Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast. Today, our guest is Megan Canty, the Director of Academic Success and Bar Exam Preparation at Wayne State University Law School and a Bar Exam Toolbox tutor. We’re talking about something that is incredibly important for the bar exam: handling stress, so you can perform your best! Remember – don’t forget to BREATHE!

In this episode, we discuss:

• How bar exam stress is creeping into law students’ lives earlier than ever before
• Why it is so important to develop coping mechanisms as early as possible to deal with the stress before you turn into another lawyer statistic
• That self-care doesn’t have to be all or nothing – we’ll tell you how to set and maintain easy-to-reach goals
• Our top self-care, stress-busting activities, including yoga, meditation, laughing, and even drinking water - and how to make these things simpler to incorporate into your routine

Resources:

• Can Yoga or Walking Help You Pass the Bar Exam? (https://barexamtoolbox.com/can-yoga-or-walking-help-you-pass-the-bar-exam/)
• The One Thing Missing from Your Bar Exam Preparation Toolbox (https://barexamtoolbox.com/the-one-thing-missing-from-your-bar-exam-preparation-toolbox/)
• Yoga Breathing: Alternate Nostril Breath Video Tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VwufJrUhic)
• Cancer Treatment Centers of America: Laughter Therapy (https://www.cancercenter.com/treatments/laughter-therapy/)
• Kitten Therapy: The Prescription for Stress (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35T8wtmTbVg)
• Mindful: Being with Stressful Moments Rather than Avoiding Them (https://www.mindful.org/being-with-stressful-moments/)
• UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center: Guided Meditations (http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22&fr=true)
• Mindful: Getting Started with Mindfulness (https://www.mindful.org/meditation/mindfulness-getting-started/)
• YogaGlo (https://www.yogaglo.com)
• Passing the Bar One Asana at a Time: Part One (https://barexamtoolbox.com/passing-bar-exam-one-asana-time-part-one/)
• Passing the Bar One Asana at a Time Part II: Poses to Increase Your Ability to Concentrate (https://barexamtoolbox.com/passing-the-bar-exam-one-asana/)
• Passing the Bar One Asana at a Time Part III: Poses to Counteract Sitting and Poor Posture while Studying (https://barexamtoolbox.com/passing-bar-exam-one-asana-time-part-iii-poses-counteract-sitting-poor-posture-studying/)
• Passing the Bar One Asana at a Time, Part Four: Learning to Relax (https://barexamtoolbox.com/passing-bar-exam-one-asana-time-part-four-learning-relax/) 

Episode Transcript: Download the Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BST-Ep-13-Handling-Bar-Exam-Stress-w-Megan.pdf)

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Alison & Lee