Free virtual wellness offered by State Bar

The State Bar of Michigan will present a free virtual wellness event featuring Karissa Wallace on Friday, May 29, at 11:30 a.m. “Stress Less, Live More: Practical Tools for Lawyer Wellbeing” will be offered via Zoom and is free to all State Bar of Michigan members.

By attending the 90-minute event, participants will:

• Receive an overview of research on how stress affects legal professionals.

• Discover the impact of stress and why some stress is needed for peak performance.

• Learn science-backed strategies necessary to recover from, and prevent, burnout.

• And create an action plan to boost your wellbeing in just 30 minutes per day.

Wallace is a wellbeing coach, teacher, speaker, and corporate lawyer, most recently serving as in-house counsel for Detroit Venture Partners. She became a wellbeing coach after experiencing burnout, and uses the latest science, along with her own experience, to highlight the importance of career wellbeing and provide actionable tools for stress management.

The State Bar of Michigan offers virtual wellness events twice per year to help attorneys maximize their professional competency by improving their overall wellbeing. To learn more or register for the May 29 wellness event, visit www.michbar.org/ljap.