Erin Cowling published in Precedent magazine

Erin recently wrote about The problem with endlessly complaining about work in the Spring 2022 edition of Precedent Magazine.

Are you guilty of venting about work to your colleagues?  Then read Erin's tips to help you rethink your approach to conversations about work with friends and colleagues.

As lawyers, we often look for safe spaces to vent… These conversations are often valuable. Talking to lawyers who understand our problems can help us brainstorm solutions and feel supported. But when lawyers repeatedly gather just to complain about work, that can be as harmful as poring over negative posts on Twitter…Psychologists have a name for this sort of counterproductive behaviour: co-rumination.

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