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Law – “The Betrayed Profession”

Lawyer, Joe Shaub blogs that it ain’t the money that will make you happy in the law biz. Rather, “It is the degree of personal autonomy and the congruence of one’s professional life and personal values that show the highest correlation to well-being.” Read the Blog

15 Ways To Become The Happy Lawyer You Were Meant To Be

This blog gives 15 suggestions to reduce stress and increase happiness without leaving the profession altogether. Read the Blog

A Qualitative Examination of Self-Care in Lawyers

It may seem obvious that self-care is important for well-being and success in life. However, self-care is not always practiced when work, bills, and other issues come into play. Read the Blog

Stress Is What Makes Lawyers Act Like Lawyers

Lawyers aren’t naturally overcritical, risk-adverse people who are emotionally dead inside. It’s stress that makes lawyers behave this way according to a survey in the ABA Journal. Read the Blog

Lawyer’s Lament: But I Don’t Have a Calling

A powerful blog from Jennifer Alvey about how lawyers fail to leave the profession because they can’t define exactly what it is they would like to do. Read the Blog

Lawyers Who Switch Careers Find Happiness in Baking, Tech and Other Fields

The Washington Post reports that many lawyers are chucking the legal biz and finding joy in other types of work. Read the News

Please Unhappy Lawyers, No “New Jobs This Year!” Resolutions

For some unhappy lawyers, the solution to their misery is to get a new law job. But will it make you happier just to be in different circumstances, or will it make you happier past when the novelty wears off? Read the Blog

Unhappy Lawyers and the Myth of “I’m not creative”

Blogger Jennifer Alvey passionate plea to unhappy lawyers to see themselves as creative. Read the Blog

Lawyers, Put Down the Digital Pacifiers and Get a Better Life

From the site Leaving the Law, one lawyer’s call for others in the law to put down the digital stuff were connected to so that there’s time to really think about the more important stuff in life. Read the Blog