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More senior lawyers/partners would do well to apply the economic facts of life to the young people rushing around in front of them in various states of panic. I'd be willing to bet that nobody senior would want to trade places. Don't forget that if you're a senior lawyer/partner, chances are you're at least 40. All of which automatically means this applies:

(1) you would have been a student in the mid-nineties or before, and thus never had any student debt. Plus, your socio-economic circumstances were much easier; your social skills and personal identity were not so challenged so early as 90s society and social demands were less complex and you experienced the 00s debt and tech driven boom.
(2) In 1996, an average first-time buyer borrowed £55,575 and earned £21,575, whereas today’s first timers earn an average £51,000 and borrow £174,000 and they must also save a much larger deposit whilst paying high private sector rents in the context of housing shortages.

(3) The recent major economic and professional services crisis, both arguably ongoing, impact on job security, professional pride and client relationships. Add major ongoing geo-policitcal uncertainty and the threat of terror (incomparable to the IRA). Young people do not know any different, or the good old days.

(4) Incompetence and poor leadership is rife at the top of our societies and corporations, we are all disrupted by tech advances impacting on previously 'safe' 'middle-class' professions.

All this is before you senior lawyers/partners have even given them anything to do!

So where can earnest young people look for good examples of upstanding accomplished and decent role models, for basic reassurance, for pearls of perspective and human understanding that come with experience, and for reasons to stop worrying?

Finally, being told (per article): "learning to understand and navigate their own state of mind was crucial when trying to beat stress. Just because we have negative thoughts in our mind does not mean they are true,"!! This is a typical, irresponsible response from elders, people who should know better.

‘Thoughts, including negative ones, will always come and go, but it will only become an issue if we hang on to them.’ As if sensible young people should totally delude themselves. Unbelievable.