{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Wellness Docket","title":"Maneesha Gupta: Legal Minds & Mental Health","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2568,"description":"Host Tim Culbert welcomes viewers to the inaugural episode of The Wellness Docket podcast. His guest is Maneesha Gupta, the Founder of Council Pro and Mindful Lawyer Canada, and the recipient of Osgoode Hall Law School’s Dean’s Gold Key Award as “one to watch” for exceptional leadership and dedication to promoting mental health and equity. Maneesha shares how her career journey into law unfolded and what led her to founding Mindful Lawyer Canada. It is Maneesha’s vision to be open about the realities of anxiety, depression, and the need for wellness among lawyers, and that vision drives her work in mental health and connecting legal peers through Mindful Lawyer.In addressing the sometimes archaic parts of the legal system, Maneesha says that COVID-19 brought inequality, injustices, and mental health crises in the profession to light, and though it was difficult, it was also a blessing in terms of opening up discussions on evolving needs. She has experienced a very positive response to Mindful Lawyer and the fourteen different workshops it offers. Maneesha and Tim discuss meditation sessions she runs, opening seminars with a workshop, how organizations are realizing the need to step up in supporting their employees, and how the mindfulness practices she teaches are intended for long-term daily use to counteract symptoms of burnout. Conversations around mental health in the legal sphere are necessary and more prominent than ever, and Maneesha expresses her hope that anyone who needs emotional support will now have an avenue through which to find it.About Maneesha Gupta:Esha practices in all aspects of corporate/commercial, intellectual property, advertising and technology law. Her practice focuses on brand protection and enforcement. She has worked at two global law firms on Bay Street and a top four Canadian bank. Esha is detail-oriented and keenly seasoned in advising on all aspects of patents, trademarks and copyrights when protecting the brands and reputations...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZW3fGwpowQh29sOYTrQ_gVXKlwv7d8wnEU-i9_e_bY8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MjM5/N2RkZjIzNGQyZDNk/Y2U3OGY4M2MwYWMw/MGFmOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}