Michelle Thompson 
This starts a robust set of posts on self-care and practicing law. Resistant Vision places this as one of the most important values because you can’t pour from an empty cup. Self-care is the means to enjoying your work, and, most importantly, building a life outside of work. And of course, it’s important just because … Read more
Here in the United States, when we start the month of September, we are going to hear all sorts of bloviating about the upcoming congressional elections. You’re going to hear that it’s the midterm elections and that the party in power is more likely to lose seats in Congress. You’re going to hear how Biden’s … Read more
New York State’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, has made national headlines again . . . and not for good reasons. You are likely aware that Letitia James, the state’s Attorney General (a Black woman), investigated sexual harassment complaints against him and found that they were credible. And today he resigned. 👏🏾 I was never a fan … Read more
Aaaaaah, in the United States, we’re reopening? Right? Everything is going right back to usual. Go grocery shopping without a mask. Book a cruise for your vacation. Eat in restaurants. Go see a movie in a theater. We. Are. Baaaaaack!! One of the delusions in the U.S. is this insistence on rugged individualism. Each person … Read more
Yes, this term was new to me as well, until I read this Washington Post article. I suspect you’re well aware about the Surfside condominium collapse in Miami, right? It turns out that BIPOC communities in Miami are on higher ground, away from the shores, where this condominium complex was located. Traditionally, with real estate, properties that … Read more
This summer, there have been amazing developments with the oil and gas industry that have everything to do with climate change. I couldn’t make this up if I tried. First of all, in the Netherlands, Royal Dutch Shell sustained a court ruling that required that they reduce their carbon emissions by 45% by 2035 (that actually may be too … Read more
I think you know that Michelle Dionne Thompson Coaching and Consulting is about making sure that women in academia can build sustainable, long-term careers. Writing support is the cornerstone of making this happen. And yet, as this survey reflects, it is also the one part of academic jobs/degrees that causes no end of upset and stress. The … Read more
When I started Michelle Dionne Thompson Coaching and Consulting, I could have easily just targeted academics with my services because that was the world I was in. And yet, I remembered what was so challenging about practicing law. It wasn’t just the 80 hours per week for 40K per year. It was the never-ending anxieties … Read more
You all know that I LOVE me some sleep! And that has gone fairly well for me. I must tell you I put another tool in my toolkit to enable sweet dreams. I was at an online retreat with my coach, and she was saying that before she leads retreats, she often doesn’t sleep well. … Read more
Systems and writing may seem contradictory. Don’t we write when the muse hits? Otherwise, we’re suffering from writer’s block, right? You just open the document and write the thing. When you edit, you just do the copy edits with the red pen. There’s no system. My answer to that is NO! Writing is easier and … Read more