Building Stress Resilience

SINCE 1949, MAY HAS BEEN CELEBRATED AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH TO FIGHT STIGMAS AND HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN THE YEARS. NOT MANY CHANGES HAVE IMPACTED PROFESSIONALS TRYING TO PRACTICE MORE MINDFULNESS AND A STRESSFUL WORLD. AND THAT INCLUDES LAWYERS, WGCU REPORTER YOUN JOO PARK. TALK WITH ATTORNEYS WHO ARE TRYING TO MANAGE THEIR STRESS. >> AND ATTORNEYS OFFICE IS A SIDE OF DEEP CONCENTRATION AND RAPID SHIFT IN PRIORITIES. >> THE SENATE GAVE HIM A FAVOR, PLEASE. AND JUST LET THEM KNOW THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY. ANOTHER CONSTANT IN THE LAW PROFESSION AS THE BUILDUP OF STRESS. >> HIS LAWYER, MIKE COLOMBO, CAN ATTEST. I'VE SEEN IT WITH A LOT OF COLLEAGUES AND I'VE KNOWN. >> WHEN I WAS A NEW LAWYER PRACTICING TO NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I USED TO WORK WITH MANY, MANY YEARS AGO THAT DON'T PRACTICE. AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE STRESS. A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO IS NOT BEING ABLE TO BALANCE CERTAIN THINGS. BUT THE THIS PROFESSION IS STRESSED. IN FACT. >> THE REVOLVING DOOR IS A COMMON PHENOMENON RESEARCH SHOWS THAT OVER 80% OF LAWYERS DON'T MAKE IT PAST 5 YEARS ON THE JOB. ATTORNEY MICHAEL WRIGHT HAVE TALKS ABOUT CAUSES OF PROFESSIONAL DISCONTENT AND PERHAPS CHATGPT AND THINGS LIKE THAT HASN'T HELPED BECAUSE EVERYONE THINKS THEY'RE A LAWYER. >> BECAUSE EVERYONE SAYS, WELL, I SAW THIS ON THE INTERNET AND SO THAT BECOMES STRESSFUL ON THE LAWYER BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING BACK WAS I READ THIS AND I WROTE THAT. SO RAW HAVE SAYS THESE HEIGHTENED EXPECTATIONS FROM CLIENTS HAVE BECOME AN ADDED STRESSOR. >> TO BETTER HANDLE STRESS, HE ATTENDED A WORKSHOP WHERE A DOZEN LAW PROFESSIONALS TOOK A BREATHER FROM WORK TO DECOMPRESS SOUCE JEFFRIES DEMONSTRATED CONSCIOUS BREATHING AND EMPHASIZED SIMPLICITY IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. >> WE'RE CREATING THE JUST MOVE OUT AND TOUCH. >> I HAVE ALSO SHARED WITH COLLEAGUES THAT ONE UPSIDE OF CHATGPT IS FORMULATING MORE DIPLOMATIC EMAILS TO CLIENTS. BACK AT THE OFFICE AND OR DO SO SAYS HER ROLE AS A PARALEGAL IS FILTERING INFORMATION BEFORE IT REACHES THE ATTORNEY CARDOSO SHOWED THE FIRM'S SCHEDULE BOOK, FOR EXAMPLE. >> WE PUT LIKE LITTLE TABS CALENDAR, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CONFLICTS. AND THEN WE TRY TO SOLVE THE CONFLICT BECAUSE THE LAWYER CANNOT BE IN 2 PLACES AT ONCE. >> ACCORDING TO WRIGHT HAD CRIMINAL SANCTIONS AND FLORIDA HAVE BECOME MUCH HARSHER FOR CLIENTS IN RECENT DECADES. ADDING EVEN MORE LAYERS OF STRESS. THE ISSUE IS THE STRESS IS MORE. I THINK. >> THAN IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. SO WHILE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE STRESS BECAUSE WE'RE MORE MATURE AND LIFE'S EXPERIENCES BROUGHT US THAT THAT ABILITY TO WORK WITH STRESS. ITS BEEN MEASURED AGAINST. I FEEL GENERALLY IN THE LOT MORE STRESS IN THE CROSS, THE BOARD, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE LAWYERS DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES, WHICH TELLS YOU IT IS MORE STRESSFUL GAME. >> WE'LL HAVE THE MIKE COLOMBO TOOK A MOMENT TO ASSESS WHAT MAKES HIM PERSONALLY PRONE TO STRESS. >> AS A LOT OF TIME, SADLY, WE WANT TO IMPRESS PEOPLE. WE SAVINGS WE CAN PACK. I HAVE A CONSCIENCE. I CAN'T DO THAT. I ALWAYS SO SHORT. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SELL HIGH BECAUSE I WANT WHATEVER I DO SECRETLY MY MIND. I WANT TO DO BETTER THAN WHAT I EXPECT. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WE NEED TO CRIMINAL LAW IN PEOPLE'S FREEDOMS. THEIR LOOKING TO YOU TO BOTH AGREED TO A SELF CARE IS CRUCIAL. >> SO THAT THEY IN TURN. >> CAN TAKE CARE OF THEIR CLIENTS. >> FOR WGCU NEWS, I'M YOUN JOO