Tag Archives: authenticity

Setting Intentions — It’s All About Alignment

It’s funny.  I remember drafting some first posts on this blog where alignment was an organizing force for my writing.  To stay focused, I used anatomy drawings I sketched during my yoga teacher training years ago.  I had actually never been able to draw anything in a literal way before that training.  Anything I createdContinue reading “Setting Intentions — It’s All About Alignment”

Need for Authentic Community — An Open Letter to Recent Law Grads

Dear Other Recent Law Grads, It’s funny, how now that I’m in my thirties, now that I’ve joined a secret society (by this I mean the field of law), now that I’m starting to find even footing in life, I find more and more that what I crave is a sense of community. Sounds cheesy,Continue reading “Need for Authentic Community — An Open Letter to Recent Law Grads”

So Why ARE You Taking the Bar Exam?

This post represents a departure for me.  Most obviously, this is my first post since having officially graduated.  But it is also the first of a series of “conversations” I am beginning to engage in with law professors (from across the U.S. & the world).  Sometimes it will be presented in the form of actualContinue reading “So Why ARE You Taking the Bar Exam?”

Brain in a Jar…

Well, amidst finals (and this time is the last time…) I’ve been re-calibrating from an amazing trip.  It was four days spent at a Zen center just outside of San Francisco, essentially in the middle of a Redwood forest.  What for, you ask?  For inspiration, collaboration and re-generation.  My time was spent with around 30Continue reading “Brain in a Jar…”

Creativity & Authenticity in Your Legal Career

As a final semester 3L I think about this a lot — give a listen to see if you identify with this worldview or if approaching your legal career from a more creative perspective is something you might want to give more consideration to… Please also look out for future posts on this topic, includingContinue reading “Creativity & Authenticity in Your Legal Career”

Playing Characters

Had an epiphany this morning.  (Sidebar: I used to constantly have epiphanies, like, every day – is that because I was in my twenties??) Epiphany goes: Me in bed, letting sunlight stream across my face, lingering in the liminal space between starting and avoiding my day, and almost like light finding its way into aContinue reading “Playing Characters”