by dev | Feb 12, 2025 | General, wellbeing in law
Recently had the pleasure of collaborating with Turcan Connell to host our ground-breaking What’s Psychology Got To Do With It? training day. It was a truly exciting event for me, as it marked a significant step in expanding the reach of my agency, The Carvalho...
by dev | Jan 28, 2025 | General, wellbeing in law
At TCC, we often talk about the importance of mental well-being in high-pressure environments like law. So, with Time to Talk Day approaching on 6th February 2025, it feels like the perfect opportunity to reflect on how crucial talking is for mental health and why,...
by dev | Oct 18, 2024 | Law, wellbeing in law
**An Inspiring Day of Speaking, Celebrating, and Connecting** What an incredible day it was! I had the pleasure of speaking at the *Mad World Festival* on psychological safety, sharing the stage with the brilliant Paul Davison, Jude Cragg, and Sharon Blackman OBE, on...
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 | 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 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...