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 | 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...
