Well-Being for those within the legal profession

• Florida Bar Mental Health and Wellness Center 

• Florida Lawyer Assistance Program 

  • Weekly support groups for Lawyers (Wednesdays), Paralegals, and Mothers Practicing Law on the topic of Stress Relief for Lawyers, click here for specific meeting times and access information. 

• Florida Lawyers Helpline – Dial 833-351-9355 for up to five free confidential counseling sessions (Available to FL Bar Members and Florida Registered Paralegals) 

• ABA Well-Being Toolkit for Lawyers and Legal Employers 

• Institute for Well-Being in Law 

• Mindfulness in Law Society 

  • Virtual sits every week except Federal Holidays on Mondays @ 3pm E and Wednesdays at 5 pm E 

• Lawyer Wellness Self Reflection – Professor Larry Krieger, FSU Law 

  • Accompanying PPT – What Makes Lawyers Happy – Redefining Professional Success? 

Judges

Florida Judicial Wellness Program 1-888-972-4040 

State-wide Resources 

• National Alliance on Mental Illness of Florida 

• Mental Health Resource Center 

National Resources 

• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 212-559-5833 

• Al Anon Family Groups  

• Cocaine Anonymous (CA) 310-559-5833 

• Debtors Anonymous (DA) 800-421-2383 

• Narcotics Anonymous (NA) 818-773-9999 

• National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 

• ABA's National Helpline for Judges Helping Judges 1-800-219-6474 

• National Hopeline Network 1-800-784-2433 

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 

Substance Abuse 

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Treatment Locator 

• Maté, Gabor, expert on Addiction, Stress, and Development 

• How Isolation Fuels Opioid Addiction, Rachel Wurzman, TEDxMidAtlantic

Trauma 

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) 

• Van der Kolk, Bessel, The Body Keeps Score (2014) 

Meditation and Mindfulness 

• Calm, App for Meditation 

• Insight Timer, App for Meditation 

• Jack Kornfield 

• Tara Brach 

• Palouse Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 

Grief Support Groups  

• Valerie's House 

Holistic Well-being /Informative Viewing

The art of being yourself, Caroline McHugh, TEDxMiltonKeynesWomen

How’s your social health? Dr. Chelsea Shields, TEDxSaltLakeCity

Sleep is your superpower, Matt Walker, TED2019

What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness, Robert Waldinger, TEDxBeaconStreet

Why we all need to practice emotional first aid, Guy Winch, TEDxLinnaeusUniversity