Each morning you have two choices. Paying attention to your morning mood makes a difference. Research tells us that people who start the day in a terrible mood felt unhappy for most of their day. Many even felt even worse by the evening. When you wake up, you have two choices. We will call these […]
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5 Ways to Manage Your Stress
2020 What a YEAR! 2020, a year of continued stress, anxiety, and frustration, is almost over. However, the factors that created these feelings are far from being over. The pandemic, political animosity, racial divisions, and economic downturn are just a few problems everyone faces. I have never seen such divisiveness in my life. Peace of […]
Lawyers: You Can Overcome Bad Habits
Who Doesn’t Have Bad Habits? It is no secret that lawyers are creatures of habit. Law schools drill their pupils in disciplines and hectic routines. Living in the pressure cooker of practicing law is like putting miracle growth on one’s faults. Personal demons can rapidly pop up in a demanding and stressful career. Young and […]
Lawyers: How To Slow Down Those Racing Thoughts
Meet Randy. His life was a mess. He had practiced law for over ten years. “Pamela, I am stressed out, I can hardly sleep, and my mind is racing all the time. I go from 90 to nothing in a few seconds. I am impatient at work and home. I scare half of the associates […]
Why Lawyers Hide Their Weaknesses
There is a dichotomy in the legal profession. Here is what I noticed. Lawyers recoil when one of their colleagues admits that they have a weakness. Bud, a partner, admitted, “I am deeply depressed and probably drinking too much.” The stench that statement makes in a law firm is palpable. Whispers and gossip circulate, “Bud’s […]
Is Your Law Practice on AutoPilot?
Most of us are on autopilot. Each day, we take part in familiar, automatic, habitual thoughts and behaviors. There are few surprises. Everyone has ingrained feelings about things. What are some of these ingrained feelings? Anger Fear Suspicious Judgmental Victimized Overwhelmed Confused Feeling Inadequate or Superior What Is Being On AutoPilot? Ray is a perfect […]