The Florida Bar YLD is proud to host its second annual Health & Wellness Month this May. We have a lot of great things planned and will be releasing content all month long on our website, blog, Facebook, and Twitter with the hashtag #livewell.

The following are highlights for the month:

1.  Wellness Webinars:  Free webinars with CLE credit, featuring Jeena Cho, author of The Anxious Lawyer, An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice Through Mindfulness and Meditation will be offered during the month of May. You can learn more about these webinars and register by visiting the following links:

Wed. May 4th 12pm: Better Lawyering Through Mindfulness.  Register now.

Wed. May 18th 12pm: Work Your Resiliency Muscle! Ten Tips To Becoming More Resilient.  Register now.

2. Affiliate Health & Wellness Challenge (Grants): Deadline now extended to Monday, May 16th! The YLD is not only encouraging affiliates to engage in activities designed to promote health and wellness, but is also offering grants, made possible in part by the law firm Dawson Orr, to help make those activities happen. Affiliates desiring to host or conduct wellness related events can apply for a grant up to $500. Grant applications are available here and must be submitted by Monday, May 16, 2016.

3.  Affiliate Health & Wellness Video Challenge:  To further promote May as Health and Wellness Month, the YLD is hosting a YouTube video contest between its affiliates. The YLD wants to know what each affiliate is doing to participate in May’s Health and Wellness Month and is searching for the most creative and original YouTube video highlighting its various events.  The Affiliate with the best video will be able to designate $500 to be donated in its name to a local legal non-profit. Read submission details here.

4.  Daily Health & Wellness Challenges and Tips: We will be posting daily challenges and tips on social media to encourage young lawyers to adopt healthy habits. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and use the hashtags #livewelland #flayld

5.  Collaboration with Experts:  In addition to Jeena Cho, we are also collaborating with Professor Scott Rogers of the University of Miami School of Law, a nationally recognized expert in the area of mindfulness and the law and Professor Larry Krieger, of Florida State Law, who is internationally recognized for his research on the well-being, satisfaction, values, and motivations of law students and lawyers.  These experts will provide advice on issues related to lawyer health and wellness.

6.  Profiles of Judges and Lawyers:  All month long we will profile Florida judges and lawyers and ask them how they manage to incorporate health and wellness practices into their busy and stressful schedules.

7.  Law Firm Profiles:  Many Florida law firms both big and small are making health and wellness a top priority for their attorneys and staff.  We will take a look at a handful of these law firms and highlight the positive steps they are taking.

8.  Work/Life Balance Interviews:  These interviews will ask young attorneys their advice on “having it all” and finding the balance between one’s personal and professional lives, and the importance of civic and professional involvement.

9.  Humor Stress Breaks:  On the lighter side, we will be posting short, funny video clips every weekday afternoon and encouraging you to take a stress break- and laugh!

Follow along all month long on the YLD website, YLD blog, Facebook, and Twitter.

#flayld #livewell