Zen Under FireMindfulness in the Courtroom & Beyond
Tyson E. Logan, The Spence Law Firm, LLC
the problem:
stress & anxiety. unhappiness
• legal profession: lead nation highest rate of depression
• lawyers have highest rate of suicide
• 20% of all lawyers— alcoholism / substance abuse
• 61% of Lawyers report problems with anxiety
• 45% report problems with depression
• OUR PROFESSION IS NOT HAPPY.
the fix
find some quiet.
give yourself 20’
Meditation
“Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose” -Yoda
find some joy.
practice gratitude
tyson logan [email protected]
references/resources• headspace.com and the headspace app
• mindbodyonline.com and the mindbody app
• morning routine: Benjamin Hardy, Peak-State Checklist, benjaminhardy.com
• Dan Harris: 10% HAPPIER: HOW I TAMED THE VOICE IN MY HEAD, REDUCED STRESS WITHOUT LOSING MY EDGE, AND FOUND SELF-HELP THAT ACTUALLY WORKS—A TRUE STORY, DAY ST., 2014
• Thich Nhat Hahn: The Miracle of Mindfulness, Beacon Books, 1975
• Eckhart Tolle: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Namaste Publishing, 1999
• Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph, Portfolio/Penguin, 2014
• Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, Hyperion, 1997
• Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
• J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, Little, Brown and Co., 2008
• A. Huffington, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder, Harmony Books, 2014
• Charles F. Zorumski and Eugene H. Rubin, Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Oxford University Press (2011)
• Pajonk FG, “Hippocampal Plasticity in Response to Exercise in Schizophrenia,” Archives of of General Psychiatry (2010 Feb)
• Tyger Latham Psy.D., “The Depressed Lawyer,” Psychology Today (2011)
• ABA/Hazelton study: P. Krill, “The Prevalence of Substance Use and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys,” Journal of Addiction Medicine (V. 10, Issue 1, Jan 2016)