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2021 SC BAR CONVENTION
Young Lawyers Division/Wellness
Committee
Battling Stigma in our Quest to Live Above the Bar
Thursday, January 21
SC Supreme Court Commission on CLE Course No. 210749ADO
Thursday, January 21, 2021
8:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Young Lawyers Division & Wellness Committee
3.0 MCLE Credit Hours, including 3.0 SA/MH Credit Hours
Supreme Court Commission on CLE Course #: 210749ADO
Battling Stigma in our Quest to Live Above the Bar
The Wellness Committee has partnered with the Young Lawyers Division this year to provide a seminar on
various stigmas we battle as lawyers and ways to combat those stigmas. We will have four, 25-minute TEDX
style talks, followed by one, 90-minute keynote speaker.
Dr. Will Bulsiewicz will discuss how nutrition can assist in improved and sustained mental focus, memory and
professional performance, all of which are key to aiding in reducing lawyers’ dependence on substances,
depression, anxiety, and stress that flair when a lawyer feels overwhelmed by the amount of work he or she has
to prioritize. Dr. Bulsiewicz is a Charleston gastroenterologist who just released his first book, Fiber Fueled.
Next, we will hear from John Hudson who will speak on the stigma of mental health and losing a loved one to
suicide. John is a lawyer who recently lost a brother to suicide. Sarah Frick will follow with a presentation on
various types of exercise. Sarah runs The Works in Charleston and will dispel the myth that exercise must be
difficult or painful. Our fourth 25-minute presenter is Elliott Tait who will discuss the stigma of seeking help
through therapy. Elliott is an attorney and will discuss the ways in which therapy has improved his well-being
and his practice of law. To end the seminar, our keynote speaker is Dr. Amy Wood. Dr. Wood has found that
attorneys who tend to be more influential than others share a powerfully positive and motivating perspective that
is critical to success. She will discuss and teach a formidable method of thinking that reduces problems and
attracts opportunities.
Agenda
8:30 – 8:55 a.m. Combatting the Stigma of Plant-based Diets in the Legal Profession
Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, MD MSCI
Mt. Pleasant, SC
8:55 – 9:20 a.m. Combatting the Stigma of Mental Illness that can Lead Lawyers to
Suicide
John D. Hudson, Jr.
McLeod Law Group, LLC
Columbia, SC
9:20 – 9:45 a.m. Combatting the Stigma that Exercise is “One Size Fits All”
Sarah Frick
The Works
Charleston, SC
9:45 – 10:10 a.m. Combatting the Stigma of Seeking Help Through Therapy
D. Elliott Tait
S.C. Legal Services
North Charleston, SC
10:10 – 10:25 a.m. Break
10:25 – 11:45 a.m. Set Your Mind to Success
Dr. Amy Wood, Psy.D.
Portland, Maine
Course Planners/Moderators: Lindsay Joyner
Gallivan, White & Boyd P.A.
Columbia, SC
Young Lawyers Division
& Wellness Committee
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
by order of presentation
Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, MD MSCI
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Will Bulsiewicz, MD MSCI, is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine. He
trained in internal medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and gastroenterology at The
University of North Carolina Hospitals. He also earned a Master of Science in Clinical
Investigation (MSCI) from Northwestern University and a certificate in nutrition from Cornell
University. Dr. Bulsiewicz is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology.
Dr. B. is a respected clinician and the recipient of numerous awards. At Northwestern, he received
the highest award in his residency program (Rambach Award), was elected into the Alpha Omega
Alpha honor society, and was Chief Medical Resident. At UNC, he once again received the highest
clinical award and was Chief Gastroenterology Fellow.
Dr. B also has an accomplished background in research, with more than 20 scientific articles
published and more than 40 presentations at national meetings. He also did advanced training at
the UNC - Gillings School of Public Health and received a prestigious grant from the National
Institutes of Health.
John D. Hudson, Jr.
McLeod Law Group, LLC
Columbia, SC
John Hudson is an attorney with McLeod Law Group, L.L.C. John graduated from Davidson
College in 1995 and the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2000. He began is legal
career in Columbia with Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A., where he practiced from 2000 – 2011.
