Resilient Lawyering: Strategies for Thriving Under Pressure

In the face of this administration’s aggressive plan and tactics, all manner of legal personnel are being confronted with layoffs, slashed contracts and budgets, with all the uncertainty, is a formula for major stress and, even, grief/depression. This crisis period is a danger… but also a challenge for doing a personal and professional inventory. It’s a time for serious reflection on external and internal strengths, resources, and vulnerabilities as well as exploring past, present, and future choices and directions.
Duration: 1 Day
Hours: 1 Hours 30 Minutes
Training: Live Training
Training Level: All Level
Batch One
Wednesday July 02 2025
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM (Eastern Time)
Batch Two
Friday August 01 2025
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM (Eastern Time)
Batch Three
Tuesday September 02 2025
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM (Eastern Time)
Live Session
Single Attendee
$149.00 $249.00
Live Session
Recorded
Single Attendee
$199.00 $332.00
6 month Access for Recorded
Live+Recorded
Single Attendee
$249.00 $416.00
6 month Access for Recorded

Overview: 

Difficult times in the legal field can bring out intense emotions and mental health strengths and vulnerabilities in any and all individuals, teams, and organizational systems.  Learning to acknowledge the stressors, not just “tough it out,” emotionally acknowledge the stressful reality, grieving feelings of loss and shame, and sharing with a “stress buddy” and/or counsellor is critical.  This is the foundation for positive energy and productively grappling with new possibilities.  Strengthen “Stress Resilience” through the Stress Doc’s Natural SPEED and the research based Four “C”s of Psychological Hardiness.  Gain tools for determine if professional coaching or counselling would be beneficial.  Finally, learn to thrive with the key steps to Creative Risk-Taking.

Course Objective:

This course aims to equip legal professionals with tools to recognize early “brain-body-behavior” signals of stress, navigate the challenges of seeking help during disruptive times, and manage personal and professional loss. Participants will develop resilience strategies through SPEED, psychological hardiness, and burnout prevention techniques. The course also helps attendees assess when to seek coaching or counseling and guides them in rebuilding passion and purpose through creative risk-taking and adaptive change.

Target Audience:  

  • All legal personnel/organizational levels

Basic Knowledge:

  • A desire to become more productive, positively self-centered, and self-resilient.

Curriculum
Total Duration: 1 Hours 30 Minutes
Recognizing “Brain-Body-Behaviour” Smoke Signals
What Makes It Hard to Ask for Help in Disruptive Times?
Key Steps for Managing Loss and Change
Stress Resilience through SPEED, Hardiness, and Burnout Prevention
Do I Need to Seek Coaching or Counselling?  In-House or Outside of Work?
Rebuild Your Passion and Purpose through Creative Risk-Taking