The Flourishing Lawyer : A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Performance and Well-Being / Heidi K. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Heidi K., 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Practice of law--United States--Psychological aspects.

Practice of law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

;2022-10.

Place of Publication:

Cleveland : American Bar Association, 2022.

Chicago, Illinois : ABA Publishing, American Bar Association, [2022]

Summary:

"This book is about how all of us can thrive-in good times and in arduous periods. This book is about focusing on more dimensions than just our intellect so we can be prepared for, and rise to, challenges like the ones we have been navigating since Spring 2020"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Let's Redefine "Success" in Law School

Let's Pull the Plug on Bullying and Incivility

Let's Be Better Communicators

Let's More Deeply Define the Meaning of "Character and Fitness" to Practice Law

Redefining Fitness: Let's Treat Ourselves Like Scholar-Athletes or Scholar-Performers

A Call to Action

"Know Thyself" Reflection: Coaxing, and Coaching, Our Inner Athlete or Performer

Part I: Edging into the Eudaimonic Turn

Chapter 1: The Field of Positive Psychology: A Booster Shot for Human Flourishing

History of Positive Psychology

One Positive Psychology Well-Being Framework: Dr. Martin Seligman's PERMA

What Are Positive Interventions?

Is Well-Being Measurable?

Stepping into Our Eudaimonic Turn-as Individuals and as a Legal Community

Chapter 2: Let's Get to Work Cultivating Our Multiple Dimensions

Why Multiple Dimensions Matter

Well-Being Self-Discovery Planning Tool

Part II: Awareness Amplifiers

Chapter 3: Awareness Amplifier #1: Crafting Character through Flexing Strengths, Like Muscles

What Are Character Strengths in the Context of Positive Psychology?

How Do We Identify Our Character Strengths?

How Do Our Signature Strengths Make Us Extraordinary?

Is It Possible to Flex a Strength Too Much or Too Little?

Exercise #1 : Let's Get to Know Our Character Strengths as We Craft Our Character (and Fitness) to Practice Law

Exercise #2 : Noticing and Writing about Our Character Strengths

Exercise #3 : Strength-Spotting, in Ourselves and Others

Chapter 4: Awareness Amplifier #2: Finding Flow and Getting Gritty

Flow

Grit

Fostering Flow

Exercise #1 : When Are You in Flow?

Becoming Energy-Efficient to Cultivate Flow

How Is Flow Different from a Clutch State?.

Part III: Let's Thrill, Amaze, Inspire- Ourselves and Others

Chapter 5: Our Physical Dimension

Getting Somatically Intelligent: The Physicality of Fitness to Practice Law

Adopting a "Prehabilitation" Mindset

Let's Get to Know, and Step Into, Our Eustress Zone

The Homeostasis-Allostasis Dance

Let's Learn a Bit More about the Mechanics of Our Stress Response

Let's Get to Know Our Vagus Nerve

What Is Heart Rate Variability?

What's the Deal with Stress Hormones?

What Is Hormesis?

What Is Our Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning?

Interlude: A Word on Sleep

Let's Get to Work: Four Somatic Intelligence Strategies

Strategy #1: Somatic Self-Discovery Through Enhanced Bodily Awareness

Enhancing Proprioceptive Understanding

"Proprioception of the Mind"

Enhancing Interoceptive Understanding

Enhancing Exteroceptive Understanding

Strategy #2: Let's Get Moving

Movement Is Good for Our Lawyer Brains

"Train It and Trust It"

What Is the "Right" Dose of Exercise or Physical Movement?

Build in Rest Days

Strategy #3: Writing Appraisal Scripts

Strategy #4: Routines and Rituals

Physical Well-Being Dimension Exercise #1 : Prehabilitation Checklist

Physical Well-Being Dimension Exercise #2 : Conducting a Physical Inventory

Physical Well-Being Dimension Exercise #3 : Somatic Self-Discovery

Physical Well-Being Dimension Exercise #4 : Exploring the Basics of Better Breathing

Physical Well-Being Dimension Exercise #5 : Stepping into the Eustress/Hormesis Zone

Physical Well-Being Dimension Exercise #6 : Crafting an Appraisal Script

Physical Well-Being Dimension Exercise #7 : Crafting Training and Performance Routines and Rituals

Chapter 6: Our Emotional Dimension

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson's Broaden-and-Build Theory

The Framing Role of Negative Emotions.

Positive Emotions Can Foster a Sense of Safety

Prehabilitation: Emotion Exploration

Emotional Well-Being Dimension Exercise #1 : Personal Emotion Education: Fredrickson's Positivity Portfolio

Prehabilitation: Appraisal Scripts (Using Optimistic Explanatory Style)

Getting to Know Our Explanatory Style: Oxygenating Our Optimism

How Do I Know If I'm an Optimist or a Pessimist?

Are Optimism and Pessimism Hereditary? Are We Doomed to Our Fate?

Why Should We Care? Because Optimism Is Good for Our Health and Well-Being!

