Laura Mahr’s Articles and Podcasts on Mindfulness, Resilient Lawyers, Burnout Prevention, and Lawyer Well-Being:
Are You Inside Or Outside Your Window of Tolerance? (podcast) or read the article, Laura Mahr, North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
Somatic Tools for Legal Success, Laura Mahr, North Carolina State Bar Journal
Bypassing Burnout Beliefs: Eight Steps to Transform Beliefs that Exhaust You, Laura Mahr, North Carolina State Bar Journal
Ten Questions to Unearth Subconscious Stuckness and Transform Limiting Beliefs (podcast) or read the article , Laura Mahr, North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
Learning About Interoception, Laura Mahr, Oregon State Bar Bulletin
Feeling Adrift? Grab an Anchor! (podcast) (or read the article), Laura Mahr, North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
Tuning Into the Wisdom of Your Body to Optimize Your Legal Practice, Laura Mahr, North Carolina State Bar Journal
Mastering Your Mind with Mantra (podcast) and Master Your Mind with Mantra (article), Laura Mahr, North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
A Few of My Favorite Things, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal and Western Dakota Association of Legal Assistants Summons publication.
Five Minute Procrastination Buster (podcast) and Five Minute Procrastination Buster (article), Laura Mahr, NC Lawyer Assistance Program Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
Big Dreams for BigLaw, Laura Mahr, North Carolina State Bar Journal
The State of Our Well-Being, Julie Bonasso (quoting Laura Mahr), Wisconsin Lawyer
Ground Down? Ground Down! (podcast) and Ground Down? Ground Down! (article), Laura Mahr, NC Lawyer Assistance Program (NCLAP) Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
Still Mindful After All These Years: How Mindfulness Guided 35 Years of Public Interest Advocacy, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
Adjusting to a Hybrid Work Environment: Making Sense of the Messy Middle, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
Befriend Yourself (podcast) and Befriend Yourself (article), Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar Mindful Moment
Get a Good Night’s Sleep, Laura Mahr, Oregon State Bar Bulletin
Effective Workplace Communication: Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Saying ‘Yes’ to a Request, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
Glimmers of Goodness (podcast) Glimmers of Goodness (article), Laura Mahr NC Lawyer Assistance Program (NCLAP) Sidebar Mindful Moment and podcast
Pandemic Flux Syndrome: Is It Impacting Your Motivation to Continue Practicing Law?, Laura Mahr NC State Bar Journal
Improve Cognitive Functioning, Laura Mahr, Oregon State Bar Bulletin
What to Say When the World Doesn’t Feel OK, Laura Mahr NCLAP Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
World Feels Not Ok?, live interview with Laura Mahr NCLAP Sidebar podcast
Supporting Resilience and Mental Health for Law Firm Employees, Laura Mahr interviewed on the State Bar of Michigan “On Balance” Podcast
Litigate or Collaborate: A Mindful Response, Laura Mahr, NC State Journal
Completing Your Stress Cycle, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
Seven Ways to Integrate Change, live interview with Laura Mahr on NCLAP Sidebar podcast
The Mental Health Factor: Accounting for the Emotional Toll of the Pandemic, Laura Mahr, ABA Law Practice Magazine and NC State Bar Journal and Oregon Attorney Assistance Program InSight publication
Seven Ways to Integrate Change, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
Building Our Bar’s Resilience with a Virtual “Om”, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
Resilient Parenting While Working at Home: Three Tips for Improved Work-Home Balance, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
“Something’s Off.” Understanding Your Nervous System’s Response to Cues of Danger, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
Unpacking Overwhelm, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
A Resilient Mindset: Take Stock of What You Lost and What You Gained to Move Forward, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
Law Firms Adjusting Wellness Programs Amid Covid-19, Laura Mahr interviewed by SC Lawyers Weekly
Remember Mindfulness When You Are Taken Off Guard, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
Gaining a Professional Edge by Seeking Help, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
Technology Overload: It’s on (and how to turn it off), Laura Mahr interviewed by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Try Self-Compassion when You Feel Like Giving Up, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
Getting Down to Business About Sleep in the Legal Profession, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal and New Mexico Bar Bulletin
