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For lawyers caught in the high-pressure cycle of long hours, constant deadlines, and emotional fatigue, a new CLE video training offers a simple message — sustainable legal careers start with healthy relationships, not just with clients and colleagues, but with yourself.
That’s the main takeaway from “Work-Life Balance for Attorneys,” a free CLE presentation offered by The Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Professionalism in conjunction with Community Legal Services.
Presented by trauma therapists Zac Dodson and Jesse Lyon, co-founders of Trauma-Focused Hypnotherapy, the course focuses on how emotions and the subconscious mind shape attorneys’ professional behaviors — and how unchecked stress can quietly undermine long-term well-being. Dodson and Lyon define work-life balance as “the ability to maintain harmony between your professional responsibilities and personal life, creating space for sustainable productivity and emotional health.”
