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9 Dec 2009, 10:29 am
Excerpt: However technically proficient a mediator may be, unless they are authentically mindful in themselves, interventions designed to create client mindfulness can be manipulative and mediator-centric rather than driven by concern for the clients. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 7:50 am
Ever since I first learned of Reader Expectation Theory (RET) over two decades ago, I have tried to follow its guidance. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 7:11 am
Excerpt:No doubts: Exercise is essentialThe researchers continue to work out a deeper understanding of the pathways underlying the exercise/neurogenesis connection. [read post]
17 Oct 2010, 3:32 pm
Excerpt: There is a fashion these days for apologies: not apologies for the things that one has actually done oneself (that kind of apology is as difficult to make and as unfashionable as ever), but for public apologies by politicians for the crimes and misdemeanours of their ancestors, or at least of their predecessors. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 10:34 am
From "New Scrutiny on Law School Data" (Inside Higher Ed): A legal team on Wednesday announced plans to sue 15 law schools, charging them with misleading applicants about their job prospects upon graduation. [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 6:24 am
I recall that in the first mediation training I attended, almost all of us were first-born or only children. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 1:31 pm
From Scientific American, the plot of the movie written and produced by non-practicing lawyer Austin Vickers: The movie tells the story of a single father, Aaron Roberts, who destroys his life in an instant, in an accident portrayed as a culmination of stress and sadness. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 11:41 am
Excerpt:With the economy still in the tank and many law firms still struggling, has the legal profession lost sight of its quest for that elusive prize, work-life balance? [read post]
31 Oct 2009, 10:42 am
Of course we catch moods from other people; doing so is often a good lubricant of social interaction. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 9:06 am
Although new articles about multitasking come out so frequently that one would be hard-pressed to read them all, this one from yesterday had some examples and several somewhat interesting quotes from scientists so I read it. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 6:11 pm
Excerpt:Already, forward-looking Canadians are writing their own epitaphs, filming their own memorial biopics and picking their own caskets — ultimately micromanaging their demise the same way they do their lives. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 8:50 am
What are the benefits of writing a personal legacy statement, also known as an ethical will? [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 7:12 am
Excerpt:A new study published in Psychological Bulletin has just reviewed all the neuroscience research on creative thinking and found no good evidence for the pop-culture idea that the right side of the brain is more involved in ‘creative thinking’.Sadly, the full text isn’t available online, but the abstract of the study contains all the punchlines:A review of EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies of creativity and insight.Psychol Bull. 2010 Sep;136(5):822-48.Dietrich A, Kanso… [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 8:15 am
Here's a lecture titled "Let Your Mind Wander" that may get you thinking. [read post]
6 Nov 2010, 11:35 am
Excerpt from "Freeing the Human Spirit in Canada’s Prisons through Yoga/Meditation" (Pine Gate newsletter) [pdf]: Why couldn’t a prisoner’s cell be like a monk’s cell – a place of opportunity and renewal instead of a cage of punishment and despair? [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 8:57 am
Excerpt: Anger is one of the most, if not the most, problematic aspects of practicing law. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 7:15 am
WaPo carried an interesting take on the NFL labor negotiations. [read post]
11 Feb 2012, 8:33 am
Nice article in Common Health about yoga in the medical profession. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 11:06 am
Is it better to think or blink? [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 9:10 am
Law prof James B. [read post]
