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Well-being
72 published works
The Legal Watercooler
#LMA18 – Come on, let’s get happy
Kicking off #LMA with Catherine A. Sanderson, Ph.D., The Science of Happiness. I know you won't believe this, but I was skeptical walking into the program, but open-minded. Adored Catherine's…
The Right Coast
Why Americans have plummeted into record levels of misery
One thing that is driving down our well-being is our declining mental and emotional health, says Dan Witters, the research director of the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index. It s an unprecedented…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Happiness and the Oldest-Old
By rmorgan
2017 has been a bit of a wild ride, and I thought it would be good to end the year on a happy news item. So, check out this article…
The Right Coast
How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy – The New Yorker
No one joins Facebook to be sad and lonely. But a new study from the University of Michigan psychologist Ethan Kross argues that that s exactly how it makes us…
Clinical Law Prof Blog
Vicarious Resiliency
By Virgil Wiebe
I recently wrote how the word “Vicarious” provides insight into our roles as clinicians. I was rooting around into the word’s origins because I was reading about “vicarious resiliency.” Pilar…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
General Social Survey: American Women Are Getting Sadder
NY Times Op-Ed Column: Blue Is the New Black, by Maureen Dowd:...According to the General Social Survey, which has tracked Americans’ mood since 1972, and five other major studies around the…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Time Magazine report on the relative happiness of various professions including lawyers, librarians and legal assistants
By legalwriting
Thanks to our good friends at the Law Librarian blog for this interesting story that, at least with respect to lawyers, seems to confound the conventional wisdom that lawyers are an unhappy…
South Carolina Injury Law Journal
Life Is a Lot Like Running
By Trey Mills
I am NOT an avid, amateur, or competitive runner. I do not read Runner's World on a regular basis. However, I do like to get out there on a beautiful…
Legal Ease Blog
Do Something! Give Thanks
By Allison Johs
Seriously. About everything. You'd be surprised at the changes gratitude can make in your practice and in your day to day life. Sometimes we need to be reminded that no…
International Law Prof Blog
Divorced Male Lawyers, Age 55, Are the Worst Sleepers in England
A new study shows that lawyers may be in bad moods because they don't get enough sleep. And divorced male lawyers, age 55, are the worst sleepers in all of…