by Jim Dwyer | Aug 29, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith
My search for Joy started in 2001. I’d been living in Portland for three years, when I found myself not so much unhappy with being a lawyer, but not experiencing the deep satisfaction I wanted. As I cast about trying to find what was missing, I came up empty. I’d...
by Jim Dwyer | Aug 8, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, The Lawyer's Compass, Trust, Faith and The Law
We all have our share of hard times. My senior year in high school stands out as one of my darkest. None my friends knew the depth of what was going on inside of me, save one person, Steve Earl. At school, I laughed and joked. I kept my grades up and worked hard at...
by Jim Dwyer | Jul 20, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith, The Power of Thoughts
It’s a warm sunny morning as I’m walking to the courthouse. Instead of soaking up the sun, I find myself nose deep in my own thoughts, thinking about what might go wrong in an upcoming case. Back at the office, I’m sitting at my desk editing a letter and I catch...
by Jim Dwyer | Jun 22, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith
Following is a poem I wrote, “The Caged Truth”, was recently featured in an international lawyer’s magazine called “The Conscious Lawyer”. The magazine is a fresh and visionary publication about law from a conscious perspective. Challenging the status quo about...
by Jim Dwyer | Jun 1, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith
It’s never too late to shape the way being a lawyer ripples through the hours and days outside of my practice. If I keep my nose to the grindstone, working too many hours, banging out as much work as I can, I feel it when I’m at home. I’m too much in my head. I’m...
by Jim Dwyer | May 10, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith
It started on a Friday afternoon 15 years ago. I came home after picking up my two girls from grade school. Jan was watching Oprah and she said, “You should sit down and watch this. I think you’d really like it.” Somewhat begrudgingly, I joined her. It’s not that I...
