WRITTEN BY LAWYERS FOR LAWYERS
Some people will tell you that happiness is a choice. We disagree. It’s not quite that simple. We have come to realize that happiness, like the law, is a practice. It is something we can build – little by little – bit by bit – every day. While we cannot merely flip a switch and become happy, we can cultivate happiness. We can practice happiness. Our book gives you the science-backed tools to do just that.
You can take small steps each day to live a happier life and bring more happiness to everybody around you. We’re not just talking happy talk, and the strategies we share have nothing to do with toxic positivity. We’re here to tell you that you can live a happier, healthier, more resilient life. The phrase “happy lawyer” isn’t an oxymoron. You can do this. Yes, you can!
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“As a lawyer and now as the Executive Director of ADAA, I think about happiness and purpose daily. I found many of the suggestions in 50 Lessons for Happy Lawyers both insightful and practical. I will be sharing the book with my lawyer friends as well as those who may be considering becoming a lawyer. We lawyers need a book like this. Thank you.”
Susan Gurley
Executive Director
Anxiety & Depression Association of America
“You can endure years of pain, or you can learn the lessons now. I am looking forward to the latest book by Nora Riva Bergman and her co-Author, Chelsey A. Castro. I have spent 50 years practicing law, and living, to learn how to be a happy lawyer. Read this book, and learn the lessons the easy way.”
Rick Georges
Creator of the FutureLawyer Blog
Lawyer, Poet, Author, Educator
“Now more than ever, when it comes to health and happiness, people are finding that what used to work—or what they thought worked—doesn’t really. In 50 Lessons For Happy Lawyers, Nora Bergman and Chelsy Castro make a compelling and evidence-based case that people should understand what happiness and well-being actually are and why they should prioritize them. Best of all, Bergman and Castro lay out a simple, research-based approach to new practices lawyers (and all of us) can easily try.”
Jesse Antin
Development Director
Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
Meet The Authors
Nora Riva Bergman
Nora is the author of 50 Lessons for Lawyers: Earn More – Stress Less – Be Awesome and 50 Lessons for Women Lawyers–From Women Lawyers. 50 Lessons for Happy Lawyers: Boost Wellness – Build Resilience – Yes, You Can is the third book in the 50 Lessons for Lawyers series. A licensed attorney since 1992, Nora has coached lawyers across the country for over 15 years.
Chelsy Castro
Chelsy is CEO and Founder of Castro Jacobs Psychotherapy and Consulting (CJPC), a firm specializing in lawyer well-being. An attorney turned psychotherapist and performance coach, Chelsy focuses on science-based skills and strategies for improving performance and increasing well-being.
Our Vision
We believe that lawyers deserve to live happy, healthy, resilient lives. The Lessons in this book provide scientifically sound strategies and suggestions on how to apply them to your life and your practice. We can help you to focus on your own happiness and wellbeing, and by doing so you can not only improve your own life, but you can also influence the lives others. Gandhi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” We hope our book gives you the tools you need to be the change.
Partners
A portion of the proceeds from 50 Lessons for Happy Lawyers will benefit the good works of our friends at the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, the Greater Good Science Center, and the Institute for Well-Being in Law.
More Books
50 Lessons for Lawyers. Earn More. Stress Less. Be Awesome.
You take care of your clients, your staff, and your law practice. Now it’s time to take care of yourself. In 50 Lessons for Lawyers, Nora shares the latest strategies on productivity, marketing, and leadership, together with the lessons she’s learned in her years as a practicing attorney and business coach. You’ll get bite-sized, easily digestible advice and tips on how you can start living each lesson right now.
50 Lessons for Women Lawyers from Women Lawyers
With contributions from Nora and 49 women lawyers from the United States and Canada, this book provides lessons for women at every stage of their careers. Contributors include women from all types of practices – including women in private and public practice, current and former national, state, and local bar association presidents, state and federal judges, law school faculty, entrepreneurs, and other published authors.
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I believe that the purpose of our life is to seek happiness.
Dalai Lama