Changing Your Legal Mind to Reduce Stress
Being Mindful with the Spiritual Litigator
Release Date: 08/30/2018
Ep. #21: What I'm Reading: 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life
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In this week’s episode, I talk about “5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life” by Bill Eddy, a lawyer and a therapist.
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Ep. #20: Managing Morning Anxiety
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In this week's episode, I talk about how I use routines to manage my morning anxiety.
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Ep. #19: That Case is NOT Your "Baby"
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In this week's episode, I discuss why identifying your case as your "baby" can trigger your primal fight or flight response any time that "baby" is threatened.
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Ep. #18: Criticism Will Not Kill You
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In this week's episode, I talk about three main reasons why criticism leads to beliefs that cause such intense negative emotion.
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Ep. #17: What I'm Reading: Grit
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am happy to report that my goal of reading one book per month has been successful so far.
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Ep. #16: Panic-Free Legal Writing
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In this week's podcast episode, I discuss how to use mindfulness to change the beliefs that cause lawyers to panic when working on a legal writing assignment or project such as a brief or memo.
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Ep #15: Sometimes You Are Wrong
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My fellow litigators: sometimes you will be so sure that your case strategy will work and that someone else’s suggestion will not. And sometimes you will be completely and utterly wrong. If you do not accept that, you will experience the unnecessary emotional and physical consequences of failing to manage your mind.
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Ep #14: The ABCs of Being a Mindful Lawyer
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On today's episode, I talk about the intersection between mindfulness and psychology and how having an understanding of how your brain works and identifying the beliefs that cause negative emotions, actions or results within your legal practice can lead to serious and sustainable improvements.
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Learning to Be a Present Lawyer
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In this week’s podcast episode, I discuss being a present lawyer.
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Setting Realistic Boundaries in Your Law Practice
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In this week’s podcast episode, I discuss setting realistic boundaries in your law practice. If you do not set boundaries with your clients, adversaries, or partners, your productivity and motivation can suffer. Additionally, if you don’t set boundaries in your personal relationships, you may end up with less of them. This episode gives some examples of how to set realistic boundaries and what to do when your boundaries are breached.
info_outlinen this week’s podcast episode, I discuss stress, why its effect on lawyers is important and how to use mindfulness to manage it.
The cognitive model introduced by American psychologist Albert Ellis set forth the A to E process in which humans process events that lead to stress:
An Activating event, your Belief about that event and your Consequential emotion as a result of that event.
From there, he explained that the way to change negative beliefs is by Disputing those beliefs and Exchanging those negative thoughts with better ones.
When you practice mindfulness in your daily life, you can identify the beliefs and stories you are telling yourself in response to an activating event. If that belief is causing stress in your life, you can choose to change the way you are thinking about that event by disputing it and exchanging it for a better feeling thought.
This isn’t an overnight quick fix. This is a day to day application. But, you know that too much stress can harm your career, relationships and overall life satisfaction. And when you know there is a way to improve all areas of your life just by changing your beliefs, it is a game changer.