Recently, on a particularly spectacular day at work, two victories came my clients’ way. I couldn’t help reflecting on the emotions coursing through me — it was as if the events of the day belonged to me, to my life, when in fact they belonged ...
Megan Zavieh - May 23, 2016You can track nearly everything related to fitness with an app or wearable, or some smart combination of the two: sleep, steps, heart rate, calories, nutrition ... the list goes on. But do you really need to track your fitness? The answer is yes.
Jamie Spannhake - April 22, 2016Arizona was hit hard by illness this winter. Several people at my firm came down with cold and flu-type illnesses. Even I got sick; but thankfully, for my colleagues' sake, I am not contagious. I have depression. This doesn’t make me ...
Ruth Carter - March 17, 2016When I see other lawyers trying to be perfect, I want to help them. More often than not, it's a female lawyer who is also a mother, trying to be everything to everyone all the time. I want to stop and give her a pat on the back. Or maybe even a ...
Jamie Spannhake - February 19, 2016As we enter the new year, most of us make some resolutions. Commonly we want to lose weight, be more patient with family members or get better organized. And high on many lists is figuring out how to have better work-life balance. On that ...
Margery Leveen Sher - January 4, 2016While lots of things about the holidays are great, holiday travel is stressful. The roads and airports are crowded, the weather is not always cooperative, and the trips are often long. But don’t let holiday travel beat you down. Banish the ...
Jamie Spannhake - December 11, 2015Nearly half of adults in their 40s and 50s are living in the “sandwich,” not only working full-time and caring for their minor children but also caring for their elderly parents.
Jamie Spannhake - November 6, 2015Good ideas come from all sorts of unlikely places. A Walgreens insert in a recent Sunday paper contained a list of ways to make our brains healthier and more productive. A few of the recommendations were particularly interesting to ...
Paul H. Burton - October 14, 2015Stop buying into the Superman complex and consider the ramifications of not taking care of yourself.
Megan Zavieh - October 12, 2015You know that feeling you get when, brilliant as you almost always are, the words refuse to organize themselves into anything more than just ordinary? When the to-do list on your desk threatens to rise up and take over? When it seems that, in ...
Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - October 5, 2015