The May/June 2025 issue of CT Lawyer features an article by FDH Debt Finance attorney Tanyee Cheung on the topic, "Taming the Legal Ego: Separating Professional Identity from the Self." The article points out how in legal education and practice, little attention is paid to the psychological impact of crafting and maintaining a professional identity that is often problem focused and highly critical. Tanyee later explains that by applying non-attachment/identification teachings, attorneys can begin to experience "unconditional well-being," a sense of well-being that isn't dependent on case outcomes, partner approval, client satisfaction, or billable success, but rather from an objective view of efforts and work.
Read the full article in the Wellness column of CT Lawyer Magazine.