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Desk-icide: Seven Ways Your Workplace Is Making You Sick

Sitting for long hours, indoors, staring at a computer and shoveling in bad food at work isn’t just a bad idea, it can be devastating to your health. I know, it seems almost counter-intuitive: Worker safety standards globally at are an all-time ...

Leigh Stringer - January 24, 2017
Five Tips for Handling Holiday Stress

Ah, the holiday season! The best of times, but with all the cheer comes a lot of stress, which can sometimes make it feel like the worst of times. First, there are so many things to do: gifts to buy, decorations to manage, holiday parties, ...

Jamie Spannhake - December 16, 2016
Loneliness: Taking Care to Stay Connected

Mountain climbers are fastidious about the lines they trust their lives to, and scuba divers are constantly checking the tanks and regulators on which they depend. In the hectic world of practicing law — when one interruption is so often itself ...

J.W. Freiberg - December 6, 2016
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Coping With Stress: Trudging Through the Drudgery

“How do you cope with stress?” That was this month’s question from my Attorney at Work editors. At first, I laughed at the question, but the gentlest response I can give is, “Not gracefully.” I’ve been open about my issues with depression and ...

Ruth Carter - November 17, 2016
Five Easy Ways to Create a Healthy, Less-Stressed Workplace

Stress is a natural part of any good lawyer’s life. Recently, however, it's been a bit much, no? Little wonder that soothing GIF that helps sync your breathing has gone viral again. And it actually works, for a while. But, between baseball, the ...

Joan Feldman - November 11, 2016
Should Your Career Expire When Your Lease Does?

Clients often ask me, “Roy, what’s the biggest mistake solo practitioners and small firm owners make when considering their retirement/succession strategies?” My answer? Attorneys permit their office situation, specifically a lease obligation, ...

Roy S. Ginsburg - October 4, 2016
What to Do When Everything Feels Bad

Shawn Healy | If you do not recognize the sources of your stress, you will feel powerless to do anything about it.

Shawn Healy - September 7, 2016
Five Ways for Law Firms to Support Health and Wellness

We all know the practice of law is high stress. Law firms can be challenging places: client demands mean working beyond business hours, issues are real, stakes are high and tight deadlines abound. “Lawyers, similar to those who work in the ...

Jamie Spannhake - August 19, 2016
Five Ways to Get Away for a Much Needed Vacation

When I was a salaried associate at a large law firm, I received four weeks of paid vacation every year. And I always took every single day. I was shocked to find out I was in the minority, and that many attorneys hadn’t taken a vacation in ...

Jamie Spannhake - June 17, 2016
Three Tips for Becoming More Resilient

No matter what your particular stress is — client issues, financial anxiety, overwhelmed by technology, opposing counsel's attitude — changing the way you think about and respond to it can turn a dreaded situation into an opportunity for ...

Shawn Healy - May 16, 2016
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