This event will be presented via Zoom. REGISTER HERE. Speakers Kim Milone, CM, CMI, Esq. and Sheila M. Wilkinson, LMSW, Esq. will guide Louisiana Attorneys through an inquisitive and interactive foundational primer of lawyer well-being focused on living with intention, guiding participants on a journey of mindfulness. Approved for 1 Professionalism CLE
Participants will actively engage in this CLE through a number of mechanisms, including:
Completing an initial gut check-in activity targeted toward helping participants (re)focus their attention and to shift from work-mode to explore-mode
Learning from Speakers’ personal and professional journeys and ebbs and flows of health and wellness throughout their combined 25+ years in the legal industry
Exploring four facets of health, with actionable items to improve their quality of life
Understanding the role expectations play in their day-to-day and how to manage them
Differentiating between boundaries, procrastination, and delay, and learning how to distinguish them in their practical application
Completing five (5) guided mindfulness activities, created specifically for this CLE, at the end of each segment to encourage attendees to explore their current physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, and overall health, and what they want that health to look like in the future. Where appropriate, the exercises may be modified as appropriate for accessibility and mobility limitations. Those activities are:
Opening the Mind - Mindfulness Activity #1
Physical Health - Mindfulness Activity #2
Mental and Emotional Health - Mindfulness Activity #3
Intellectual Health - Mindfulness Activity #4
Community Health - Mindfulness Activity #5
Ending the CLE with a simple yet effective intention-setting activity, allowing them the space and agency to decide how they plan to support their health going forward.
The CLE will end with open Q&A. In addition to the CLE Workbook, Participants will be provided with personalized thank you pages that provide additional information, opportunities to learn and apply, and links to resources to bolster their experience after the CLE.
This CLE will be flexible, engaging, and conversational, with consistent encouragement to ask questions and get answers live. Ms. Milone and Ms. Wilkinson will facilitate exercises and discussion from their extensive experience, training, and knowledge, and will teach proven methods for improving wellness, health, and stress management in the legal profession.
About the Speakers
Kim L. Milone is an attorney, licensed in Louisiana and Florida, and a Certified Mediator (CM) in Texas. She earned her Bachelor’s in History from Loyola University (New Orleans), her Juris Doctorate from Indiana University School of Law, and her Mediation Certification from the University of Houston. Kim is also a Certified Meditation Instructor (CMI) through the Open Heart Project. In her 25+ year career, Kim has worked in private practice, the public sector, as a college instructor, and in business. She has extensive experience in running a business from startup through sale to private equity, and she has a decade plus of experience in working with leading food, beverage and dietary supplements manufacturers in regulatory compliance. Kim currently is in private practice focused on intellectual property and global food regulations. As the Founder of Intentional Legal, Kim offers business consulting and Mindfulness based Courses and Coaching.
Sheila M. Wilkinson is a Louisiana Licensed Attorney, a Louisiana Licensed Master Social Worker, an Educator, an Empowerment Coach, and the host of the “What Would Sheila Say?” Podcast. Sheila combines her love for the law, social work, and education to help lawyers transform pain, frustration, and unreasonable expectations at work into happiness, success, and healthy boundaries, so that they can achieve their personal and professional goals. Splitting her time between New Orleans and Brussels, Sheila serves several nonprofits in the Greater New Orleans area, and provides services across the globe.