In recognition of Well-Being Week in Law and Mental Health Awareness Month, the TBA is offering a special CLE package featuring three hours of programming focused on attorney wellness, mindfulness and compassionate lawyering. The package includes sessions on preventing burnout, addressing bias in the legal system and fostering empathy in legal practice through programs such as “Thriving Under Pressure: Mindfulness Techniques to Prevent Burnout and Ensure Ethical Legal Practice,” “The Rookie Series: Compassionate Lawyering” and “Realign — Justice, Well-Being and the Law Addressing Bias.” The offering also coincides with National Treatment Court Month. The TBA has a foundational program on Tennessee’s recovery courts also scheduled. Learn more about that program on the TBA website.

Day five of Well-Being Week in Law focuses on valuing your emotions, developing an ability to identify and manage emotions, and seeking help for mental health when needed. Suggestions for improving your emotional well-being include doing a mental health check-in with yourself by taking a brief mental health self-assessment. Use a mental health checklist to evaluate any areas of risk and make a plan to take action. Explore new things and add variety to your daily routine, which can positively impact mood, well-being and creative thinking. Access resources for incorporating tips from this week into your daily routine.

Day four of Well-Being Week in Law focuses on building connections and a reliable support network to better contribute to our groups and communities. Suggestions for improving social well-being at work include avoiding being disrespectful or unfair to colleagues, making a meaningful contribution that benefits your group or organization, or sending a quick note of gratitude. Check out resources for these and other actions to enhance inclusion, engagement and belonging.

Day three of Well-Being Week in Law focuses on career and intellectual well-being with the goals of finding personal satisfaction, professional growth and financial stability. Lawyers are encouraged to engage in creative or intellectually challenging activities that foster ongoing development. These include picking an area for personal growth and making a specific action plan for the next three months; building breaks into the work day to maintain focus, brain health and mental well-being; and swapping TV-watching for activites that foster growth. Get resources to help with each of these.

Today's theme for Well-Being Week in Law is "Align," designed to cultivate a sense of meaning and purpose in work and life. This is accomplished by aligning one's work and life with values, goals and interests. Need some practical ways to implement this? Do five new things that positively impact or improve the welfare of work colleagues or clients. Choose things outside your normal work routine, and do them all in one day. Research says you’ll get a boost in your work’s meaningfulness. Get other suggestions for implementing today's goals and inspire others by posting about your efforts with the hashtag #WellbeingWeekInLaw. Stay tuned for more well-being tips and resources throughout this week.

Well-Being Week in Law kicks off today with an emphasis on physical well-being and staying strong. Goals include engaging in regular activity, adopting good diet and nutrition, getting enough sleep, limiting addictive substances, seeking help for physical health when needed and trying out a new physical activity. Get suggestions for implementing today's goals and inspire others by posting about your efforts with the hashtag #WellbeingWeekInLaw. Stay tuned for more well-being tips and resources throughout this week.

Well-Being Week in Law (WWIL) is organized annually by the Institute for Well-Being in Law (IWIL) during Mental Health Awareness Month. Its aim is to raise awareness about mental health and encourage action and innovation across the profession year-round to improve well-being. This year's overall theme is Well-Being Reboot: A Fresh Start for Positive Change, which embodies two key ideas: a clean slate to start/restart well-being action plans and behavior changes aimed at greater well-being. TBA Today will share tips each day next week to encourage members to prioritize their well-being. Visit the TBA's Wellness Resources page for other resources.

In celebration of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Institute for Well-Being in Law has inaugurated the first annual Well-Being Week in Law (WWIL) May 1-5. Visit the website to find out more. In addition, the U.S. Surgeon General’s office released a new study about the healing effects of social connections. Visit the website for details. TBA Members attending the 2023 TBA Convention in Knoxville June 14-17 who are interested in mental health issues should sign up for the CLE, Attorney Wellness Inside and Out, a two-part panel discussion on how to improve your well-being. Visit the Convention page for more details and be sure register for the convention.

Well-Being Week in Law wraps up today with a focus on emotional well-being, which means we value emotions, think resiliently, savor positive experiences and seek mental health help when needed. The Institute for Well-Being in the Law offers several guides to help lawyers develop these habits. Activity guides include “Retraining Unhelpful Thoughts,” “Savoring Positive Experiences” and “Vanquishing Languishing.” A conversation guide also is available to spur discussion on “Managing Mental Health in the Workplace.” Check out these and other resources from the institute.

Have you heard of a “lollipop” moment? Today’s #WellbeingWeekinLaw theme is CONNECT: Social Well-Being. Watch the TEDx talk “Creating More Lollipop Moments” on how everyday acts of kindness or social connection can have a large impact.