5 Stress Management Tips for Legal Professionals.

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5 Stress Management Tips for Legal Professionals
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1. Exercise

• Exercise is the best thing we have to a fountain
  of youth, and one of the single most effective
  ways to combat stress. Exercise physiologist
  Cameron McDonald put it this way (Exercise)
  builds resilience in brain cells so they dont
  respond as acutely to stress
• Its an immunization to stress. McDonald
  suggests that lawyers should exercise at
  moderate intensity for thirty minutes, at least
  three times per week.

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2. Get the Sleep You Need

• Given the long work hours that are commonplace in
  the legal profession, there is an unfortunate
  tendency to compensate by cutting back on sleep.
• Getting a solid nights sleep is basic hygiene
  not just a nice to have, a must have. So make a
  commitment to get more sleep, then set a regular
  bedtime schedule, and stick to it.

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3. Talk With People You Trust

• Talking about the cause of your stress can be
  extremely useful, both in empathy of an
  understanding listener and in releasing some of
  the energy surrounding the problem.
• Use good judgment, however, in choosing the
  people with whom you share your problems. In a
  legal workplace, some of the stress-inducing
  matters will involve confidential information.

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4. Take Regular Breaks

• Physical activity is an excellent way to
  dissipate stress. Simply stepping away from your
  desk and walking for 10-15 minutes can break up
  the muscle tension that accompanies mental
  tension.
• Recent studies show that sitting at a desk for
  eight (or more) hours a day can contribute to
  serious health problems, not the least of which
  is the buildup of stress.

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5. Meditate

• meditation is the need of all lawyers of the top
  legal firms in India. In the course of a
  generation, public perception about meditation
  has undergone a transformation. Although
  meditation can be a cornerstone of a spiritual
  practice, it also has stress-reduction properties
  that have been well documented by scientific
  studies.
• The bottom line Meditation is an eminently
  practical technique that is simple, easily
  learned and can be performed in 20-30 minutes.
  What are you waiting for?

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