Wellness and Balance
Are you stressed? Your Member Assistance Program (MAP) can help
Do any of these sound familiar – competing deadlines, too many “top priorities”, billing hour targets, client demands, juggling the responsibilities of being an employee and parent, caring for elderly parent, or insufficient time to get everything done? Learning to manage stress effectively is important. To counter the negative effects of stress, consider the following… Read More »
Categories: Wellness and BalanceReading the signs: Stepping in when a colleague needs help
As adults in the workplace, we usually strive to respect our coworkers’ privacy and autonomy. But it’s important to understand the difference between being nosy and being responsive. The taboos that accompany mental illness, substance abuse and interpersonal problems can make it difficult for workers to seek help when they need it. By reacting sensitively… Read More »
Categories: Wellness and BalanceTake your health and well-being to the next level with your Member Assistance Program
Are you ready to take your health and well-being to the next level? Homewood Health’s Member Assistance Program now offers The 12 Weeks to Wellness Program : a comprehensive, self-directed approach to support behaviour changes and includes access to life coaching, nutritional counselling, and a confidential health risk assessment over a 12-week period. You can… Read More »
Categories: Wellness and BalanceThe 2016 LAWPRO Magazine student issue is out
The 2016 Student Edition of LAWPRO Magazine (“Moving Into Practice”) is now online and will be arriving in Ontario law schools in the next few weeks. Its the fourth LAWPRO Magazine issue focused on providing students with resources to make the transition from student to lawyer. It also serves as an introduction to LAWPRO and… Read More »
Categories: Practice Aids, Career Management, Wellness and Balance, Legal Technology, LAWPRO Errors and Omissions CoverageHelp for lawyers on #BellLetsTalk Day
Today is Bell’s Let’s Talk Day, which has brought publicity to the issue of mental health in Canada. Bell will donate 5¢ to mental health initiatives for every Tweet using #BellLetsTalk, as well as for certain texts and calls (full details at letstalk.bell.ca). LAWPRO understands the importance of mental health and wellness in the practice… Read More »
Categories: Wellness and BalanceNot feeling like yourself? Your Member Assistance Program can help
We know that being involved in the legal profession can be intense, with high expectations and demands. Your Member Assistance Program (MAP) helps you take practical and effective steps to improve well-being. Confidential counselling Within a confidential environment, you can receive counselling for any challenge—whether it’s a first step in facing a possible addiction, or… Read More »
Categories: Wellness and BalanceProtecting the Team – A Firm’s Most Valuable Asset – by Keeping Watch
While the primary responsibility for wellness rests with the individual, nothing is more important to a law practice than its lawyers and staff. The “firm” – Big Law or a solo practice – can do nothing without people; the better those people feel, the more productive they will be, and the more profitable the firm… Read More »
Categories: Wellness and BalanceProtecting the Team – A Firm’s Most Valuable Asset – by Nudging Your People to Health and Wellness
While the primary responsibility for wellness rests with the individual, nothing is more important to a law practice than its lawyers and staff. The “firm” – Big Law or a solo practice – can do nothing without people; the better those people feel, the more productive they will be, and the more profitable the firm… Read More »
Categories: Wellness and Balance