Work-Life Balance and Mental Health
By- Seyada Mahmoud It has been reported that 58% of Canadians report “overload” as a result of the pressures associated with work, home and family, friends, physical health, volunteer and…
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Perfectionist, Workaholic and Control Freak…uh I mean Work Life Balance: By Michael Yen
Entering into the legal profession from an entirely different profession has been great for me in terms of perspective. This is especially relevant considering the topic of “work life balance”.…
Work-life Balance: Causes and Solutions!
By: Dhanvir Sohal The author of a book, Peter Block, defines work life balance as “about more balance between engaging in what has meaning to the individual and doing things…
A Lawyer’s Work, Life & Work-Life
By: Jason E Lau It is no mystery that the typical day of work for a lawyer is laden with long hours, sleepless nights, and unrelenting amounts of stress. Although…
The Struggle for Work-Life Balance
by: Adam Bustamante The concept of work-life balance is one that, while easily understandable, is difficult to master in practice. Enjoyment and Accomplishment A common element of this balance, as…
Can You Really Have it All? Balancing your legal career and your family life.
By: Rashida Forbes In the 1950’s the structure of the family is what we call today a nuclear family. This is the traditional family structure that consists of two parents,…
Work/Life Balance: A Struggle for Women
By: Nicole Salemi Maintaining a work life balance in the legal field is proven to be a challenging one. Being an active part of a family seems next to impossible…
Dealing with All the Baggage
By: Alyssandra Dunn The lives people, male and female, in any demanding profession can prove to be very taxing and exhausting. The road to getting to these professions can be…
Choosing a Path in the Legal Field While Balancing a Personal Life
By: Ashlin Kenuck My biggest weakness that I will completely take full responsibility for is my own poor time management skills. Coming into the field of law I knew that…
A Balanced Work-Life
By Vicky Medeiros The legal industry is extremely competitive; individuals dedicate hours of hard work and commitment to adhere to the occupational pressures. Thanks to television shows like Suits, the…
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Finding the Balance for Long-Term Success…
By: Ali Golabgir Avoiding professional burnout and personal resentment is not easy for the legal professional. Days are long, firms are demanding, but balance is attainable if you put in…
The Fallency and Impracticality of Work-Life Balance
By Leo Tam PRLG 722 Sec 101 Posted on: Jun 15, 2014 Work life balance is the effort to separate pressure from work from interfering with personal lives of individual…
Are You Existing or Thriving? It’s All in a Day’s Work
“In order for businesses and individuals to thrive we must transition to a “renaissance” time of mindful living and working.” – Arianna Huffington, 2014 Photo Credit: Four Ways to Make…
On work-life balance, and what that means.
by Lester Tong In the legal profession, long, grueling hours are expected on the road to success, and the balance between professional and personal lives is frequently regarded as whether…
Legal Professionals Are Out Of Time And Driven To Succeed
By Ho Cheung Chan The legal profession has a myth about work life balance, and the truth was that it did not exist in the large traditional law firm model.…
Work-Life Balance: A Matter of Personal Choice?
by Melissa Wixson Two recurring themes in the blogging literature on work-life balance for legal professionals are: (1) the idea that work-life im/balance is a matter of personal choice and…
Healthy Balance of Life-Work
By: Jasintha Kunasegaram For many years, we Canadians have played many different roles in our lives. As years go by, our roles only add up, and never reduce. Hence, it’s…
Law Professionals Seeking Work-Life Balance
For Communication & Writing class, by Lacey Appleton There is a common theme amongst lawyers and professionals trying to find a work-life balance for those in the legal profession, and…
Work – Life Balance: Is It Attainable?
by Ann Barrow Attainable: Not really: Distressing, frustrating, discouraging? Stephen Mabey’s article brought those adjectives to my mind Mabey’s rightly deems lawyers to have real choice in the matter of…
Work – Life Balance: Is It Attainable?
by Ann Barrow Stephen Mabey’s “Work-life balance up to lawyers, not firms” Distressing, frustrating, discouraging? Lawyers are deemed to have real choice in the matter of achieving balance in their…