The Wake Up Call for Lawyers
Mindfulness for the Legal Mind: a 10-minute talk plus 10 minutes of guided meditation. A brief refuge. The musings of a long-time lawyer, law professor, and mindfulness geek on lawyering from a mindful perspective. Tools to cultivate more joy, ease, and wellbeing in this crazy profession. Ideas to become even better at what you do, and save the world. A few minutes of peace every week, which you definitely deserve.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 216
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
New York State of Mind
Podcasting from New York City, where there are countless humans, bumping into one another, day in & day out, creating their own realities. I wonder if any of it is real. To me it looks like countless…
One (Patient) Moment to Create Peace
Does your mind move as fast as mine, when you’re in conversation with someone?
Often, I think I know what the other person is going to say. I’m impatient, waiting from them to just get it out.
What i…
Don't Put Yourself on Trial
How diligently are you practicing? How steady is your mind? Are these questions useful? And why do we even ask them?
I was asking myself these questions all the time. Kind of relentlessly. Then a teac…
Sanctuary is Where We Are
And also, here at the Wake Up Call we're sharing tools & strategies to …
Mindfulness & Déjà Vu All Over Again
Just when I think I'm saturated, something else happens. Is it possible to be with whatever is going on in the world, and in our lives, without getting overwhelmed?
Because even when we learn how to d…
The Smoke and the Fire
There is so. much. smoke. The air is unbreathable in the Sierras, and only just ok down in the San Francisco Bay Area.
My heart is broken. Equanimity feels like a tall order. I've eaten far too many p…
To Tame or To Blame - That's Today's Question
This mind! Left unattended, mine does such strange things. When I've done something well, I'm self-congratulatory. When I haven't, disapproval and self-blame are right there. Is there a way to tame t…
Let's Talk About Our Friends (In a Nice Way)
Have you noticed how sometimes friends help you celebrate your triumphs, drown your sorrows, and rail against the small injustices of the day: the traffic, someone else's rudeness, the latest mask ma…
Last Week the Fool, This Week the Sage
Last week the Fool, this week the Sage. What is the Sage, or maybe, Who is the Sage? And can we make it easier for ourselves to listen to them? And what are we listening for? No answers but hopefully…
Your Last Pants Have No Pockets
The Fool is an ancient symbol. Some people say it's the image of innocence and openness. Others say it's the image of delirium. From a mindfulness perspective, when we get caught up in wealth and pri…
Mastering the World, and other mindful ideas
Should lawyers try to master the world? Yes! Or, in a way.
But not in a "Tom Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities," Master of the Universe, kind of way. In a way that's about becoming aware of the perfectl…
Mindfulness in the Probate Court
Yesterday I spent the morning in a virtual probate courtroom. What an interesting experience. In thirty years of practicing law in person, I don't think I ever saw the nooks & crannies of people's co…
Taming the Restless (Legal) Mind
The truth is, for so many years I loved my restless mind. Whenever things were about as busy as they could get, and then got a little crazier, I loved it. I felt like I was in top form, saving the wo…
The Vigilance to be Free
Here we are in the U.S., about to celebrate another Independence Day, celebrating our freedom from the tyranny of a king. But we all know there are other tyrannies afoot.
Definitely, let's celebrate,…
To Grieve or Rejoice: That's the Question
Do you ever notice there's a stickiness to the unkind things you say or do? How they stay with you, a kind of grief or remorse following you throughout the day, or through life? And how the same thin…
Where Quarrels End
“Where Quarrels End” is the topic for today’s episode, which seems odd since in the law, quarrels never really end and I don't even know if they’re supposed to end. And yet.
What if we thought about e…
One Thing Leads to Another: Anger to Anger, Peace to Love
I'd like to think I can get away with being careless every so often, but the truth is, I can see how the slightest edge in my voice, the tiniest amount of anger or ill will, is obvious to everyone an…
Stepping Back for a Clearer View
Usually we're very much in the middle of things, which makes it hard to step back for a broader perspective. Yet without that step back, our work can suffer, the people around us can suffer, and we c…
Clarity and Balance: Dropping the Objections and Getting to Work
There's a certain clarity that can arise when equanimity is present and we drop our objections to the present moment, and our doubts about our own good hearts. From there it's possible to drop into l…
Noticing Your Innate Peace of Mind
This moment, with its seemingly endless dangers and sorrows, calls for practices that can support equanimity like the G.R.O.U.N.D. practice we've been unpacking. Today's episode looks at the "N" of G…