by Sharon Ames, Esq | May 3, 2021 | Featured
Did you know that the first week in May is Lawyer Wellness Week? When I first heard about that I laughed to myself thinking “now THERE’s an oxymoron!” And then I started to ask myself why I had that reaction. Why does the concept of wellness seem so foreign to many of...
by Sharon Ames, Esq | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
A few years ago, I discovered a word that described what I had felt, and still feel on occasion, during most of my legal career: “Imposter Syndrome.” It’s actually not a new term at all and has been around at least since the 1970s. But the term is new to...
by Sharon Ames, Esq | May 21, 2020 | Featured
“. . .women in the legal profession are being hit hard by this crisis. Many are attempting to do the impossible and there is a reluctance to admit they are not super women.” Dana Denis-Smith, founder of The First 100 Years Mental health in the legal profession has...
by Sharon Ames, Esq | Apr 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
“There’s a first time for everything.” We’ve heard this our whole life from parents, grandparents, teachers and others who were or are trying to guide us through the difficulties of doing anything for the first time. It is so often used that we...
by Sharon Ames, Esq | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was miserable. In the late 90s, as a family law practitioner, I decided I’d had just about enough of trying to do the impossible: getting people divorced in a civil manner, trying to resolve deep family issues in the context of a family court proceeding, or getting...
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