While there, he focused primarily on insurance defense work. He joined Gallivan, White & Boyd,
P.A. in 2011, helping establish the firm’s Columbia office, where he continued building his
insurance-based practice for several years. In March 2020, John changed career paths and joined
McLeod Law Group, L.L.C. to begin pursuing a plaintiff practice and representing injured parties.
He practices in the firm’s Columbia office.
John was born and raised in Horry County, South Carolina. His father is a practicing attorney, his
mother a retired teacher and homemaker. He is the oldest of three children, with his younger
brother and sister being twins. On July 5, 2016, John’s brother, Will, died by suicide following a
prolonged battle with depression and substance abuse.
Sarah Frick
The Works
Charleston, SC
Sarah Frick has been in the yoga and fitness industry for 16 years. After opening and operating
two successful power yoga studios for 10 years in Charleston, South Carolina, Sarah sold both at
the peak of their success to rebrand not only her fitness concept but herself. She wanted more than
just a fitness experience. Sarah’s life had changed. She had changed. She had grown. She had
experienced loss. She had experienced grief. And, ultimately, she had experienced grace.
Losing her first child, Grace, in early infancy was a pivotal point in Sarah’s life. It truly defined
the buzz phrase “be present.” Losing Grace dropped Sarah into her body, into her heart, and into
her life to truly see what was important and what mattered. From that, The Works Method started
to bud and to take life.
This practice she created—The Works Method—is extremely physical. The class combines heat,
vinyasa yoga flow, cardio, core, sculpt, body strength work, meditation, and oh-so-much heart
work...all taught to a bumping playlist. Imagine you're in a packed room and everyone is moving
and breathing and sweating and not only are you being physically pushed but, at the same time,
you’re being mentally stimulated to dissipate the excess and move through the roadblocks that you
keep coming up against.
Something Sarah often speaks to in her classes is: Everywhere we go, there we are. She inspires
people to think, If I can work through some of this shit on my mat, imagine what I can do in my
own life. Sarah has worked with people as they have navigated grief, sobriety, divorce, depression,
change, transition—and the list goes on. The work done in the Works room is life-changing.
Sarah currently lives in a little beach town with her three wild children and equally wild husband.
She loves a good laugh, her music up high, watching her babies grow into cool little humans and
she loves salt in all forms—a good cry, the beach, and tequila no ice. Most of all, she loves to do
the work that works, whether that’s in the room sweating or with her family and friends.
D. Elliott Tait
S.C. Legal Services
N. Charleston, SC
Elliott is a staff attorney with South Carolina Legal Services in Charleston. He works primarily
with Spanish-speaking clients in the areas of family law and education law. Before law school,
Elliott worked for a few years in Bolivia, South America with a non profit organization. His wife
is a therapist with the Department of Mental Health who works exclusively with first responders
and their families. Elliott is responsible for Legal Services’ Peer Support Group, which meets
every month to chat about life and attorney self-care.
Dr. Amy Wood, Psy.D.
Portland, Maine
Through executive coaching and training, Portland, Maine-based psychologist Amy Wood helps
attorneys to reach greater levels of achievement and fulfillment. She is the author of Life Your
Way: Refresh Your Approach to Success and Breathe Easier in a Fast-paced World, and is often
called on for her expert opinion by media ranging from Maine Public Radio to Parade Magazine.
Dr. Wood earned her doctorate at Adler University, is certified by the College of Executive
Coaching, and teaches cognitive-behavioral psychology at the Simmons Graduate School of Social
Work.
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Young Lawyers Division/Wellness
Committee
Combatting the Stigma of Plant-based Diets in
the Legal Profession
Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, MD MSCI
No Materials Available
Young Lawyers Division/Wellness
Committee
Combatting the Stigma of Mental Illness that can
Lead Lawyers to Suicide
John D. Hudson, Jr.
If I Had It To Do Over . . .
THE CAUSE?
- Traumatic event (wreck, scholarship loss)?
- Substance abuse (alcohol, Adderall)?
- Genetics?
- Idiopathic?
