litigation boutique firms before lateraling down to King & Spalding's Atlanta office to focus on tobacco litigation. Before I knew it, we were heading to Louisville, first on loan and then as in-house counsel to Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation where I handled litigation and regulatory matters for the company. A few years later, Stacey and I, along with our kids, Hannah and Joey, moved to London where I spent two years at British American Tobacco, handling global regulatory matters. Finally, in the summer of 2004, as a result of a merger, we moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where Stacey and I still live today, to take on regulatory matters for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a post I had for 17 years.
In short, I spent 30 years in both law firms and corporations working with the best and brightest in America, handling cutting edge legal matters, many playing themselves out across the country's newspapers and blogs for everyone to watch. I loved the chess-like nature of the work, but about 12 years ago, I emotionally hit rock bottom. Thankfully, my wife put me in touch with a life coach that she had met in town and everything changed. I found joy again both in my work and in new hobbies for I became unafraid to fail and strong through absolute vulnerability. With it, my relationships with everyone changed for the better and from a work perspective my efficiency went through the roof. I had all the time in the world for both work and play, and for thinking and laughing. Things that did not seem possible to accomplish 15 years ago became priorities, be it serving in my community to taking voice and tap lessons, and dabbling in musical theatre.
My point to you is you can have it all. You can live the dream and do it now. Time need not be your enemy. The question for you is the question my life coach asked me the second day we got together ( I cried a lot in our first session): "Are you willing to let it all go?" Let me put it another way. Are you ready to clean out your closet to get rid of those things that hold you back and make room for what brings you joy? If the answer is yes, let's start the journey.
