by dev | Sep 19, 2024 | Coping with work, Training For Lawyers, wellbeing in law
Trainees: they’ll be OK, as long as the pigs don’t eat them first… What on earth?? Well, a few months ago, I was in Versailles speaking at a legal conference. And one of the (French) delegates introduced me to the above wonderful phrase. We were talking about our...
by dev | Jun 30, 2024 | Coping with work, mental health, wellbeing in law
As much as it pains my middle class heart to admit it, we have a cleaner. And she does stuff like this (see the picture) And it makes me SO happy Cos it’s the little things, isn’t it? That make all the difference. What’s this got to do with my work training law firms...
by dev | Jun 15, 2024 | Coping with work, mental health, wellbeing in law
IT’S A ‘HARD’ NO…✋ One of the greatest myths of our wellbeing-obsessed age is that when you put boundaries in place or have to say no to someone, they’ll be thrilled that you’re looking after yourself…. And that we’ll all go skipping off into the distance hand in hand...
by dev | Jun 5, 2024 | Coping with work, General
Are you in the golden cage? No, we’re not talking about something from The Crystal Maze. And it’s got nothing to do with The Krypton Factor (that reference is for my fellow over 40s – are you out there?!) No, the golden cage is a term we like to at TCC to...
by dev | Jun 1, 2024 | Coping with work, General, Law
It’s not (just) about the hours. There’s lots of well-meaning hand-wringing on social media at the moment about ‘BIG LAW’. “Something must be done!!” “Law has got to change!” People are p*ssed off with the money paid to NQs (a lot) The “crazy” hours. The attendant...
by dev | May 21, 2024 | Coping with work, General, Uncategorised
Do you have good boundaries …or are you a cold fish? When our littlest Carvalho was a wee baby, we had a doula help us with her for a few months. That also involved dealing with our ‘spirited’ twin boys when they were home from school. This was all explained to said...
