The Resilient Lawyer with Jeena Cho
Business:Careers
In this episode, I am excited to have Lauren Rad on to talk about the importance of nurturing creativity as a lawyer and the wellness benefits that come from utilizing your right brain artistically.
Lauren Clark Rad is an attorney at Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP in her hometown of Ventura, California, where she practices employment law and business litigation. If you’d like to join a group of stitchers in the law profession, you can find her on Facebook by searching for Legally Stitching.
Topics Covered
Lauren kicks off the show by talking more in depth about what she does to cultivate her creativity: Knitting! She talks about both the benefits she sees in making time for knitting in her schedule, as well as talks about some of the studies showing knitting's effect on cognitive and emotional health. The reasons knitting is perfect for lawyers because of it’s tactile nature as well as it’s portability and low cost to start, as well as fighting the stigma around knitting and the stares you can receive knitting in public as a lawyer. We talk about the Mindful Lawyer Community and why it is so important to have a creative outlet group because lawyers are some of the loneliest working professionals out there. We don’t get a lot of chances for social interaction depending on our practice so it is up to us to make a proactive effort to be social and creative. She talks about different ways she harbors a community for knitting through an ongoing chat and quarterly webinars, and tools she uses such as Slack. Knitting as a feminist activity, etc.Resources Mentioned:
Twitter Thread - Why Knitting? https://twitter.com/laurenclarkrad/status/949311002373312512
Mindful Lawyers Community: http://jeenacho.com/mlc
Questions? Comments? Email Jeena! hello@jeenacho.com. You can also connect with Jeena on Twitter: @Jeena_Cho
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Transcript
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