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Feeling Defensive
As lawyers, it is our job to be right. To get the right answer, to find the right solution, to have the right words. In truth, you could say that about any profession,…
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Relationships
Our relationships with the people in our lives are at the root of every challenge in our lives. Our relationships with others play a significant role in our happiness. How do we improve…
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Learning From Our Anger
Finding greater happiness in your practice and in your life is not about painting over the ugly parts of life with prettier colors. You cannot simply “thought swap” your way to happiness. However,…
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Why We Argue
Our experience on this planet is comprised primarily of two things–circumstances and our thoughts about those circumstances. Circumstances are things outside of ourselves–other humans, life events, facts. We cannot control the circumstances in…
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Mansplaining
Mansplaining is a pejorative term meaning “to comment on or explain something to a woman in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner.” Author Rebecca Solnit ascribes the phenomenon to a…
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Having Difficult Conversations
One of the inevitable results of being a grownup in this world is that you will often be faced with the “opportunity” to have difficult conversations with other humans. I like to think…
