The Flourishing Lawyer

Name: The Flourishing Lawyer | A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Performance and Well-Being
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A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Performance and Well-Being

Heidi K. Brown(Autor*in)

American Bar Association (Verlag)

Erschienen am 1. Juli 2022

420 Seiten

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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
Immersion
Acquisition and Embeddedness
Socialization
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"
Moral and Ethical Decision-Making Appraisal Scripts
Flexing Character Strengths to Enhance Our Moral and Ethical Well-Being Dimension
Moral/Ethical Well-Being Dimension Exercise #1 : Shaping Our Personal Sense of Justice
Moral/Ethical Well-Being Dimension Exercise #2 : Developing a Moral/Ethical Dilemma Script and Action Checklist
Chapter 14: Our "Caring" or Caregiving Dimension
Nurturing Character Strengths to Bolster Our Caring and Caregiving Dimension
Caring/Caregiving Dimension Exercise #1 : Artifacts of Meaning and Mattering
Holding Space for Trauma Processing
Symptoms of Primary and Vicarious Trauma
Enhancing Trauma Awareness
Caring/Caregiving Dimension Exercise #2 : Exploring Our Sympathy-Empathy-Compassion Continuum
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix A: PERMA Well-Being Components Tracker
Appendix B : VIA Character Strengths and Virtues Tracker
Tracker for Cultivating Specific VIA Virtues and Strengths
Appendix C : Proposed "Flourishing Lawyer Project" Curriculum
Appendix D : Sample "Personalized Well-Being Framework"
Notes
Index

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