Mindfulness and bar exam preparations don’t necessarily go together in the real world…
Or do they?
The Law Library has resources to help take your mind off of the stressful periods of studying and worrying about the impending bar exams. Check out the following titles we have on the topic of mindfulness and well-being. The Law Library also provides stress-relieving activities, such as coloring design pages, origami, games, and puzzles, and healthy snacks to help you balance your days with all of the studying. Enjoy, and good luck on exams!!
Flourish : A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being by Martin E. P. Seligman
Call Number: BF204.6.S45 2013
Thought-provoking in its implications for education, economics, therapy, medicine, and public policy – the very fabric of society – Flourish tells inspiring stories of Positive Psychology in action, including how the entire U.S. Army is now trained in emotional resilience; how innovative schools can educate for fulfillment in life and not just for workplace success; and how corporations can improve performance at the same time as they raise employee well-being. With interactive exercises to help readers explore their own attitudes and aims, Flourish is a watershed in the understanding of happiness as well as a tool for getting the most out of life.
Make Peace with Your Mind : How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You From Your Inner Critic by Mark Coleman
Call Number: BF637.P3C65 2016
The inner critic is the voice inside our heads reminding us that we are never “good enough.” It’s behind the insidious thoughts that can make us second-guess our every action and doubt our own value. The inner critic might feel overpowering, but it can be managed effectively. Meditation teacher and therapist Mark Coleman helps readers understand and free themselves from the inner critic using the tools of mindfulness and compassion. Each chapter offers constructive insights into what creates, drives, and disarms the critic; real people’s journeys to inspire and guide readers; and simple practices anyone can use to live a free, happy, and flourishing life.
Declutter Your Mind : Simple and Effective Strategies to Free Yourself from Anxiety and Worry
by John Williams
Call Number: BF637.S4W55 2018
In Declutter Your Mind, author John Williams discusses physical and psychological aspects of how we let clutter affect us, in the form of distraction, stress, anxiety, and depression. He describes effective strategies for decluttering our lives to become more efficient and healthier.
If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? by Raj Raghunathan
Call Number: BF637.S8R25 2016
If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? takes readers on a fun and meaningful tour of the best research available on how some of the very determinants of success may also come to deflate happiness. Raj Raghunathan explores the seven most common inclinations that successful people need to overcome, and the seven habits they should adopt instead. Among his surprising findings: The correlation between wealth and happiness is much smaller than you’d expect it to be; Generosity is not only a key to happiness, but a determining factor of long term success; Appreciating uncertainty, rather than seeking full control of outcomes, is necessary for happiness. This book will give you a powerful new perspective on your work, personal goals and relationships, whether you’re already successful or just starting out.
The Introvert’s Way : Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World by Sophia Dembling
Call Number: BF698.35.I59D46 2012
This clever and pithy book challenges introverts to take ownership of their personalities…with quiet strength. Sophia Dembling asserts that the introvert’s lifestyle is not “wrong” or lacking, as society or extroverts would have us believe. Through a combination of personal insights and psychology, The Introvert’s Way helps and encourages introverts to embrace their nature, to respect traits they may have been ashamed of and reframe them as assets. You’re not shy; rather, you appreciate the joys of quiet. You’re not antisocial; instead, you enjoy recharging through time alone. You’re not unfriendly, but you do find more meaning in one-on-one connections than large gatherings. By honoring what makes them unique, this astute and inspiring book challenges introverts to “own” their introversion, igniting a quiet revolution that will change how they see themselves and how they engage with the world.
Lawyer Wellness Is Not an Oxymoron by Andy Clark
Call Number: K120.C53 2013
Tomorrow’s top lawyers know that lawyer wellness is NOT an oxymoron. Now more than ever, lawyers who fail to invest consistently in their personal wellness are at a competitive disadvantage in their legal career – and in their lives as a whole. Lawyers who do not adopt a wellness lifestyle today will fall further behind in the coming years as the legal services business rapidly evolves. This book shows you why this is so – and gives you the essential wellness information and resources you need to thrive in tomorrow’s legal services landscape.
Beyond Smart : Lawyering With Emotional Intelligence by Ronda Muir
Call Number: K120.M83 2017
Beyond Smart : Lawyering With Emotional Intelligence is the first comprehensive guide to understanding, using and raising emotional intelligence in the unique context of law practice. This user-friendly, practical resource is designed for today’s legal professional who desires to improve their communication, client service and leadership skills and create a high performance, high functioning workplace.
Beyond One L : Stories About Finding Meaning and Making a Difference in Law by Nancy Levit; Allen Rostron (Editors)
Call Number: KF287.B49 2019
Beyond One L: Stories About Finding Meaning and Making a Difference in Law is inspired by Scott Turow’s One L, the classic account of a first year law student’s experience at Harvard Law School. With an introduction by Turow, Beyond One L explores first, second, and third year experiences in the decades since One L was published. It then moves beyond law school to tell the stories of taking the bar, searching for judicial clerkships, practicing law, and leaving law practice to become a teacher or judge. Story authors include lawyer Gerry Spence; Above the Law editor David Lat; professors Ian Ayres, Stephen Carter, Deborah Waire Post, and Adrienne Wing; and judges Marilyn Skoglund, Donn Kessler, and Michael Zimmerman. The stories are about the moments in life that were game-changers; ones that changed the course of the authors’ careers or brought them extraordinary meaning.
