In the chaos of parenting during a pandemic, mindfulness strategies can be so helpful but also feel out of reach. Practical strategies to approach incorporating mindfulness as a parent in the legal profession were shared in a recent program…
February is American Heart Month! Get strategies to protect your heart during such stressful times from Dr. Tracey Meyers in this 25-minute installment of Webinars for Busy Lawyers. It is no secret that the legal profession has to deal…
Random Acts of Kindness Day and Week are here! A new metastudy provides guidance on how kindness can help us improve happiness -- and why randomness matters. A new metastudy of 126 studies of almost 200,000 participants shows kindness…
New studies on the connection between happiness and money seem to support previous findings about the greater importance of autonomy. A new study from Wharton demonstrates that "Money matters to happiness -- perhaps more than previously thought." And another,…
The Massachusetts SJC Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being released its Report Summarizing Affinity Bar Town Hall Meetings on Feb. 4, 2021, showing barriers faced by lawyers, judges, and law students from oppressed populations. The Report catalogues experiences shared by…
Information collected and compiled annually by MHA offers data and insight that can be used as a tool for positive change, and a recent program highlighting racial disparities offers more on the need to address racism and its impacts on…
An important new antiracism series from the Mindfulness in Law Society and National Black Law Students Association begins on Thursday, February 11th. 2021 Anti-Racism Initiative MILS and NBLSA have recently announced a series of monthly hour-long anti-racism conversations for…
Join peers in the legal profession for a discussion on support and strategies for coping with the chaos of parenting as a legal professional during the pandemic. “Parenting is one of the most challenging, demanding and stressful undertakings on…
Sleep is important to our health in many ways, but getting as much as we need is easier said than done. Get tips and insight on what matters most as a busy and stressed lawyer or law student. The demands…
Positive psychology offers a range of important lessons that can help make us happier -- but not if we ignore the difficult reality of the conditions we face. With the pandemic intensifying before it gets better and our democracy…