The Houston Bar Association (“HBA”) is known for delivering award-winning and high-quality content that provides essential guidance, practical advice, and fundamental skills to lawyers in the Greater Houston community. As the largest bar association in Houston, the HBA is a voice for the legal community with the opportunity to address issues affecting lawyers. Recognizing the unique challenges lawyers face in maintaining competence and managing stress, the HBA Wellness Committee is dedicated to fostering the holistic mental health and well-being of lawyers by helping them naturally integrate wellness tools into their practice.The Wellness Committee will strive to feature innovative, fun, and thoughtful programming through a combination of substantive and interactive programs in an effort to offer lawyers a proactive approach to overall well-being while fostering connection and seeking to provide tools to enhance competence and the practice of law. The committee will work to organize 2-3 annual premier programs and small group events as well as create wellness content for the HBA website and social media. The committee plans to collaborate with local bar associations, wellness-focused organizations, and law firms, agencies, and/or companies.
2024-2025 Co-Chairs:
Melanie Bragg, Bragg Law PC
Samantha Torres, Okin Adams LLP
For more information on this committee, contact HBA Projects & Events Director Bonnie Simmons at bonnies@hba.org or (346) 471-3418.
Be Well. Stay Well.
HBA/HYLA Wellness Committee Inaugural Cookbook Club, Aug. 25
HBA and HYLA members gathered on August 25 for a healthy potluck and meal prep party, using recipes from the cookbook "Well Plated by Erin"!
Read the January/February 2023 Houston Lawyer issue on Wellness here.
And listen to the companion podcast episode of Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast. This episode is accredited for 1.75 hours of CLE credit. (Course Number: 174190988)
Watch Our Wellness Program
"Invest in Your Practice & Yourself: Tools to Thrive in 2023"
1 hour MCLE credit, including 1 hour Ethics
Course number: 174178709, Originally aired 12/13/22
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As attorneys, it is important to look and feel your best at all times.
Everyone doesn't have it together 24/7. However, it's important that you take the action steps in order to be able to perform well for both you and your clients.
"You’ll have moments when you feel like a lion and moments when you feel like a mouse. Just know that no matter how you feel, you still have a heartbeat and a soul worthy of love so learn to roar even when you feel small, because you are more than the feelings you may have.”
- T.B. LaBerge
Need Immediate Help?
Needing a helping hand is normal. Below are local resources for immediate help.- Drug & Alcohol Dependency
- Gambling Addiction
- Domestic Violence
Did You Know?
Volunteering/community service reduces stress and increases positive, relaxed feelings by releasing dopamine. By spending time in service to others, volunteers report feeling a sense of meaning and appreciation, both given and received, which can have a stress-reducing effect. The HBA has numerous opportunities that you can host yourself such as the Paul E. Stallings Blood Drive or even participate in a group such as the Houston Food Bank, AIDS Outreach or Habitat for Humanity.
Listen to our HBA Playlists below!