by Heidi Webb | Sep 20, 2022 | 2022
This blog and blog series is being written by Adam Singer, who handles social media and forward-facing content for the Consilium Institute. He has read the She-Hulk comics, and will be analyzing the TV series in terms of how it portrays legal issues and court...
by Heidi Webb | May 17, 2022 | 2022
During this long slog of a spring, I’ve found myself feeling somewhat complacent and blue. Reflecting on why got me thinking about the power of our attitude, and the impact of how we frame our lives and the events within them. For the lifetimes of the majority of US...
by Heidi Webb | Apr 13, 2022 | 2022
By: The Hon. Julie Kunce Field (ret.) Thirty years ago, My Cousin Vinny appeared in theaters. A true “fish out of water” story, both for Vinny Gambini (the brand-new New York attorney who travels to Alabama to help his cousin) and for his young cousin Bill and Bill’s...
by Heidi Webb | Mar 3, 2022 | 2022
Recently I’ve read two impactful books, Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks, and Atul Gawande’sBeing Mortal. I’m not sure if their profundity has struck me more deeply in the light of the pandemic and its impact on my perspective of time, my age and my...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 13, 2022 | 2022
January is a complicated month for me, but it wasn’t always so. As a child it was a month of celebrating, since one of my brothers and I both have January birthdays. Growing up on the Charles River meant that many years included birthday celebrations of skating and...
by Heidi Webb | Dec 27, 2021 | 2021
I woke up this morning thinking about gratitude. I suppose it’s “that time of year” when we all hope to pause and appreciate the bounty of our efforts… but amidst the isolation and emotionally taxing challenges of the past couple of years, maintaining an...
by Heidi Webb | Nov 12, 2021 | 2021
In Plato’s Apology, written nearly 2500 years ago, he famously quoted Socrates as saying that “The unexamined life is not worth living”. Socrates’ words have resonated with me over the years, so much so that I recall using that quote as the opening...
by Heidi Webb | Nov 2, 2021 | 2021
a/k/a The Conservatorship of Britney Spears Is it only with 20:20 hindsight that through her songs and their titles Britney seemed to be screaming for help? Bright lights and lots of media attention shone on September’s precedent-setting ruling on the...
by Heidi Webb | Oct 5, 2021 | 2021
Listen to the audio version of this post It’s Terminology Tuesday, so today we are tackling the word Guardianship, which is a legal term used to protect minors and individuals with diminished capacity. Understanding the derivation of the word can help explain its...
by Heidi Webb | Aug 19, 2021 | 2021
Listen to the audio version of this post While scrolling through my Instagram feed, I saw that Mally Skok, a friend, an amazingly creative interior designer and one of my favorite IG posters, had begun commenting on her feelings, memories and reflections as she and...
