We are thrilled to invite you to the June edition of the Staying Well in the Law series, How to flourish: Feeling good and functioning well in the law, on Wednesday, 12th June.

The field of positive psychology is only about 30 years old but it is rapidly changing the landscape of our thinking about mental health, well-being, and flourishing. What Are the things that will best support our well-being as practitioners? Can I develop more positive thinking? Can I develop more positive emotion? Law graduates believe that they can and are interested in engaging with the techniques developed by positive psychology to improve their experience of being lawyers. Their awareness has not arisen from studying psychology but from the general community awareness of the principles of positive psychology.

There is now, in the public domain, a vast amount of information about what we should, could or must be doing to support our well-being! How are we to navigate all of this and choose what is right for each of us?

This presentation is aimed at exploring this issue and exploring some of the ideas and practices developed in the field of positive psychology (and particularly those relevant to us as lawyers). It will also focus on the benefits of developing a regular practice of reflecting on our health and well-being as a basis for understanding how we are and as a basis for deciding at any point in time what well-being supports/practices we need.
The workshop will draw on the experience of the presenter in practice, as a teacher and as a workshop facilitator. It will also draw on research and evidence-based interventions.