1 Std. 6 Min.

Muggsy Bogues, the #IBSC, and Practical Tips for Lawyers with ADHD with Shawn Healy, PhD JDHD | A Podcast for Lawyers with ADHD

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Magically, Shawn Healy and I weave together Muggsy Bogues, the itty-bitty shitty committee, the evil New York Yankees, and spot-on practical tips for lawyers with ADHD.

He's charming, insightful, calming, and brilliant, and he talked for more than an hour about how to make meaningful progress building a better life and a better law practice as a lawyer with ADHD.


Learn More about Shawn Healy, PhD

Dr. Shawn Healy is Clinical Psychologist and a member of the clinical staff at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in Massachusetts where he provides individual clinical consultations, groups, and workshops to law students, lawyers, and judges. He regularly presents and publishes on all manner of mental health topics germane to the legal community. Over the past year, Dr. Healy has run several workshops on Practicing Law with ADHD and runs an ongoing monthly support group for law students and lawyers with ADHD. Dr. Healy is also the coauthor of the book The Full Weight of the Law: How Legal Professionals Can Recognize and Rebound from Depression (ABA Publication, 2017).
Facebook (Massachusetts Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers)Twitter (Shawn Healy)Twitter (LCL-Massachusetts)https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-healy-phd-704b6b3/YouTube (LCL-Massachusetts)LCL-Massachusetts Website
Two Quotes
"ADHD and ADD can look like something as simple as difficulty reading material and focusing on it. It can be something as difficult as having their mind wander during classes, during meetings, trying to get stuff done and struggling to focus enough to get important stuff done, feeling the pressure of a deadline bearing down, but just feeling totally powerless in their ability to focus and get the work product done."

"Everybody needs to feel like they have some control over when they work and when they stop working..."

ADHD Resources in this Episode
The Full Weight of the Law: How Legal Professionals Can Recognize and Rebound from Depression, by Jeffrey Fortgang and Shawn HealyLCL-MA ADHD ResourcesDavid & Goliath, by Malcolm GladwellThe Small Firm Roadmap, by Aaron Street, Sam Glover, Stephanie Everett, and Marshall LichtyQuiet, by Susan CainSpark, by John Ratey, MDAcuity SchedulingTransforming ADHD, by Greg Crosby and Tonya LippertJDHD | For Lawyers with ADHD
You can learn lots more, read the show notes, and much, more by visiting TheJDHD.com/9.Join the JDHD mailing list.Leave Marshall a voice note at Speakpipe.com/JDHDSign up for my totally free 10-Day email course, "An Introduction to ADHD for Lawyers."Sign up for our text newsletter— Text “JDHD” to (551) 212-8883 to join!Follow JDHD (and Marshall Lichty) on your favorite social channels!

Magically, Shawn Healy and I weave together Muggsy Bogues, the itty-bitty shitty committee, the evil New York Yankees, and spot-on practical tips for lawyers with ADHD.

He's charming, insightful, calming, and brilliant, and he talked for more than an hour about how to make meaningful progress building a better life and a better law practice as a lawyer with ADHD.


Learn More about Shawn Healy, PhD

Dr. Shawn Healy is Clinical Psychologist and a member of the clinical staff at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in Massachusetts where he provides individual clinical consultations, groups, and workshops to law students, lawyers, and judges. He regularly presents and publishes on all manner of mental health topics germane to the legal community. Over the past year, Dr. Healy has run several workshops on Practicing Law with ADHD and runs an ongoing monthly support group for law students and lawyers with ADHD. Dr. Healy is also the coauthor of the book The Full Weight of the Law: How Legal Professionals Can Recognize and Rebound from Depression (ABA Publication, 2017).
Facebook (Massachusetts Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers)Twitter (Shawn Healy)Twitter (LCL-Massachusetts)https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-healy-phd-704b6b3/YouTube (LCL-Massachusetts)LCL-Massachusetts Website
Two Quotes
"ADHD and ADD can look like something as simple as difficulty reading material and focusing on it. It can be something as difficult as having their mind wander during classes, during meetings, trying to get stuff done and struggling to focus enough to get important stuff done, feeling the pressure of a deadline bearing down, but just feeling totally powerless in their ability to focus and get the work product done."

"Everybody needs to feel like they have some control over when they work and when they stop working..."

ADHD Resources in this Episode
The Full Weight of the Law: How Legal Professionals Can Recognize and Rebound from Depression, by Jeffrey Fortgang and Shawn HealyLCL-MA ADHD ResourcesDavid & Goliath, by Malcolm GladwellThe Small Firm Roadmap, by Aaron Street, Sam Glover, Stephanie Everett, and Marshall LichtyQuiet, by Susan CainSpark, by John Ratey, MDAcuity SchedulingTransforming ADHD, by Greg Crosby and Tonya LippertJDHD | For Lawyers with ADHD
You can learn lots more, read the show notes, and much, more by visiting TheJDHD.com/9.Join the JDHD mailing list.Leave Marshall a voice note at Speakpipe.com/JDHDSign up for my totally free 10-Day email course, "An Introduction to ADHD for Lawyers."Sign up for our text newsletter— Text “JDHD” to (551) 212-8883 to join!Follow JDHD (and Marshall Lichty) on your favorite social channels!

1 Std. 6 Min.