- Combination of factors?THE SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
- Inability to get out of bed.
- Inability to sleep.
- Unreliable.
- Pain…indescribable pain.
- Hopelessness (profound).
- And much, much more….TREATMENTS
- Counselor(s) / Therapist(s).
- Psychiatrist(s) (meds, meds, meds).
- Rehab.
- Hospital (ECTs).The Lawyer’s Challenge: why mental health
can be such a struggle.
1. Critical thinkers (skeptical).
2. Evidence-based profession.
3. Problem solvers / “fixers.”1. BECOME BETTER
INFORMEDThe psychiatric literature on depression
is enormous, with theory after theory
concerning the disease’s etiology
proliferating as richly as theories about
death of the dinosaurs or the origin of
black holes. The very number of
hypotheses is testimony to the malady’s
all but impenetrable mystery.
-William Styron2. BE MORE EMPATHETIC / (SYMPATHETIC?)
It has to be emphasized that if the pain were readily describable most of the
countless sufferers from this ancient affliction would have been able to
confidently depict for their friends and loved ones (even their physicians) some
of the actual dimensions of their torment, and perhaps elicit a comprehension
that has been generally lacking; such incomprehension has usually been due not
to a failure of sympathy but to the basic inability of healthy people to imagine a
form of torment so alien to everyday experience.
-William Styron3. BE BOLD – TALK ABOUT IT!
During the summer of my decline, a close friend of mine . . . was hospitalized for
severe manic depression. By the time I had commenced my autumnal plunge
my friend had recovered (largely due to lithium but also to psychotherapy in the
aftermath), and we were in touch by telephone every day. His support was
untiring and priceless . . . The help he gave me, he later said, had been a
continuing therapy for him, thus demonstrating that, if nothing else, the disease
engenders lasting fellowship.
-William Styronwillforhope.org
Young Lawyers Division/Wellness
Committee
Combatting the Stigma that Exercise is “One Size
Fits All”
Sarah FrickNo Materials Available
Young Lawyers Division/Wellness
Committee
Combatting the Stigma of Seeking Help Through
Therapy
D. Elliott Tait101 Reasons Why You
Should Go To Therapy
BY: SOME GUY1.You're a lawyer, so you LOVE to hear yourself talk
2. Therapy is like getting beer with a buddy, only...
3. It's been a minute since you actually got a beer with a buddy
4. Whenever you do get a beer with a friend, you have one too many...
5. You don't have any buddies anymore...
6. ...Is for sex.
8. You feel like you could be happier, but you don’t know really know HOW
9. You feel like you could be happier, but you don’t want to do much about it
10. You feel like you could be happier if you did this one thing...
12. You lost your Mom or Dad and never really talked about it
13. Most days you hate your job, but you feel trapped
14. Most days you hate..., but you feel trapped
15. Some nights you go to bed and can't quiet your brain...
16. Your wife is a therapist and you want to increase her business so you can retire from the legal world
17. The horrible things you see at work are distorting the way you view the world
18. You feel like your life is aimless
19. You feel like your life is a runaway train
20. You feel like your life is an aimless runaway train that travels in a big circle
22. Sometimes you get so angry you feel like you can't control what you say or do
23. You feel like no one really knows you
24. You feel like YOU don't really know you
25. Sometimes you get into a cycle of thoughts you can't break free from
26. You're thinking of getting a divorce
26. You're spouse is thinking of getting a divorce
28. You're paramour is thinking of getting a divorce
29. You can't sit quietly with your own thoughts
30. The only peace you find comes at the end of 4 drinks
31. You did something and it's eating you up inside
32. You're sick, and it might change everything, forever
34. You use horses to manipulate people
35. Someone suggested you should try it
36. Your spouse suggested you try it
37. The Court ordered you
38. You think your family, your friends, your work would all be better off if you weren't around
39. It's hard to make friends
40. It's hard to keep friends
41. You don't find pleasure in the things you used to love
43. You don't know what your purpose is
44. You don't know what gives your life meaning
45. You don't feel connected to the cosmos, to humanity, to god...
46. You're a total narcissist who doesn't need therapy
47. Your life is so unique and interesting...
48. You want to grow
49. You want to better understand why you do certain things, or think certain ways
50. It might help...
51. You thought there were 50 more of these
Young Lawyers Division/Wellness
Committee
Set Your Mind to Success
Dr. Amy Wood, Psy.D.1/5/2021
Set Your Mind to Success:
10 Essential Ways of Thinking to Catapult
Your Career and Well-being
Amy Wood, Psy.D.
