Thriving Today
Welcome to our blog, Thriving Today. The OAAP attorney counselors are pleased to bring you current information that you can use to enhance your well-being and provide you with tips and food for thought. On occasion look for guest writers who will certainly enhance our blog content!
Welcome, Jennifer!
We are delighted to welcome Jennifer Harrington, JD, MS, as the newest attorney counselor at the OAAP! Jennifer is a native Oregonian and a...
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Move Over Gratitude, It’s Time to Try Delight
As vaccinations increase and COVID rates fall in Oregon, many of us are venturing back into the world, albeit perhaps tentatively. A meal with...
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Feel Well: Emotional Well-Being
Welcome to the 2021 Well-Being Week in Law! The OAAP is excited to celebrate this event and provide support for the well-being of members...
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Connect: Social Well-Being
Welcome to the 2021 Well-Being Week in Law! The OAAP is excited to celebrate this event and provide support for the well-being of members of the...
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Engage and Grow: Career and Intellectual Well-Being
Welcome to the 2021 Well-Being Week in Law! The OAAP is excited to celebrate this event and provide support for the well-being of members of the...
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Align: Spiritual Well-Being
Welcome to the 2021 Well-Being Week in Law! The OAAP is excited to celebrate this event and provide support for the well-being of members of the...
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Stay Strong: Well-Being Week Kickoff and Physical Well-Being
Welcome to the 2021 Well-Being Week in Law! The OAAP is excited to celebrate this event and provide support for the well-being of members of the...
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Well-Being Week in Law: A Review of 2020 and a Sneak Peek at 2021
What Is “Well-Being Week in Law” Anyway? “Well-Being Week in Law” is a national event that takes place annually the first week in May. The goal is...
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Flashing Lights and Guiding Lights – Lawyers and ADHD
For many of us, COVID has materially altered the way we work and interact with others. These changes have significantly impacted people with ADHD...
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Procrastination: A Story and Some Resources for Solutions
The following is a fictional account of someone who is wrestling with the age-old challenge and uniquely human experience of procrastination...
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Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?
The other day I had something of an epiphany. For me, these are intuitive perceptions or insights into the meaning of something or, more...
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Farewell from Shari Pearlman
I am writing this post to say farewell to the Oregon legal community, as my last day at the Oregon Attorney Assistance Program will be November 3...
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Gratitude: Now More Than Ever
As the months are stretching longer and the days are growing shorter, many of us are looking for strategies to help buoy us for the long haul. One...
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What’s on Your List? Developing Healthy Ways to Calm and Soothe
Lawyers and students often leave healthy relaxing activities and rituals at the door of the profession, starting when they arrive at law school...
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Telling Time
A few weeks ago, I commented in my blog post about the recent Sunday morning I awoke to a warm and beautifully clear day, happily looking...
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Seeing Beyond into the Horizon
Hot summer days have come. Soon enough it will be fall. Schools have reopened – albeit remotely for many districts – for concerned parents and...
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Welcome Law Students
It was twenty years ago now, but I still remember what it was like showing up at law school that very first week or so. I didn’t know anybody...
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Vicarious Trauma in the Time of COVID-19
How does the vicarious trauma caused by exposure to our clients’ suffering intersect with the stress and anxiety many are experiencing right now...
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Awe-some or Awe-struck: The Benefit of Finding AWE in the Ordinary
I find myself amazed at the simplest of things sometimes and am curious, upon making new friends, what brings a sense of awe to them. What I knew...
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A Day in the Life
Forgive me for not dispensing well-being advice and wisdom here. We are all navigating through uncharted waters today. Most of us are doing the...
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On Healing Racial Trauma
As you read on, I invite you to notice your body. A trauma experience that is often left out of conversations is one of race. It may be difficult...
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Why Compassion Matters
Normally, the purpose of this blog is to talk about ways in which we can be healthier, happier lawyers. So my original plan for this post, when I...
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Getting Unstuck from in the Uncertain Place
Living in the “place between no longer and not yet” (a phrase coined by Victor Turner, anthropologist, writer) can make us feel stuck. We all find...
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The Best 12 Minutes of My Day
The other day I was checking out our new OAAP blog, Thriving Today, to re-familiarize myself with the topics and the resources about which we had...
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Oregon Legal Community Acts Kindly: The Icing on the Cake to Lawyer Well-Being Week
Hello everyone, When the OAAP embarked on our first endeavor to celebrate lawyer well-being week, we did not know what would unfold. What we...
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Inspiration: A New Breath
It turns out that the word “inspiration” comes from the Latin word “inspiratus,” which essentially means “breathe into.” It has been said that...
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Acts of Kindness Improve Well-Being
Welcome to Day 2 of Well-Being Week! I am so glad you have stopped by the blog today for our post on acts of kindness. There is some lovely...
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Lawyer Well-Being Week Kickoff
The OAAP welcomes you to Lawyer Well-Being Week!! Watch our blog each day for new opportunities to take care, connect, be inspired, and inspire...
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Meaningful Social Connections and Building a Community
If there are aspects of our human experience that many of us yearn for and thrive in the most, it would be meaningful connections and community...
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Now Might Be a Great Time to Start a Meditation Practice (It’s Easier Than You Think)
In his article, “Why Leaders Need Meditation Now More Than Ever,” in the March 22, 2020, edition of the Harvard Business Review, Dr. Matthias Birk...
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Things to Do While Sheltering in Place
Working remotely and practicing physical/responsible distancing from friends and family is teaching me a lot! As an extrovert, I have learned that...
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Moving Beyond Social Distance Towards Expansive Solidarity
In times of stress, I try to get really intentional about taking care of myself. I use a couple of strategies to increase my awareness of what is...
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THRIVING…Despite Challenge: A Brief Roadmap for Lawyers
It is no surprise that each of us responds differently to life’s changes and challenges: the birth of a child, the death of a parent, a good job...
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