by dev | Sep 15, 2024 | General, wellbeing in law
Life is messy Today we celebrated our littlest Carvalho’s 2nd birthday! It poured down with rain all day. It was chaotic. There were 25 or so feral kids running around the house. The house was crammed. I couldn’t use any of the garden games I’d planned. And yet it was...
by dev | Aug 25, 2024 | General, team
Scale up your business…or scale up your life… ? I’m having a couple of weeks ‘off’ here which, this holiday, has meant driving up and down the country seeing family and friends, whilst managing puking kids in the back seat. But don’t feel too sorry for me…It has been...
by dev | Jun 26, 2024 | General, mental health, therapy for lawyers
“Don’t call me insecure!!” Lawyers and attachment Law is a world associated with structure and stability. So is it any wonder that it attracts people with an insecure attachment style? Often that manifests as anxious attachment. We cling to the externals in life to...
by dev | Jun 13, 2024 | General
It’s normal to hide in the toilet at conferences! Anyone who knows me knows I’m no introvert… And yet even the most people-orientated of us feel awkward at times. We get overwhelmed by being around people all day. We need to take some downtime. That’s why you...
by dev | Jun 7, 2024 | General, mental health
Who’s upset you recently?! A boss 🧍🏿 🧍♀️ ? A friend 🧑🏽? A family member? Recently, someone upset me It really got under my skin. It happens to all of us, doesn’t it. How do we get rid of that anger? Good friends will listen to us vent about it for a while. But, after...
by dev | Jun 7, 2024 | General, mental health, wellbeing in law
One of my highlights of this year so far has been working with increasing numbers of in-house lawyers. And in particular, getting to know the innovative minds at Juro and providing the keynote at their recent conference on ‘Is law bad for your health?’ Their report...