You as a Legal Professional are stressed.
And why wouldn't you be?
Let’s face it: the legal profession is intense. From demanding clients, heavy workloads, and the pressure of billable hour requirements, to working in an often competitive and adversarial environment, it’s no wonder that lawyers and staff report feeling isolated and overworked. One in five lawyers report working over 100 hours during their busiest week and 29% of legal professionals report experiencing burnout.1
Due to this high pressure environment, combined with often over-achieving and perfectionist personalities, depression and anxiety were pervasive in the legal profession well before the pandemic. Stress levels and mental health issues in the legal profession have only risen in the past year, due to the thinning boundary between work and home life and increased expectations to be available 24/7. 70% of lawyers surveyed reported that their mental health has gotten worse due to the pandemic.2
Mindfulness for Lawyers, taught by a Lawyer
A comprehensive approach to stress management for legal professionals. Our 10 module online program is specifically designed for individuals working within all facets of the legal system.
Our programs are rooted in Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and Self-Compassion, with a bonus module on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
You will learn how to create sustainable rituals for self-care, cultivate resilience, and explore various Mindful Awareness Practices.
This is not another thing you have to do for your clients or firm. This is for YOU.
Approximately 11 hours of video content and practice exercises covering the following topics:
Meet your program co-hosts, get an introduction to the foundations of Mindfulness, and learn the importance of practicing sustainable self-care rituals as a Legal Professional.
Build your capacity to focus. Learn to calm your mind, sharpen your attention, and freshen your perspective in order to think outside the box and enhance your problem solving skills.
Understand why positive emotions have a significant impact on our resilience and how to cultivate them in daily life. Start to give yourself permission to feel good and contribute to your own wellbeing.
Explore the science of stress and understand our inherent “negativity bias” as humans. Learn how to be present with feelings of discomfort and negative emotions in order to transform your experience with stressful situations.
Take a closer look at your ingrained habits and patterns that may no longer be serving you. Understand how to navigate periods of transition in order to foster growth and resilience.
Explore foundational Positive Psychology topics such as Grit, Character Strengths, and Hopefulness to help shift your perspective and develop a greater sense of meaning and purpose.
Discover what Self-Compassion truly is and the various practices you can use to cultivate deeper compassion for yourself and others. Use Self-Compassion to prevent and heal stress and burnout and provide a sense of balance in your daily life and work.
Learn how to apply Mindfulness and sustainable self-care practices to the specific context of your work as a Legal Professional. Explore practical exercises and tools to use at work in order to reduce burnout, view your cases with a fresh perspective, and be more present with your clients and colleagues.
Use Mindfulness to communicate with more presence, clarity, and patience to help strengthen your connection with others. Learn useful communication strategies and phrases in order to respond to triggers in a more skillful way.
As the program comes to a close, learn how you can continue your exploration of Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and Self-Compassion with both formal and informal practices. Consider how you can continue practicing sustainable self-care in a way that works for you. While the modules have come to an end, your journey has only just begun!
