Does Your Self-Image Generate Satisfaction or Stress
Examining the words that define your goals will unearth the root cause of your stress – and new paths to satisfaction and happiness.
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Managing Stress: 6 Steps to Becoming a Healthier Lawyer
The pressure of being a lawyer takes its toll on your health and happiness. Here are a few tips for managing stress and learning to focus on your health first.
The Enemy Within: Are Your Thoughts Sabotaging Your Success?
One of the most important steps in mental and emotional health is to be aware of your inner thoughts.
9 New Year’s Resolutions to Make for Resilience in 2022
Nine New Year’s resolutions to help divorce lawyers rise above the challenges of practicing law and thrive in 2022.
Lawyers’ thoughts and actions should promote peaceful resolution
As I look at the world today, I believe that lawyers must go outside the box and find new solutions for problems that have eluded solutions by logical or rational thinking.
20 Words to Avoid for A Better Life
I can think of other words that people will do better to avoid, these are some I work with every day. Good luck with your speaking clearly and precisely. Here is a list of 20 words that can be extremely debilitating to yourself and others. And you will want to avoid them whenever possible.
The Underlying Problem with Our Family Law System
Our adversarial family law system is not designed to resolve the emotional and psychological issues engendered by divorce – including custody, support, and non-compliance or “bad behavior” of an ex-partner.
Why Men Lose Interest
Authority issues, childhood trauma, and emotional immaturity can all be factors in why so many marriages fail. Why do men lose interest? I am not sure this is a gender-related issue. In other words, both men and women often lack the ability to form lasting relationships and keep them. Above all, good relationships are a […]
How to Be a Successful Attorney in 2020
We can either focus on what we are losing during this brief interlude, or we can take the time to realize where we are on the path to success. Practicing law can be stressful even in the best of times. Adding a pandemic to the mix can make it seem impossible.
Lawyers, addiction and COVID-19: ‘Changing the landscape for everyone’
Human beings are hardwired for interaction. We are, by definition, touchy-feely types of people. Without supportive human interaction, we tend to go insane. Numerous studies of inmates subjected to long-term solitary confinement and prisoner-of-war isolation indicate that people who isolate themselves eventually become depressed and often turn to substance relief. This is where COVID-19 is […]
Why Lawyers Need to Know About Cortisol
I have published many articles about stress and wellness for lawyers. It is quite the popular topic due to the fact that stress is one of the legal profession’s worst hazards. Lawyers have a disproportionately high percentage of addiction and depression. Depending on the survey, addiction is higher than 20% and climbing. Over 40% of […]
The Difference Between Intelligence and Wisdom
Intelligence and wisdom are two sides of a similar coin, namely our mental ability to succeed and live in the world. Intelligence is an individual’s capacity to store and utilize information while wisdom is more practical knowledge gained through experience. One way to illustrate the difference is by comparing a Volkswagon Beetle to a Ferrari. […]
Living with Uncertainty
Whenever we experience stress, anxiety or fear, oftentimes it is caused by fear of the future. There are many kinds of fear, some justified, some irrational. Justified fear would be caused by a perceived threat that is imminent and physically real. An example would be testing positive for Covid19. An irrational fear would be caused […]
Advice for Adults with Divorcing Parents
No one likes to see a long relationship end, especially if there are hard emotions and feelings suffered by the family. The first thing that people whose parents are divorcing have to remember is to be mature. It is human nature for one or the other parent to want support from their family, but they […]
20 Words to Avoid for A Better Life
Words matter. Many people say and think in an undisciplined manner without any regard to the words they are using. Certain words can have a tremendous impact not only on how others perceive us, but on how we feel about ourselves. Here is a list of words which can be extremely debilitating and should be […]
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