Mindfulness and Professional Responsibility : A Guide Book for Integrating Mindfulness into the Law School Curriculum by Scott Rogers; Jan Jacobowitz
Call Number: KF287.R642 2012
In Mindfulness & Professional Responsibility: A Guidebook for Integrating Mindfulness into the Law School Curriculum, Scott Rogers and Jan Jacobowitz share with readers their methodology for weaving together mindfulness and professional responsibility in the classroom. Due to the breadth of the book’s mindfulness content, readers will find its to serve not only as a vehicle for enhancing the educational process, but also as a critical component in decision making and as an important life skill.
How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School by Kathryne M. Young
Call Number: KF287.Y68 2018
Bursting with warmth, realism, and a touch of firebrand wit, How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School equips law students with much-needed wisdom for thriving during those three crucial years. Combining her own observations and experiences with the results of her study and the latest sociological research on law schools, author Kathryne Young offers a very different take from previous books about law school survival. Instead of assuming her readers should all aspire to law-review-and-big-firm notions of success, Young teaches students how to approach law school on their own terms: how to tune out the drumbeat of oppressive expectations and conventional wisdom to create a new breed of law school experience altogether. Young provides readers with practical tools for finding focus, happiness, and a sense of purpose while facing the seemingly endless onslaught of problems law school presents daily. This book is an indispensable companion for today’s law students, prospective law students, and anyone who cares about making law students’ lives better.
The Best Lawyer You Can Be : A Guide to Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Wellness by Stewart Levine
Call Number: KF297.B47 2018
It’s no secret that individual lawyers are under siege in a profession with a high incidence of stress, divorce, substance abuse, and suicide. In this groundbreaking multi-dimensional collection, tools and information are provided to harness the transformative power of being more relational and less transactional. The earmark of happy lawyers is the development of emotional intelligence, resilience, and mindfulness practice, which is essential to thrive in the competitive environment of lawyering.
A Lawyer’s Guide to Healing : Solutions for Addiction and Depression by Don Carroll
Call Number: KF298.C37 2006
In this definitive self-help guide for lawyers in recovery from addiction and depression, author Don Carroll discusses how both conditions affect lawyers specifically, and how recovery can help lawyers reclaim their professional and personal lives.
Positive Professionals : Creating High-Performing Profitable Firms Through the Science of Engagement by Anne Brafford
Call Number: KF300.B73 2017
Positive Professionals is a practical handbook of science-backed strategies to foster full engagement by enhancing people’s experience of meaningful work, of feeling valued and valuable, and of growing and developing. The book’s well-researched business case convincingly shows that greater engagement boosts not only individual well-being but also profitability, productivity, performance, retention of talent, and client satisfaction.
Happy Lawyer : The Art of Having It All Without Losing Your Mind by Dirk Davidek; Beverly Davidek
Call Number: KF300.D38 2018
If you are struggling to find a way to provide for yourself and family without losing yourself, this book is for you. Part Ask and It Is Given and part What Color Is Your Parachute? (but written for lawyers), Happy Lawyer gives you the tools you need to get unstuck in your legal career and start living your dream.
The Upward Spiral : Getting Lawyers from Daily Misery to Lifetime Wellbeing by Harvey Hyman J.D.
Call Number: KF300.H96 2010
This book is a comprehensive self-help guide that can save the careers and lengthen the lives of lawyers under stress, and help them achieve the unthinkable – to feel happy, joyful, grateful to be alive.
Untangling Fear in Lawyering : A Four-Step Journey Toward Powerful Advocacy by Heidi K. Brown
Call Number: KF311.B76 2019
Untangling Fear in Lawyering discusses the reality, causes, manifestations, and consequences of fear in legal education and practice, from the standpoint of law students, junior attorneys, and clients. It analyzes fear from a cognitive, physical, and emotional perspective. The book draws guidance from how other industries address fear (and mistake-making) in education and training.
Defining Moments : Insights into the Lawyer’s Soul by Melanie Bragg
Call Number: KF353.D44 2019
This book serves as a roadmap for leadership and personal growth applicable to all audiences. Interviews by Melanie Bragg revealed that each lawyer has a “LEAD Line,” or success principle, that he or she has lived by on their road to success. This unique compilation is organized into Bragg’s own leadership model consisting of L-Legacy, E-Excellence, A-Authenticity, and D-Determination. Touching upon every aspect of our lives, the LEAD Lines are practical and inspiring principles that can take any aspiring person from where they are to where they want to be in life. The stories are told by a wide range of lawyers–past ABA presidents, judges, big firm lawyers, small firm lawyers, non-practicing lawyers–what they all have in common is their ultimate success was driven by their defining moments.