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...
by Heidi Webb | Aug 2, 2021 | 2021
Listen to the audio version of this post The word ‘adversary’ has a negative connotation, so it’s understandable that the adversarial legal process does as well. Therefore, when heading down that path clients often presuppose that it will be painful and...
by Heidi Webb | Jun 23, 2021 | 2021
For many of us it’s the season of graduations- a time to reflect on journeys taken and the sweet feelings of success. It’s the time of endings and new beginnings, both of which carry with them excitement and stress, happiness, and melancholy. For me, this year...
by Heidi Webb | Jun 15, 2021 | 2021
One of the baffling things about the English language — and language altogether — is that sometimes one word can mean several things, and it’s hard to know exactly what someone means if you don’t know all the meanings of a flexible word or phrase. In this...
