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2022 Blogs

January 2022

Active Leisure Time and Vacations - How Do We Get the Benefits in a Pandemic World

A Little Patience

Stop and Smell the Coffee

The "No Jerks Allowed" Legal Workplace

February 2022

Practicing Without a "No Jerks Allowed" Policy

WAKE Me Up Before you GO-Go

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Risk Management Through Disability Coverage

Administrative Professionals' Day 2022

March 2022

The Great Return: Be Prepared for Friction and Fiction

Supporting Ukraine, Ourselves and Each Other

Lawyer and Family Assistance Through Assist

Celebrating Peer Support Assist-Style

April 2022

The Great Return: You Don't Have to Do It Alone

Desiderata and Practicing Law

Reframing the Great Return

Empathy is the Word

Every Week is Lawyer Well-Being Week

May 2022

There's a Path for Everyone

Bears, Antelopes, Empathy and Compassion

Panic Attacks: Helping Yourself and Others

No Red Line Between Grief and Depression

June 2022

A Little Help From My Friends

Alberta Law Culture - The Good, The Bad and the Interesting

Lawyers: Professionals or Profit Centres?

Unplugging to Recharge

July 2022

In A World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind

Recovering From Trauma

Imposter Syndrome and Envy: Knowing Ourselves and Each Other

August 2022

The Great Prioritization

Please Be Upstanding

What Lawyers Want (Associates are from Mars, Partners are from Venus)

Dog Days of Summer

September 2022

Call Us Before Quiet Quitting

Law Students - It's Okay not to be Okay

Double Down with Gratitude

A*S*S*I*S*T* Plus

Truth and Reconciliation Day

October 2022

Thankful for Thanksgiving

Joy

Continuous Learning in the Legal Profession: Aesthetics and Well-Being

Harm Reduction Strategies for Lawyers

November 2022

Work Life Balance 2.0

Lest We Forget

Strategies for Turning Off at the End of the Work Day

The Kids Aren't Alright

December 2022

Getting Past Resume Algorithms and Beyond

From Guilty Pleasures to Words of Wisdom to Live By

Happy Holiday to All and to All a Good 2023!