Creator of Law and the Good Life
Facilitated by Amy Wood, Psy.D. Training and Coaching
for the South Carolina Bar Young Attorneys Division Convention
January 21, 2021
First Let’s Focus Get a Balcony View
Attorney Outlier Stress Syndrome The Realities of Stress
1. Reducing stress is all about spending
your energy wisely
2. Adapting your perspective to reduce
stress is one of the best uses of your
Most Professionals
Attorneys energy
Average Stress Extreme Stress
11/5/2021
The Cognitive-Behavioral Cycle
Situation
“Our happiness depends on the habit of Actions Beliefs
mind we cultivate.”
Norman Vincent Peale
Author of “The Power of Positive Thinking”
Feelings Thoughts
The Cognitive-Behavioral Cycle The Cognitive-Behavioral Cycle
Stressful Stressful
job job
Destructive I have no Productive I have
coping control coping influence
Anxiety I can’t deal Confidence I can deal
with this with this
“Between the Temperament + Individual Perspective
Trigger and + Childhood Conditioning =
Response Lies Ingrained Beliefs
Your Freedom.”
Tara Brach
21/5/2021
What Optimism Is Not
Beliefs Based in Optimism:
Your Foundation for Success
I can do it! I have the resources I need!
I’ll find a way!
Yes!
Common Attorney Beliefs
What Optimism Is
that Cause Stress
1. I must prove thoroughly competent and knowing at
all times.
2. My worth can be measured by competitive situations.
3. My emotional distress comes from external pressures
that I have little ability to change.
4. I must meet aggression with aggression to be
successful.
5. If I don’t get everything my clients want, I have lost.
6. I will be less productive if I take breaks.
10 Beliefs Practiced by the Most Wisdom Starts with Knowing That I
Successful Attorneys Will Never Know it All
31/5/2021
Every Tough Situation is an
Failure is Part of Success
Opportunity for Growth
I Can Best Serve My Clients by
Collaboration is Winning
Being Present, Empathetic and Real
It’s Not Personal
(Unless It’s Personal)
When I Focus on What I Can Control and Let
Go of the Rest, Everything Goes Better
41/5/2021
I Can Handle Whatever the Day My Relationships and
Brings with the Right Approach Reputation are Gold
Recovery, Relaxation and Fun are
Paramount to My How to Revise Your Beliefs
Productivity and Happiness
1. Slow down.
2. Notice beliefs that cause undo stress.
3. Ask: Is this really true?
4. Decide on replacement beliefs.
5. Think before responding.
How to Encourage
Empowering Beliefs
1. Ask: What would the new me do?
2. Act “as if.”
“Our happiness depends on the habit of
3. Affirm yourself. mind we cultivate.”
4. Wrap your thoughts in nourishing
environments. Norman Vincent Peale
Author of “The Power of Positive Thinking”
51/5/2021
10 Beliefs Practiced by the Most
Successful Attorneys
One step at a time!
• Wisdom starts with knowing that I will never • It’s not personal (unless it’s personal.)
know it all.
• When I focus on what I can control and let go
• Every tough situation is an opportunity for of the rest, everything goes better.
growth.
• I can handle whatever the day brings with the
• Failure is part of success. right approach.
• Collaboration is winning. • My relationships and reputation are gold.
• I can best serve my clients by being present, • Recovery, relaxation and fun are paramount to
empathetic and real. my productivity and happiness.
What belief do you most want to work on? To keep this going, consider:
What could your first step be? Law and the Good Life Coaching
61/5/2021
For more information:
amywoodpsyd.com
amywood@amywoodpsyd.com
207-232-0390
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