Melanie Hodges Neufeld I used to sweat the small stuff and struggle to be resilient. Resiliency is defined by the American Psychological Association as: The process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands. My struggle with resiliency…

Before I more freely discussed my chronic illness, I wrote the post What Have I Done To Deserve This? that focused on the high instance of Imposter Syndrome (Phenomenon) in the legal profession. As first described by Dr. Pauline Clance in the late 1970s: Individuals with the Impostor Phenomenon experience intense feelings that their achievements…

Perfectionism often goes hand in hand with the excessive need for control. It’s true in my case and I suspect is a common characteristic for many lawyers. This correlation is explained in the aptly named Psychology Today article, Perfectionism and the Excessive Need for Control. The need for control is “one of the most debilitating…