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Committees & Organizations
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Institute for Well-Being in Law
"IWIL’s mission is to transform the legal profession’s approach to well-being. Through advocacy, research, education, technical and resource support, and stakeholder partnerships, IWIL strives to lead a culture shift in law to establish well-being as a core centerpiece of professional success." - Take from site
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Lawyer Well-Being
Created to help Massachusetts lawyers achieve a healthy, positive, and production balance of work, personal life, and health. - Taken from site
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Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
Provides assessment and consultation for addiction, substance use disorders, mental health concerns, and law office management, which can often be negatively impacted by these conditions. LCL’s services are free to students, lawyers, judges, and members of the legal community. Offers resources and events.
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Mass Bar Lawyer Well-Being
The Massachusetts Bar Association's Lawyer Well-Being Committee has created a Lawyer Well-Being page to support member well-being.
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Mindfulness in Law Society
"The mission of the Mindfulness in Law Society (MILS) is to enhance well-being in the legal profession by educating it about the benefits of mindfulness meditation, yoga, and other contemplative practices." - Taken from site
Videos
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How to create a wellness mind map (3 mins)
Creating a mind map can help you bypass any negative critical thinking.
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Sleeping wellness : bridging the gap between body, mind, and sleep (45 mins)
This video explores an interdisciplinary health approach—exercise, nutrition, sleep, and the spine. In that regard, the video examines several of the fundamental precepts of how these four elements impact each other. The video also reviews how these aspects can affect a person’s phenotypic expression (i.e., collectively, the observable traits or characteristics of an individual). In addition, the video discusses the underlying causes of forward head posture, a condition often referred to as “text neck.” Finally, the video looks at the fact that over 40 million people in the United States suffer from a chronic sleep disorder, points out why this is a serious factor in the prevalence of sleep-related problems, and offers insights into what can be done to address the existing state of affairs.
Books & Aids
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Handbook of Occupational Health and Wellness
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Robert J. Gatchel (Editor); Izabela Z. Schultz (Editor)
This book integrates the growing clinical research evidence related to the emerging transdisciplinary field of occupational health and wellness. It includes a wide range of important topics, ranging from current conceptual approaches to health and wellness in the workplace, to common problems in the workplace such as presenteeism/abstenteeism, common illnesses, job-related burnout, to prevention and intervention methods
ISBN: 9781461448396
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Lawyers Anger and Anxiety
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Rebecca Nerison
he book first examines how anger and anxiety are related and the symptoms and costs associated with them. You'll also find advice on seeking happiness through all the stages of your career, and discover valuable tips for staying satisfactorily employed during the most stressful of times. There's also help for those living with a stressed-out lawyer, both at home or at the office. - Publisher description
ISBN: 9781604429497
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Student Wellness & Academic Libraries
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Sara Holder (Editor); Amber Lanno
Post secondary institutions are high stress environments for many students: Undergraduates may be living on their own for the first time, coping with demanding academic requirements, and experimenting with drugs, alcohol, and new social relationships and identities. Advanced degree students tend to have a high level of job insecurity and are also more likely than other students to be juggling family obligations on top of their studies, research, and teaching. Mental health disorders have their peak onset during the university and college years, and severe anxiety is on the rise. Many university libraries across North America are expanding their service offerings to include student wellness initiatives or are making their space available to other campus entities to provide wellness support as mental health issues and awareness of mental health challenges on campus have increased. Student Wellness and Academic Libraries gathers multiple perspectives on wellness programming and discussions of current activities, with case studies, commentary, and research on student wellness initiatives in academic libraries. Some chapters explore one initiative in detail, and others look at a variety of activities and how they fit within a strategy; some focus on a particular aspect of wellness, and others on a particular at-risk group.Academic libraries have always promoted student success through teaching and research support and through instruction in information literacy, a skill that is understood to be useful not just for academic success but also for life success. For college and university students, learning to live well and attend to their mental health are life skills they can and should develop during this time, and academic libraries are increasingly playing a role in this part of the student experience. Student Wellness and Academic Libraries can help those charged with leading these efforts gain valuable insight into ideas and directions the library can take in pursuit of that goal -- Publisher's description
ISBN: 9780838948644
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The Palgrave handbook of fulfillment, wellness, and personal growth at work
This handbook discusses the role of sustainability, well-being and growth in engagement and purpose at work. When employees are dissatisfied with their job, they tend to be disengaged and less productive. Given the correlation between job satisfaction and job performance, organizations are looking for ways to increase employee engagement and productivity. Divided into three sections, this work opens with an examination of the concept of work, then discusses fulfillment of workforce members at mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. The next section on wellness explores drivers that advance interhuman approaches and trends, including meaning, leadership, happiness, resilience, and motivation. The last section focuses on personal and professional growth through the cultivation of an entrepreneurial mindset, but also justice, equity, and interactive flourishing through the promotion of positive trends or the conscious reduction of toxic ones. With contributions from a global cluster of scholars, this book offers readers broad perspectives on the potential nature of work as a gratifying vocation. It will serve as a horizon-expanding reference for those researching topics related to meaningful work and workplace fulfillment and thriving.
ISBN: 9783031354946