Monthly Wellness Pledge

Monthly Wellness Pledge

Lawyers look stress in the eye every workday. Managing clients, pleasing demanding partners, navigating a highly competitive and unforgiving work culture, battling stubborn opposing counsel, and logging long hours are just some of the demands placed on our shoulders. The heavy burden is reflected in lawyers suffering off the charts mental health and substance abuse problems. 

Committing to wellness is one proven way to make life, even as a lawyer, a little happier and a little healthier. Meditation, exercise, and so many other lifestyle choices are scientifically backed methods to combat stress and create mental clarity. Importantly, wellness can be engaged in on an individual and organizational level. While I can choose to meditate by myself, my organization can have a designated meditation room and organize a meditation retreat to encourage meditation organization wide.

To help make your life and your fellow lawyers’ lives happier and healthier, we are asking you to engage in a monthly wellness pledge. This pledge is designed to be more than words but a call to action. In fact, we ask you to strongly consider reporting your wellness activity to keep yourself accountable to the monthly pledge. The self-reporting wellness activity form is linked below. To keep this fun, wellness activities are assigned points to get the competitive juices flowing.
 

July Monthly Wellness Pledge.

To help you reclaim your mental autonomy, our wellness subcommittee introduces the Digital Declaration Challenge. This month, we invite you to choose at least one hour each evening—ideally between dinner and sleep—to leave your phone in a different room. During this hour, engage in an activity that does not involve a screen: read a book, enjoy a conversation, or take a walk in the evening air. The goal is to train your nervous system to recognize that you are in control of your attention, rather than your devices, allowing your brain to enter the restorative state it needs to function at its peak.

Mindful Minute: Declaring Your Digital Independence

By Koryn Sheppard
July marks a national milestone of historic significance: the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 

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Suggestions for wellness topics? Email Co-Chair Jim Eischen (jim@eischenlawoffice.com)