NAPD 2021 Women's Virtual Conference

In this session we will discuss the meaning of boundaries, the importance of boundaries and the top five ways to set healthy boundaries at work in order to make self-care a priority.

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For me, women’s poetry of witness, of justice, of inspiration and loving kindness has been profoundly inspiring, empowering and comforting. What follows is a collection of some of my favorites as well as some of my own poems that describe aspects of the defender experience – one about a client of mine who is now off death row in Colorado and two others about friends’ clients who were executed. I think some of not getting burned out is to find a place where our outrage and sadness over injustice can be honored and memorialized beyond the courtroom, so we are less at risk to be driven from this critical work.

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This program will explore how the personal, professional, and societal challenges of the last 1.5 years have physically and emotionally impacted women of public defense. We will discuss the mind-body connection of stress, vicarious trauma, and moral injury and provide concrete ways to ameliorate its effects. We will share our stories in small groups and learn how to cultivate resiliency.

1. Discuss and explore the emotional and physical impact of the last 18 months of extreme upheaval in the personal, professional, and societal realms. Participants can share their emotional and physical experiences in the chat box.
2. Different Spaces & Common Themes: Ruth and I will share a brief story on this time’s emotional and physical impact on us and then open breakout rooms so participants can share in small groups. When they return, we will ask them to put their common themes in the chat box.
3. We will then discuss the mind-body connection of stress, vicarious trauma, and moral injury. We’ll examine how the last 18 months convergence and persistence of stress, vicarious trauma, and moral injury has overwhelmed us.
4. Moving into resiliency. We will provide different methods and modalities to combat the effects of stress, compassion fatigue, and moral injury so participants can practice moving into and remaining resilient in their daily lives.
5. Provide participants with a self-compassion inventory so they can self-check and reflect. Provide writing prompts. Provide a reading list.

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During this interactive workshop, attendees will learn the behaviors required to build trust quickly and position themselves as a trusted member of the team. We’ll explore the principles of relationship management, effective communication, and how to develop presence. Transform your role in your organization.

Attendees will leave the session with tools to begin enhancing their brand reputation and presence immediately, such as, Feedback and Decision-making Frameworks, how to use the power of persuasion and how to disagree without being disagreeable.