Oxygenating Our Optimism: New Mental Exercises and Habit Formation

Emotional Well-Being Dimension Exercise #2 : Let's Practice Oxygenating Our Optimism

Prehabilitation: Establishing Routines and Rituals

Prehabilitation: Practicing the Act and Art of Savoring

Cultivating Emotional Well-Being When Interacting with Others

Fredrickson's Concept of Positivity Resonance

"Capitalization" Is Contagious

The Art and Beauty of Active Constructive Responding

Emotional Well-Being Dimension Exercise #3 : Active Constructive Responding: "That's awesome! Tell me more!"

Chapter 7: Our Artistic/Creative Dimension

Tapping into Our Inner Artist to Enhance Our Creative Problem-Solving and Well-Being

Creativity as Prehabilitation

Be Your Own Muse

An Emerging Field Called the "Positive Humanities"

Immersion

Embeddedness and Acquisition

Socialization

Reflectiveness

Expression

Measurable Links between Engagement with the Humanities and Human Flourishing

How Engagement with Art Can Enhance Our Well-Being

How Engagement with Music Can Enhance Our Well-Being

How Engagement with Writing Can Enhance Our Well-Being

Writing Is a Tool for Meaning-Making

Research Studies Support Writing as an Amplifier of Well-Being.

How Engagement with the Writing of Others Can Enhance Our Well-Being

Creative Well-Being Dimension Exercise #1 : Cultivating Character Strengths through Positive Art and Writing

Creative Well-Being Dimension Exercise #2 : A Positive Music Exercise

A Note on Beginning to Give Ourselves Regard as Artists

Tip #1: Experiment with Self-Identifying as an Artist, or a Writer, or a Musician

Tip #2: Create a Protected Artist Space

Tip #3: Nurture Seeds of Ideas

Tip #4: Oust the Critics

Tip #5: Be You

Tip #6: Set Up a Realistic System for Doing the Work

Tip #7: Reward Yourself for Sticking to Your System

Tip #8: Trust Your System, Hear and Absorb Positivity, and Lift One Another Up

Helpful Books to Spark a Creative Process

Therapeutic Resources Involving the Arts

Chapter 8: Our Social Dimension

Positive People Power

Positivity Resonance

Capitalization and Active Constructive Responding

Let's Be Better Listeners

Constructivist Listening

Perspective-Giving and Perspective-Taking

The Hive Switch

What Does a Hive Switch Moment Look Like?

How Do We Flip the Hive Switch?

Defusing Bullies

What Is the Definition of Bullying?

What Type of Behavior Constitutes Bullying?

What Are Some of the Harmful Effects of Bullying?

How Do We Defuse Bullies?

Step 1: Let's Do a Mental Reboot

Step 2: Let's Channel Our Inner Athlete or Performer

Step 3: Let's Cut the Bully's Power Source

How Can We Stand Up for Others?

We Have the Power to Change the Tone in Our Profession

A Word about Cancel Culture

Social Well-Being Dimension Exercise #1 : Enhancing One-on-One Communication through Art

Social Well-Being Dimension Exercise #2 : Constructivist Listening

Social Well-Being Dimension Exercise #3 : Perspective-Giving and Perspective-Taking.

Social Well-Being Dimension Exercise #4 : The Hive Switch

Chapter 9: The Dimension of Culture

Researchers Link Cultural Engagement with Human Flourishing

Acquisition and Embeddedness

Reflection and Expression

Cultural Humility

Cultural Well-Being Dimension Exercise #1 : A Cultural Outing

Resources for Cultural Humility Education

Chapter 10: Our Spiritual Dimension

Mining Our Lives for Meaning

Belonging

Purpose

Personal Narrative and Storytelling

Transcendence

Meaning-Making through Writing

Spiritual Well-Being Dimension Exercise #1 : A Meaning-Making Writing Practice

Spiritual Well-Being Dimension Exercise #2 : Discerning Themes of Meaning and Purpose

Chapter 11: Our Occupational Dimension

Why Do We Work?

Developing a Sense of Mattering in Our Work

In What Environments Do We Feel Valued?

In What Environments Do We Add Value?

Occupational Fitness

Self-Determination: Understanding Our Need to Feel a Sense of Competence, Autonomy, and Relatedness at Work

Enhancing Our Sense of Competence

Fostering Our Sense of Autonomy

Setting (Reasonable) Boundaries to Help Prevent Occupational Burnout

Activating Grit and Flow in Our Work

Occupational Well-Being Dimension Exercise #1 : Let's Occupy Our Occupational Dimension with Intention

Chapter 12: Our Intellectual Dimension

Let's Be Intellectually Humble So We Can Be Intellectual Rockstars

Thinking about How We Think

Investigating How We Think, Learn, and Engage

The Character Strength of Judgment or Critical Thinking

Let's Get Gritty Again, and Step into Deliberate Practice

Intellectual Well-Being Dimension Exercise #1 : Let's Get Ready to . . . Humble

Intellectual Well-Being Dimension Exercise #2 : Let's Double-Dip Dimensions

Chapter 13: Our Moral/Ethical Dimension.

"Wellness as Fairness".

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Brown, Heidi K. The Flourishing Lawyer

ISBN:

1-63905-095-7