Shari B. Kaplan, LCSW, argues that attorneys, doctors, and therapists must prioritize their own health to serve vulnerable clients well. She details her regimen: exercise five days a week, breathwork, nutritious eating, and supplements or medication when needed to restore balance. You can't be the safe, smart person your clients need if you're depleted.
People are coming to you vulnerable and you need to be their safe person, their smart person, on top of your game. Like I, I couldn't imagine not exercising 5 days a week, doing my breathwork, eating healthy, and to know when I need some extra supplements, I might need some extra medication to get my body back into a state of homeostasis where it self-corrects and self-heals. Yeah. Because you have to be the best person you can be when you're an attorney, when you're a doctor, when you're a therapist, because the people who are paying you are counting on it and they're counting on you to be your best self.
