by dev | Aug 9, 2024 | Anxiety, mental health
When you think of a lawyer, you might imagine someone with unshakeable confidence and meticulous attention to detail. However, many lawyers step into the legal world carrying a different kind of baggage: an insecure attachment style, often characterised by anxiety....
by dev | Aug 6, 2024 | mental health, wellbeing in law
Do all the years of fancy therapeutic training you want but therapists are (and should be) human beings first and foremost. That’s why I didn’t mind admitting to my clients today that I did not relish my little girl going off to nursery this morning. In fact I called...
by dev | Jul 31, 2024 | mental health
“Naff all!” I hear you all cry. “They’re all crazy narcissists“. You may have a point. But, that aside, I was listening to a fab episode of the podcast ‘The Rest is Politics’ with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart. It featured an interview with Gus O’Donnell, the...
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 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 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...
