Slowing Down While Everything is Speeding Up

SlowDown

As we look back on 2025, a lot of us are left with the same uneasy feeling that we’re constantly busy, constantly rushing, and somehow still not getting where we thought we would be. Everything around us has been engineered for speed. AI gives us answers in seconds. Content never stops coming. Messages arrive instantly…

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The Serenity Prayer as a Framework for Lawyer Resilience

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Lawyers are trained to anticipate risk, prevent harm, predict outcomes, and fix problems before they happen. That mindset builds excellent advocates, but it also quietly fuels anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout. One of the simplest and most powerful frameworks for managing that tension comes from the Serenity Prayer, written by Reinhold Niebuhr. Read outside any spiritual…

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Mindful Speech

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Lawyers spend their days speaking to clients, negotiating with opposing counsel, and advocating to judge’s and juries. Our words are the tools, or maybe the weapons, that we use to serve the best interests of our clients by persuading others that what we are saying is right and true. But rarely do we stop to…

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Joy Under Pressure

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Confetti, rainbows, or a sudden burst of color on an ordinary day are just a few simple things that have the power to shift how we feel. Designer Ingrid Fetell Lee calls these “aesthetics of joy,” and in her TED Talk she reminds us that joy isn’t a frivolous extra. It’s a signal of life itself, hardwired…

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