WE ASKED, YOU ANSWERED: What are ways you fit wellness and self-care into your day? Get Inspired! Life in legal is often stressful, making it hard to carve out time for yourself. These members and business partners share how they take time for some self-care. We all know that it is important to take care of ourselves but making time for it isn’t always easy. Here are their tips – and some fun photos! Walking & Meditation: sometimes alone – sometimes with a partner A long walk every day with my spouse or other family member and without cellphones is good for the body and the soul. Steve Brush, Esq.
I live in an area where walking around our neighborhood includes about a mile long of hills and valleys. I walk in the evenings with other neighbors, all of whom are working moms. We have scheduled walks just before it gets dark and the kids are either with the other parent or in bed. All of us try to make it at least twice per week, if not more often. Although I am pretty free to walk at any time of the day, our neighborhood’s working moms prefer the later evening hours. María Judith Rodríguez-Martyak, Esq.
Walking every day at lunch or after dinner for at least a half hour. Jill M. V. Richter, Esq., Title IV-D Attorney, Bucks County Domestic Relations Section I try to get in a 5-mile walk every day. Susan Levy Eisenberg, Esquire A nice walk around the block after dinner. Julie D. Goldstein, Esq., BCBA President, Fox Rothschild LLP
Meditation I use a daily positive meditation reading, use the swimming pool and also go to Planet Fitness for the 30-minute exercise room as well as treadmill and bike. My wife and I attend together and it is something we look forward to and feel great afterwards. Greg B. Emmons, Esq., G Emmons Law, LLC Meditation Morris Kaplan, Esq.
Walking AND meditation, thinking, & mindfulness I meditate on the lamrim Carla V. Risoldi, Esq.
Any day that starts with a long, head-clearing walk usually turns out to be a good one. I wish I did it more. No excuses. Matthew D. Weintraub, Esq., Bucks County District Attorney For me, I have a transition period between work and “not work.” Whether I am working from the office or remotely (we are doing hybrid these days), I always go for a walk after the work day. It is just kind of built into my schedule, so my wife knows I am not available until after my walk. If the weather isn’t cooperative, I will use my treadmill, but I certainly get more joy from being in the outdoors. From both a mental and physical perspective, the walk is just something I need. Glenn Neiman, Esq., Brilliant & Neiman LLC 6
