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Author: Jennifer Alvey

Recovering lawyer. Writer and creative dabbler. There better be coffee involved.
December 1, 2021December 2, 2021 Jennifer Alvey

Could You Be a Highly Sensitive Person Masquerading as a Tough Lawyer?

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September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Jennifer Alvey

All Former Lawyers Are Bitter!

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Jennifer Alvey

CRAP! Why Am I Still Here?

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October 10, 2020October 9, 2020 Jennifer Alvey

Three Days & Three Ways to Lower Lawyer/Pandemic Anxiety

August 31, 2020 Jennifer Alvey

Should You Go To Law School?

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July 21, 2020 Jennifer Alvey

All They’ve Sown Was a Song: A Pandemic Soundtrack for Unhappy Lawyers

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July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Jennifer Alvey

Being Different in Law’s Perfection-Obsessed Culture

April 3, 2020 Jennifer Alvey

Is the Pandemic Triggering Your Lawyer Perfectionism?

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March 18, 2020April 3, 2020 Jennifer Alvey

When Everything’s Gone to S%#(*

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February 29, 2020 Jennifer Alvey

Top 3 Limiting Beliefs Most Lawyers Cling To—Do You?

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