Bottles of Life  Bottles of wines On a shelf Where they Come from I don’t always know At the table Rest glasses All sizes and shapes Some empty Others full Which do I drink? Betrayal, compassion [...]

If it only takes one to bring down a relationship, then the opposite is equally true. It only takes one to set a course that raises it up.   A marriage, partnership, or friendship is more than [...]

If you go to Amazon.com and type in “Relationships” in the book category, you’ll find over a thousand books on the topic. Surprisingly, I couldn’t find one written by a lawyer.    Lawyers are [...]

In my senior year in high school, I was internally falling apart, after picking my mom up at the Oregon State Mental Hospital. There was one person who helped me put myself back together: Steve [...]

Don’t forget your compass. It makes sense that you think about using it when you’re lost, in an area you don’t know well or when you’re at a critical junction. You’re actually in greatest need of [...]

Preparing for my presentation on “Fake Listening” for the Lawyer’s as Changemakers seminar made it crystal clear that the negative reputation we lawyers have is self-inflicted. Here’s a [...]

It was early afternoon on a Wednesday in 2004. I was at the office talking with my wife on the phone about how her day was going, when seemingly for no reason, she said “Are you on your [...]

Law school was the most intense two years of my life. (I was in an accelerated two-year program.) The anxiety it caused was overwhelming on a near-daily basis. The idea of going it alone day [...]

Four months ago I was at a fundraising event and I’d just met a gentleman when he asked me a question that I generally steer clear of discussing: “What do you do for a living?” I answered (with [...]

When was the last time you had a conversation about a difficult topic? I recently had one with a client that left me with an important life reminder. I was meeting with Walter (not his real name) [...]