by friedaL2020 | Jun 22, 2021 | Comfort over coffee, Lawyer Life, mental health, Working environment
Linked article: Workplace Ostracism: Tackling the silent office bully When I think back to my school days, I recall kids taunting other kids because they had braces or freckles or perhaps their skirts were too long. But I recall, quite traumatically, how I was teased....
by friedaL2020 | Mar 2, 2021 | Lawyer Life, Life after Law, mental health, Self-care, work-life balance
Who are you? A seemingly innocuous question. “Hi. I’m Alicia. And I’m a lawyer.” I am a lawyer. And that is it. Nothing else to let anyone know who we truly are. Besides our professional title. Where are our other identifiers? Our identity as a lawyer Is our whole...
by friedaL2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | Celebrations & Festivities, Lawyer Life, mental health, Self-care, work-life balance
Disappointment: A feeling we hate to cause and struggle to feel. And 2020 has provided many a chance to experience it from both sides. ...
by friedaL2020 | Sep 25, 2020 | Lawyer Life, mental health, work-life balance
THE WORK FROM HOME SAGA An article by Alicia Koch, Founder of The Legal Belletrist I have a shoe fetish. There I said it. I confess. Shoes are my “thing”. I have a whole Instagram account just about shoes (I’m not joking). And over the years, I have amassed...
by friedaL2020 | Sep 10, 2020 | Lawyer Life, mental health, work-life balance
Article 5 of 5 in the Mental Health in the Law series Mental Health is a hot topic in the legal industry at the moment! After the release of the Task Force Report on Lawyer Well-being in 2016 (an excellent report by the way!), the mental health of legal professionals...
by friedaL2020 | Aug 28, 2020 | Lawyer Life, mental health, work-life balance
Article 4 of 5 in the Mental Health in the Law series Co-written by Frieda Levycky, Founder of Braving Boundaries, and Alicia Koch, Founder of The Legal Belletrist We’ve spent the last three weeks looking at some insightful pieces relating specifically to mental...
