,” “I’m stressed out,” or “I’m depressed.”  But what is the  We have so many different words in our culture for unpleasant experiences. We might say things like, “I’m sad,” “I’m   in your mind, as a clinician, between sadness, say, and depression ..read more

This article was written by John Welwood, an American clinical psychologist, , teacher, and author, known for integrating psychological and spiritual concepts. He died in 2019. He wrote eight books, including Challenge of the Heart (1985), Journey of the Heart (1990), and Love and Awakening (1996). Trained in  , Welwood earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the  is one of the most common problems in modern society. It appears in chronic low-grade forms that can drain a person’s energy and in more acute forms that can be completely debilitating. Our ..read more

Attorneys will often employ a number of coping strategies – some adaptive, others not-so-adaptive – to deal with their depression. Most attorneys are accustom to working long hours, so I often see many attorneys with depression pour themselves into their work as a way to escape. I’ve also worked with a number of attorneys who have resorted to alcohol and drugs as a way of managing their symptoms. While I wouldn’t say all attorneys who are depressed abuse alcohol and drugs, the majority of attorneys who abuse alcohol and drugs almost always suffer from some form of a mood disorder like depressi ..read more

, a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University, Certifications in to empower lawyers and other high-achieving professionals to transform their lives and work for the better. Adjunct Law Professor of the Year award at Fordham , Jordana Confino understands the unique stressors and demands of the legal profession. And as a recovering perfectionist and overachiever, she is excruciatingly familiar with the limiting beliefs that prevent people from reaching their highest potential. Jordana transformed her own life by leveraging the science of positive psychology and human motivation theory, and she has ..read more

 and why do people confuse the two so often? The Ten Best-Ever Depression Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Depressed and What You Can Do to Change It Anxiety + Depression: Effective Treatment of the Big Two Co-Occurring Disorders. ” An international trainer of mental health professionals, Dr. Wehrenberg coaches people with   via the internet and phone. She’s a frequent contributor to the award-winning magazine,  Because depression comprises sadness. Sadness is a response to a specific situation in which we usually have some kind of loss. The los ..read more

Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts.  Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness ..read more

, Elizabeth Wurtzel writes, “That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious and compounds daily that it’s impossible to ever see the end.” How did I leave helplessness and hopelessness behind? , Elizabeth Gilbert writes, “They flank me – Depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don’t need to show their badges. I know these guys very well . . . then they frisk me. They empty my pockets of any joy I had been carrying there ..read more

Over time, maintaining this secret identity while dealing with the usual strains of trial practice gave rise to a growing depression.  Yet I still performed at a high level and still got results ..read more

Days before I am scheduled to talk, my sleep goes cuckoo. I become incredibly anxious about my speech. What if I fall flat on my face? I graduated from some third-tier law school, after all. I don’t belong lecturing at Harvard.  My churning nighttime ruminations now seep into my days as the event gets closer. about the challenges of living with depression and the epidemic of poor mental health in the legal profession . It was a memorable event ..read more

The distance meant to protect us physically has harmed many psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually. As recently put it, “People are struggling with the emotions as much as they are struggling with the economics.”  The emotions vary in content and intensity: , and all that flows from couped-uped-ness, from mild to griddle hot ..read more