Jeena Cho
Ed. note: This post is by Jeena Cho, a Legal Mindfulness Strategist at Start Here HQ. She is the co-author of The Anxious Lawyer (affiliate link), a book written by lawyers for lawyers that makes mindfulness and meditation accessible and approachable. Jeena offers actionable change strategies for reducing stress anxiety while increasing productivity, joy, and satisfaction through mindfulness practices.
Last week, I was in Owensboro, KY, at the Kentucky Bar Association’s Annual Meeting where I gave a talk on practical ways of increasing our inner sense of well-being to about 200 lawyers. I always lead a short (0.1 hour) guided meditation at all of my talks, and each time I do this, there’s a part of me that is giddy with joy. It’s an incredible feeling to travel across the U.S. and talk about the topics I’m passionate about — wellness, well-being, finding a sense of purpose and meaning, mindfulness, and meditation.
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Over dinner with few of the conference attendees, the inevitable question came up — how did I go from being a lawyer to being a legal mindfulness facilitator? It’s a question I get asked often, especially from lawyers who also want to consider leaving the law but aren’t sure what to do after.
It’s an incredible feeling to be able to do the thing I am good at — making mindfulness and meditation accessible and approachable to lawyers. Because of my lived experience of suffering from overwhelming anxiety, chronic stress, and burnout, I am able to talk about the tools for reducing stress with honesty, warmth, and humor. I love offering small, practical tools lawyers can use immediately in their day-to-day lives and teach actionable change strategies.