Mental Health & Toxic People

Guarding our mental health in today’s challenging times is often easier said than done.  One mental health goal toward which we should all be striving, however, is a significant reduction of  time spent around toxic, negative, unpleasant, rude, bullying, thoughtless and/or chronically grouchy people.   That, unfortunately, is not always possible (think workplace and relatives!).  [...]

My Top 4 Stress Management Tips

Four of my top stress management tips are outlined below ( tops because they are repeatedly tried and proven by me and many others). They help me — and hopefully will help you — manage the chaos of our 90 mph lives.  Of course, these tips are by no means intended as all inclusive.  They [...]

Law Office Mental Health Policies for Well Known & Our "Other" Addictions

Alcoholism, substance abuse and depression; these three afflictions usually receive the most attention at CLE programs and in legal publications. This makes sense in light of the continuing (and alarming) rise in the numbers of attorneys suffering with these impairments. What we don’t hear as much about, statistically or otherwise, are the more subtle impairments [...]