Monday Morning Moments

Monday, May 8: Wellness and Self-Care in your Courtroom: Breathing Techniques, Gentle Movement and Guided Relaxation with Sound: (All levels)

Join Jen Donovan, Wellness Specialist, RYT, RCYT, RPYT for a session where she shares the tips, tools, and practices that she is teaching in courtrooms, conferences, retreats both in-person and on zoom. By incorporating a personal practice into your daily routine you will be able to reduce stress buildup, center your mind, and create a sense of calm. 

Jen Donovan, Wellness Specialist, RYT, RCYT, RPYT, is a registered Yoga Instructor, certified Sound Healer, certified Rawfood Nutrition teacher who leads sessions on breathwork techniques, posture, yoga/chi-gong movement, plant based whole foods education, and guided music meditations.  She has been sharing her 24 years worth of knowledge by teaching at judicial national conferences, workshops, retreats, and online platforms for several organizations and their teams.

Jen has dedicated her life’s work towards helping others to better regulate their stress levels and it's her personal mission to humbly teach and reach as many judges, attorney’s, case workers, probation officers, court clerks, psychologists, law enforcement and forensic nurses who are working with our children and families who have undergone trauma. Jen wants to be a part of the positive change in the lives of others by supporting the well-being of people that not only work in the judicial system but also the children and families who are affected by the system. During her sessions, Jen shares her knowledge of a variety of practical resources because she believes that by accessing these time tested tools, we all have the power to help create systems change.

Jen was with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) for a span of 15 years and now consults as a Wellness Specialist. She has played a key role in the NCJFCJ’s Monday Morning Moments and will be sharing at NCJFCJ’s Symposium Centering Ourselves for Leadership this spring. Jen teaches at judicial conferences, workshops, institutes, local courthouse, virtual courthouses, local wellness studios and retreat centers. Jen has worked with juveniles in custody, children who are in shelters and she works with individual clients.

Monday, June 12: Mental Health and Children

Over the last seven years Chief Justice John T. Broderick, Jr. (Ret.) has driven more than 100,000 miles on backroads and highways throughout New England speaking more than 750 times to tens of thousands of young people and adults at more than 350 middle schools, high schools, and other venues about changing the conversation and culture around mental health. In this webinar Justice Broderick will talk about his family’s journey with mental illness, his own mistakes and failings, and the need for all of us to address mental health challenges without shame, stigma, or shadows. Mental health challenges affect 1 in 5 adults and lawyers, judges, and the criminal justice system are not immune. Change is needed.

Monday, July 10: How Wellness Impacts Ethical Obligations

Where do our ethical duties align with our personal health and wellness? Is an unwell attorney a competent attorney? In this Monday Morning Moments webinar we will explore the connection between individual health and wellness and ethical lawyering. We will then explore practical steps to manage stress, improve our personal health and wellness.

This session will be led by Caryn Tijsseling, Esq., who is a civil litigator in private practice at Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg in Reno, Nevada. As a certified Nutrition and Stress Management Coach, Caryn helps busy professionals and students adopt healthy habits to manage stress