Laura Mahr on Creating Mini-Moments of Wellbeing, Amber Nimocks interviewing Laura Mahr, NC Bar Blog
Lawyer Wellness Takes Center Stage at North Carolina Bar Association Annual Meeting, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
A Mindful Approach to Getting Triggered, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar "Mindful Moment"
Is it Time for Your Firm to Take Up the Mindfulness Mantle?, Laura Mahr, ABA Law Practice Today
National Movement for Lawyer Wellbeing Takes Hold in NC Law Firms with Mindfulness, Laura Mahr, NC Bar Journal
What's Mindfulness Got to Do With It?, Laura Mahr, NC Bar Journal
Pathways to Wellbeing, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
Wellbeing While you Wait, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
North Carolina Roots in Lawyer Wellness, Laura Mahr, NC State Bar Journal
Mindfulness Matters, Laura Mahr, Lawyer's Mutual Blog
Finding Your Flavor of Meditation, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar "Mindful Moment"
Reset Your Brain, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar "Mindful Moment"
Bring in the Best of You to Get Unstuck, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar "Mindful Moment"
Take a Breath, Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar “Mindful Moment”
The Lawyer's "Negativity Bias," Laura Mahr, NCLAP Sidebar "Mindful Moment"
RL 83: Neuroscience and Mindfulness: Becoming More Resilient, Jeena Cho interviewing Laura Mahr on the Resilient Lawyer Podcast
RL 83: [Bonus Episode] Navigating Life Transitions with Ease, Jeena Cho interviewing Laura Mahr on the Resilient Lawyer Podcast
Neuroscience and Mindfulness: Becoming More Resilient, Laura Mahr interviewed by Jeena Cho, Above the Law
Career Transitions Made Easier with Neuroscience Tools, Laura Mahr interviewed by Jeena Cho, Above the Law
Key ABA Publications Regarding Lawyer Well-Being
Practicing Law In the Pandemic and Moving Forward, Results and Best Practices From a Nationwide Survey of the Legal Profession
The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations For Positive Change, The Report of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being
Report to the House of Delegates, ABA Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession
Well-Being Pledge, ABA Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession
Well-Being Pledge for Legal Employers Infographic, ABA Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession
Well-Being Pledge Commitment Form, ABA Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession
Well-Being Toolkit for Lawyers and Legal Employers, Anne Brafford for Use by the ABA
Well-Being Toolkit Nutshell: 80 Tips for Lawyer Thriving, ABA Working Group To Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession
Profile of the Legal Profession 2019, American Bar Association
Articles on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Neuroscience
How to Keep Your Cool in High Stress Situations, Quinn, Fessell, Porges, Harvard Business Review
Always Waiting for the Other Show to Drop? Here’s How to Quit Worrying, Jennifer Taitz, NY Times.
The Transformative Effects of Mindful Self-Compassion, Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer
Longer Exhalations Are an Easy Way to Hack Your Vagus Nerve, Christopher Bergland
I Now Suspect the Vagus Nerve is the Key to Well-being, Edith Zimmerman
How to Be More Mindful at Work, NY Times
The Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation, Sarah McKay
Corporate Meditation: How & Why Big Businesses are Promoting Meditation, Tamara Lechner
Turning Negative Thinkers Into Positive Ones, NY Times
A Positive Outlook May be Good for Your Health, NY Times
Articles on Why Attorneys Are At Risk
Killing Them Softly: Neuroscience Reveals How Brain Cells Die From Law School Stress and How Neural Self-Hacking Can Optimize Cognitive Performance, Debra S. Austin, Ph.D, LOY.L.REV
Why All Courtroom Workers Need Mental Health Support Now: Defense Lawyer, CBC News
Big Law Killed My Husband, The American Lawyer
The Lawyer, The Addict, NY Times
Alcohol is Killing More People, and Younger, USA Today
Attorney Suicide, What Every Attorney Needs to Know, ABA Journal
Public Defender had PTSD from Representing Sex Offenders, ABA Journal
Articles on Stress, Burnout, Resilience, and Well-Being
Always Waiting for the Other Show to Drop? Here’s How to Quit Worrying, Jennifer Taitz, NY Times.
Resilience is About How You Recharge..., Harvard Business Review
Harvard Neuroscientist: Meditation Not Only Reduces Stress..., Washington Post
Confronting the Negativity Bias, Rick Hanson
How to Be Better at Stress, NY Times
Ctrl Alt Career: Reset Goals To Find Personal Success, Law Practice Today
Outsmarting Our Primitive Responses to Fear, NY Times
How to Be More Resilient, NY Times
What Makes Lawyers Happy, Lawrence S. Krieger and Kennon M. Sheldon, Geo. Wash. L. Rev.