Ep. 062: Putting Your Wellness First

Welcome to Attorney Heart, the podcast focused on bringing awareness to and promoting attorney well-being! As attorneys, we focus a lot on advocating for others, which is one of our main roles. However, one of the things that happens when we do this continuously is that we often tend to forget to advocate for ourselves. It is important to learn how to put yourself first because if you don't, then it is going to limit your ability to help & advocate for others. Putting yourself first doesn't mean you're being selfish. Your overall holistic being needs to be in tip top shape. You need to learn how to fulfill your own needs first. Doing that will not prevent or detract from you advocating effectively for others. Over time it's going to enable you help them in a much more positive and effective way, by being your best & most authentic version of yourself. A lot of times we tend to consume our time & energy in ways that impress others by taking more & more responsibility. Over time, we end up taking more than we can handle, and this becomes so overwhelming that it impacts our health directly. Putting yourself first is a gradual process and has a lot of benefits: You're going to gain more energy, and you will be more productive, more effective, more efficient, happier, get more respect from others & respect others more, have better relationships, reduce your fears, reduce stress, reduce anxiety, reduce any resentment, and reduce any depression you may have. Learning how to take care of ourselves sets a good example for our children. And it can go a long way in terms of what they see and what kind of values they end up adopting. -- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imaternow/ Website: http://www.imaternow.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXjsRYDF9Z8sk3Leu--RPw To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-flores-6a4b86/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1fernandoflores/ Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a Speaker at Law Schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.