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idealawg
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Thoughts and resources from a lawyer with high ideaphoria.
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Interview of a neuroscientist - Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education
Click to listen to this interview of Adele Diamond. From the Web page:What Adele Diamond is learning about the brain challenges basic assumptions in modern education. Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power of things like play,...
Some articles for you mediators
Thanks, SSRN. "The Four Ways to Assure Mediator Quality (and Why None of Them Work)" "Caucus with Care: The Impact of Pre-Mediation Caucuses on Conflict Resolution" "'I' Before 'E', Except in Mediation: Tr...
Article from Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution: "Venting or Vipassana? Mindfulness Meditation\'s Potential for Reducing Anger\'s Role in Mediation"
I am adding another article to the growing collection of articles and resources focused on contemplative lawyering and mindfulness in the law. This one is entitled "Venting or Vipassana? Mindfulness Meditation's Potential for Reducing Anger...
Does your law firm have a sabbatical program? Some factors to consider
When I was a kid, I remember reading a book about a family going on exciting trips because the father, a college professor, was on sabbatical. To this day, I find the word "sabbatical" full of intrigue and adventure. So I was very intereste...
Sign up to hear an interview of Tal Ben-Shahar, the man who taught that popular happiness course at Harvard
Sign up here to hear a free interview of Tal Ben-Shahar. More about his Harvard happiness course (Boston Globe). From the Web page:See Tal Ben Shahar on The Daily Show here.Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and on the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Cente...
Psychology of possibility: Interview of Ellen Langer about a book my dad just ordered at my recommendation
Because of my enthusiasm about this book, many of my friends and colleagues have read Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility. I think it makes an excellent argument for readjusting your sense of what is possible, without being ...
