Jeena Cho - The Anxious Lawyer

The Anxious Lawyer is a superb introduction to the why and how of meditation for lawyers. The authors, both lawyers themselves, guide you through a simple eight-week program for starting a meditation practice. Along the way, they help you understand how meditation can enhance not just your personal well-being, but also your professional practice and career.

Robert Ambrogi , Author of Law Sites

Much more than a how-to manual or text, the book speaks to the reader as a friend while providing amazingly useful insights. It reveals how meditation can help us find satisfaction and fulfillment in law as well as in life.

Ellen Beilock , Mindfulness teacher and facilitator, former lawyer and litigator, former mediator at UCSF

Practical and actionable. The authors came to meditation as practicing attorneys and they make the practice of meditation and mindfulness handily accessible for fellow attorneys. The authors break it down beautifully with personal anecdotes and the science, misconceptions, and mechanics of meditation and provide a painless, at-your-own-pace program to get you started on the path to forming a new habit that could potentially transform your life.

Tim Baran , Content Director at Rocket Matter

In this book, attorney Jeena Cho and Karen Gifford make a clear, concise, and convincing case in favor of the benefits of mindfulness and meditation for lawyersa segment of the population that is particularly prone to depression and anxiety due to the stresses and adversarial nature of our profession. If youre an attorney and reducing anxiety is a priority, this book is a great place to start.

Nicole Black , lawyer and Legal Technology Evangelist at MyCase

As someone who has meditated for thirty years, I was very happy to find this wonderful and effective introduction to the practice. I have found meditation helpful to all aspects of life including legal practice. While the thinking mind is a critical tool for lawyers, meditation relaxes the thinking mind, allowing new and creative insights to surface. Most of my best trial strategies and business initiatives emerged in this way! But the real benefit is the peace and calmness that meditation has added to my life. Jeena and Karen are offering the profession a profound gift.

Mary B. Cranston , retired CEO of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLC; first woman to head a major global law firm

As an attorney who has struggled with substance use, eating disorders and other mental health issues, mindfulness has been an invaluable tool in my recovery. It is great to see Jeena and Karen leading the way with The Anxious Lawyer .

Brian Cuban , author of Shattered Image, My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder

The mindfulness movement in law has been criticized for distracting lawyers focus from the needs of the client to those of the lawyer. But todays increasingly stressed-out, indebted, hostile, overworked, unmindful lawyers will never be effective advocates or counselors for their clients without the tools to understand and manage their inner lives. The journeys, instruction, and, most significantly, examples that Jeena Cho and Karen Gifford provide in The Anxious Lawyer are not only enlightened but desperately needed in the legal profession.

Dan Lear , Director of Industry Relations, Avvo; Chief Gadfly, Right Brain Law

A wonderful, detailed guide to meditation highlighted with intriguing and relatable personal stories that all professional women can learn from and enjoy! As a physician, I know that my life and stress can be improved by implementing the lessons in this book. This book cultivates personal insight and ability to filter surrounding influences which are invaluable strengths for personal and professional success.

Heather B. Leisy , MD, MBA, President, AMWA Resident Division

Anxiety and depression are rampant in the legal profession. But what can we do about it? Jeena Cho and Karen Gifford have come forward with a great book that answers that question: meditate. Well-organized and practical, a great read for those of us who struggle.

Dan Lukasik , attorney, creator lawyerswithdepression.com

The statistics are staggering, the anecdotes are everywhere you turn, and speaking to law students and lawyers across the country I can tell you it is trueour profession is overwhelmed by stressed and depressed attorneys. Jeena helps us to find saner and more productive ways to navigate the pressure and responsibility that comes with the practice of law.

Starling Marshall , Esq., Board President of the Dave Nee Foundation

The Anxious Lawyer provides a wonderful guide to meditationpractical, thorough, and beautifully tailored to the needs of attorneys. Im thrilled that this book is now availablenot only because it will the support the wellbeing of lawyers around the world, but because it will allow them to better support the wellbeing of others.

Tara Mohr , author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead

This book fills the void created by the earnest and serious business of law with a blueprint to happiness and to good health. In 8 weeks, this DIY guide provides a lifetime of tools necessary to take your career and your personal life on a journey to a better and more fulfilling place. Read, practice, smile, repeat.

Jeena Cho and Karen Gifford have filed this hardcopy toolbox with stories, step by step instructions, practices and tools that will lead even the busiest person to a happier place where doing less is more. This book is a great read, that takes you on a journey you can follow for the rest of your life.

Patrick Palace , Palace Law, President of the Washington State Bar Association from 2013-2014

Jeena Cho and Karen Gifford use their personal stories to illustrate the power of mindfulness. Their approach makes mindfulness practices accessible to lawyers and relevant to their work. Their book not only helps lawyers develop more fulfilling professional lives but also improves the legal system by making social interactions among lawyers and clients more positive. However, the greatest gift The Anxious Lawyer offers is an opportunity to explore the meaning and purpose of your life. This book is both personal and profound, and its words are to be both read and experienced.

Nehal A. Patel, J.D., Ph.D , Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice, University of Michigan-Dearborn, author of Why Lawyers Fear Love

This is a lovely book. Any anxious lawyer, or any lawyer seeking to become more centered and happy, will find treasures in Jeenas and Karens personal stories, their practical advice for the special problems facing lawyers, and their easy-to-follow guide for starting a meditation practice.

Judge Bruce A. Peterson , Minnesota Fourth Judicial District Court

This book could not have come at a more important time. We are so distracted: by our technology; by a rapidly changing legal and business climate; and most of all by our own minds- desperately trying to make sense of it all. The Anxious Lawyer offers practical guidance on how to create the space we need- professionally and personally- not just to survive, but to thrive.

Jack Pringle , Partner, Adams & Reese LLP

These are stressful times for lawyers. In my work promoting increased professionalism, I see over and again that stress is a huge contributing factor to the problem of overly-aggressive and uncivil lawyer behavior. The Anxious Lawyer contains a treasure trove of practical advice for reducing stress and reflexive action through meditation techniques. I recommend this book to any lawyer seeking to have a more satisfying personal life and professional career.

Jayne R. Reardon , Executive Director, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism