Key information from today's Lawyers Well-being Seminar

1. SELF PERCEPTION: HOW DO I FEEL?
 WHAT IS STRESS, DEPRESSION, POOR MENTAL HEALTH AND
MENTAL ILLNESS?
 WHAT IS WELLBEING, HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS?
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2. 5
Day-to-day good feelings
(happy, content, satisfied)
Good external
condition
(income; social
life)
Personal resources
(health, resilience, self
esteem)

3. GROWING OLDER, BECOMING MORE
RESILIENT
 COPING WITH ADVERSE LIFE EVENTS
 ANXIETY MANAGEMENT
 EFFECTIVE, HAPPY RELATIONSHIPS
 SPECIFIC PROBLEM SOLVING
 LEARNING, STUDYING AND TRAINING SKILLS: WHAT WORKS?
 REFLECTIVE LEARNING
 SETTING GOALS TO ACHIEVE
 APPRECIATING ‘WHAT IS’
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4. WHAT IS “SUPPORT”
 WARMTH, GENUINESS, AND EMPATHY
 RATIONAL THINKING AND STEP BY STEP BEHAVIOURAL
CHANGES, COMPASSIONATE RELATIONSHIPS
 SPECIFIC PROBLEM SOLVING BY INCREMENTAL STEPS
 SUSTAINED CONVERSATIONS
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5. 12
ACTIVE STEPS TO TRY OUT
 PHYSICAL RELAXATION
 MENTAL RELAXATION-FOCUS ON ‘ONE THING’
 ANTICIPATE GOOD OUTCOME/SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME
 LOGICAL THINKING – ASK SELF “WHAT WOULD MY
SENSIBLE FRIEND THINK?”
 NEXT STEP TO REDUCE A FEAR
 SELF-COMPASSION – “I DID WELL”
 ENHANCE YOUR COMMUNICATION:
- EYE CONTACT
- 50%/50% CONVERSATION
- POSITIVE & COMPASSIONATE MESSAGING