Your well-being matters. It is strongly correlated with professional success, higher cognitive ability, better memory, improved executive functioning, physical health and longevity, better relationships, lower divorce rates, resilience to stress, better perceptions of work / life balance, and a lower risk of developing the mental health and substance use concerns that too many of our colleagues face.
Well-being can be thought of as a continuous process toward thriving in all areas of our lives. This process is expansive. It involves developing positive qualities, strengths, and life conditions that allow us to productively engage with our work and communities, enjoy what we do and be successful doing it, recognize our own potential, achieve meaningful goals, cope with the normal stress of life in healthy ways, and still have energy left over to enjoy the other parts of life. Creating a Well-Being Movement in the Utah Legal Community 6 (Feb. 2019) (citing The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change 9 (Aug. 2017) (citing research on lawyer and law student mental health)).
Well-being will look a little different for each of us, but it includes our attention to the following six life dimensions:
Well-being can be thought of as a continuous process toward thriving in all areas of our lives. This process is expansive. It involves developing positive qualities, strengths, and life conditions that allow us to productively engage with our work and communities, enjoy what we do and be successful doing it, recognize our own potential, achieve meaningful goals, cope with the normal stress of life in healthy ways, and still have energy left over to enjoy the other parts of life. Creating a Well-Being Movement in the Utah Legal Community 6 (Feb. 2019) (citing The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change 9 (Aug. 2017) (citing research on lawyer and law student mental health)).
Well-being will look a little different for each of us, but it includes our attention to the following six life dimensions:
Explore each well-being dimension and find useful tools and ideas through the links below.
Workplace Well-Being
Legal employers play a vital role in the state of lawyer well-being. Institutional policies, cultures, and practices have enormous influence on the state of lawyer health and well-being.