Well-Being

At LAPBC we like to remind you that well-being is a continuous process of striving to thrive in seven dimensions of ourselves.

Regular physical activity/movement is a critical prerequisite to thriving and can be accomplished in many ways.

After years of living in Vancouver, I began to notice dreading several months of the year.

Here are some tips to deal with intrusive thoughts and improve your sleep.

For most people, sleep occurs during the night. However, it's important to recognize that daytime activities can significantly impact sleep.

Lack of sleep can seriously impact productivity, efficiency, relationships, and decision-making. So what are some ways to improve sleep?

The focus of a recent LAPBC Drop-In well-being group was how to cope with feeling overwhelmed.

People who are happiest, healthiest and live longest have positive relationships and warm connections.

We have all heard some version of the adage, “You can’t pour from an empty cup.”

Fortunately, many in the legal profession are beginning to recognize that noticing and valuing our emotions are important prerequisites to thriving.

While unmonitored anger can be destructive, an anger that is tended to with the goal of curiosity and self-compassion can cultivate a positive purpose.

Because this is a process, not a series of goals, we need to have practices to help keep us in the process of expressing each dimension of ourselves.

Lawyer Well-Being Week began yesterday. This concept was launched several years ago to inspire lawyers to take better care of themselves.

What do those two words bring up for you and what helps you cope with it?

Shari has been helping women lawyers in so many aspects of their practice, one in particular is how to set and keep boundaries with work and home.

Why not cultivate and experience awe more often?

As Well-Being Week comes to a close, we ask you to ponder what do spiritual and career/intellectual well-being have in common?

Well-Being is defined as being in the process of striving toward thriving in all areas of your life. The key here is “continuous process”.

Welcome to Lawyer Well-Being Week! This week (and hopefully every week) LAPBC challenges you to spend a little time focusing on yourself.

You often can’t control what happens to you, but you can choose your response.

Don’t wait for your next vacation. Incorporate small habits into your day and throughout the week.

Welcome to the third and final blog in our series, 'The Power of Sleep'. In part 1 and part 2, we explored ways in which sleep deprivation affects our health and what we can do about it.

In 'The Power of Sleep, Pt. 1', we touched on the dangers of sleep deprivation and the hazards associated with a lack of quality sleep.

The cultural myth that more work is better work can sometimes lead us to sacrifice sleep in an effort to accomplish more.

What does a lawyer do when a death occurs in his or her family, whether anticipated over time or sudden and unexpected?

Effective decision making is not only an essential skill required for the practice of law, it is crucial to a life of satisfaction and fulfillment.

It is critical to have a workable definition of success that is personal and specific to you.

It is more than being thankful, more than appreciating someone or something, more than a feeling and more than a good idea.

Nearly a decade ago, my firm purchased a smartphone for me and so began my brush with screen addiction.