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Disaster Planning
We are like a tree during a storm. If you look at the top of a tree, you may have the impression that the tree can be blown away or that the branches can be broken anytime, but if you direct your attention to the trunk of the tree and become aware that the tree is...
Mindful Lawyering
An important skill that develops through mindfulness practice is learning to discern between thoughts that are useful and warrant our attention, and those that are unhelpful, yet absorb our attention. Scott Rogers, M.S., J.D., is a nationally recognized leader in the...
Lawyer Well-Being
If you really want to be a good lawyer, you must be a healthy lawyer – and that includes mental health. An already struggling legal profession is at a tipping point, and steps need to be taken now to address lawyers’ well-being. A 72-page report released August 14 -...
The Importance of Intuition: Going with Your Gut
Intuition can make you a much more effective decision maker. The main alternative to the intuition-based approach is rational thinking. The rational decision making process relies mostly on logic and quantitative analysis. Nearly every individual can recall a time...
Thin Places
Thin places are locales where the distance between heaven and earth collapses and we’re able to catch glimpses of the divine, or the transcendent.1 The ancient pagan Celts, and later, Christians, used the term to describe mesmerizing places like the wind-swept isle of...
The Line Dividing Good and Evil
"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to...
Two Hundred Years of Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, one of eight children. She briefly attended school, but this proved too expensive for her father. So she educated herself in his library instead. It is believed that she received a marriage proposal, yet chose the...
How Nature Affects Us
Fredrick Law Olmstead designed Central Park, one of the most famous parks in the world, and went on to design city parks all over the U.S. What he did that was different and significant was that he recognized that people needed nature in order to get along with one...
Alone in the Desert
James Cowan (born 1942) is an Australian author. Cowan’s work lies at the intersection between modernism and ancient cultural perspectives. Many of his books explore the beliefs and practices of indigenous peoples as they attempt to come to terms with the modern...