Well-Being Week in Law: 2023 Preview

Well-Being Week in Law: 2023 Preview

The OAAP is excited to bring you blogs and resources to enhance your well-being. Each day will focus on a different aspect of well-being and will include suggestions to “watch this,” “read this,” and “do this.”

If You Aren’t Feeling Buoyed by Resilience, Post-Traumatic Growth May Be on the Horizon

If You Aren’t Feeling Buoyed by Resilience, Post-Traumatic Growth May Be on the Horizon

Following the recent string of bleak news, researchers are forecasting an “epidemic of resilience” because “resilience is the modal and normative response to trauma.” But what about those of us who have resilienced as hard as we can and are still exhausted and overwhelmed? For us, there is the concept of Post-Traumatic Growth.

Gratitude: Now More Than Ever

Gratitude: Now More Than Ever

As the months are stretching longer and the days are growing shorter, many of us are looking for strategies to help buoy us for the long haul. One of the techniques that I find exceptionally helpful for these challenging times is GRATITUDE.

Acts of Kindness Improve Well-Being

Acts of Kindness Improve Well-Being

Welcome to Day 2 of Well-Being Week! I am so glad you have stopped by the blog today for our post on acts of kindness. There is some lovely research (see Dartmouth for a fact sheet) on how participating in acts of kindness improves our physical and mental health. Even the mere act of observing someone else sharing a moment of kindness improves our own well-being.

Moving Beyond Social Distance Towards Expansive Solidarity

Moving Beyond Social Distance Towards Expansive Solidarity

In times of stress, I try to get really intentional about taking care of myself. I use a couple of strategies to increase my awareness of what is going into and coming out of my mind. I attend to how I am describing my circumstances and the world around me, and what I consume in the printed or visual forms. I came upon two great resources this week from The Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley that I