Professor Joe Bankman Podcasts

The Art of Yoga Project is a non-profit organization that serves over 700 at-risk, incarcerated and exploited girls every year, serving over 6000 girls since its inception over a decade ago. Its core work is in detention facilities in San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties. The Project goes directly into these facilities bringing a mindf…

Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer and psychotherapist, for a farewell episode as Sarah departs to focus on her private psychotherapy and consulting practice. Joe and Sarah interview each other about future plans and feelings about their work together on the WellnessCast™ As ideas take shape for the future of the …

Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer and psychotherapist, for a special episode about public wellness. Our guest is R. Ashby Pate, a Birmingham, Alabama lawyer who served as the co-prosecutor in the 2016 judicial ethics case against then Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. Ashby is also a former Associate Justice on th…

What are three things a managing partner in Biglaw should do if she is concerned about attrition at the firm? What are mindsets and how should law firm associates and partners use them to create a more positive work life? How should firms encourage their associates to grow by valuing psychological safety over perfection? Join Stanford Law Professor…

"Deprivation is creation," says psychiatrist Phil Stutz. If we stay calm when confronted with strong feelings of wanting more chocolate cake, alcohol, social media, sex, or whatever is our craving, these feelings of deprivation actually become a flashlight to help us see inside ourselves. "When you use this tool over and over and over again, you be…

Join us for a brief loving-kindness meditation guided by Jeena Cho, JD, our October guest on the WellnessCast™By Professor Joe Bankman & Sarah Weinstein

Imagine a law practice where you intentionally cultivate compassion for your opposing counsel. And you feel the same compassion and lack of judgment about your own anxiety that often arises from the many daily events over which you have little or no control. Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer and psychotherapist, …

As a public defender, you are the bearer of bad news, responsible for defending an enormous number of clients against the vast power of the government with all its resources, and doing daily battle with every other member of the criminal justice system, while sometimes you don’t feel supported by even your own friends and loved ones. Join Stanford …

Are you a lawyer who regularly finds yourself having trouble falling asleep or waking up in the middle of the night during stressful periods at work? Do you have months where you travel to multiple time zones? Ever wonder whether there is anything you can do to improve your sleep without medication? Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah…

Like a major league baseball player hitting home runs, our sweet spot is “where we have the greatest power and the greatest ease,” says Dr. Christine Carter, sociologist, and author of The Sweet Spot: How to Accomplish More by Doing Less. Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer and psychotherapist, for a candid convers…

Using her gifts as an introvert in an authentic way instead of forcing a persona that "just wasn't me," is how law professor Heidi Brown, author of the new book, The Introverted Lawyer, describes her journey as an attorney who did not fit the mold of the domineering litigator. Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer an…

Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer and psychotherapist, for Part 3 of their engaging WellnessCast™ Conversation with Dr. Robyn Walser, PhD, leading authority and author on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Dr. Walser discusses how ACT deals with trauma and the ways in which mindfulness is a critical compone…

Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, lawyer and psychotherapist, for Part 2 of their engaging WellnessCast™ Conversation with Dr. Robyn Walser, PhD, leading authority and author on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Dr. Walser explains how ACT deals with anxiety and anger, including the important ACT concept that feeli…

Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer and psychotherapist, for Part 1 of their engaging WellnessCast™ Conversation with Dr. Robyn Walser, PhD, leading authority and author on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Dr. Walser shares a hard emotional moment and gives an overview of ACT, including the foundational ACT…

Did you know that some pain medications are the molecular equivalent of heroin? That denial is a myth about addiction? Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer and psychotherapist, for an illuminating conversation about substance misuse with Dr. Anna Lembke, Chief of Addiction Medicine at Stanford, and author of Drug De…

Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer and psychotherapist, for an introduction to their monthly podcast about wellness and mental health in the legal profession.By Professor Joe Bankman & Sarah Weinstein