Commemorative weeks, months, and days raise awareness generally and have specific meaning for many of us. For example, May is Mental Health Awareness Month which may commemorate recovery for some and remind others of loss. Yet we acknowledge that recovery and experience that grief all year. Can we do that for well-being in our profession? The first week in May is Well-Being Week in Law. The ABA … [Read more...]
Focus on Gratitude
“All politics is local” is a phrase often associated with the late Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, a former member of Congress from Massachusetts and Speaker of the House. As we move into our second consecutive pandemic holiday season, uncertainty may overwhelm our ability to look to the future with hope. In challenging times, an effective resilience strategy is to focus on the people and things in our … [Read more...]
Making Time for Self-Care
There are countless aphorisms about self-care, ranging from the pithy to the profound. Many of these boil down to insufficient available time with the result being that, when it comes to self-care, many of us can’t seem to find the time. It’s understandable; there are always other priorities, urgent matters, other people’s needs, etc. There are only so many hours in a day. And so it goes, each day … [Read more...]