Path to Well-Being in Law - Episode 28: Tara Antonipilla

<p>We are on the cusp of one of IWIL's most notable programming events of the year, <a href='https://lawyerwellbeing.net/well-being-week-in-law/'>Well-Being Week in </a><a href='https://lawyerwellbeing.net/well-being-week-in-law/'>Law</a>, and we have a very special guest with us today to talk about one of IWIL's highest priorities. That's Tara Antonipillai, who is serving this year as our Chair of Well-Being Week in Law.</p> <p>—</p> <p>Transcript:</p> <p>Chris Newbold: </p> <p>Hello and welcome to this special edition of the Path to Well-Being in Law podcast. My name is Chris Newbold and I'm here with my co-host Bree Buchanan. Bree, how's it going? </p> <p>Bree Buchanan: </p> <p>Great, Chris. How are you? </p> <p>Chris Newbold: </p> <p>Good. I'm actually pretty excited actually because we are on the cusp of one of IWIL's most notable programming events of the year, Well-Being Week in Law, and we have a very special guest with us today to talk about one of IWIL's highest priorities. That's Tara Antonipillai, who is serving this year as our Chair of Well-Being Week in Law. Tara, how's it going? </p> <p>Tara Antonipillai: </p> <p>I'm great. Thanks for having me, Chris and Bree. It's nice to be here. </p> <p>Chris Newbold: </p> <p>Yeah. So let's first of all get right to the dates. Tara, when are we queued up to go on Well-Being Week in Law for 2023? </p> <p>Tara Antonipillai: </p> <p>Well, Well-Being Week in Law is exactly two weeks away. So it's May 1st through the 5th, 2023, Monday through Friday. </p> <p>Bree Buchanan: </p> <p>And what amazes me is that this is our fourth annual, boy as time go by. So tell us, Tara, is how this week is structured, how is it set up? </p> <p>Tara Antonipillai: </p> <p>Sure. So just a little bit of background. Well-Being Week in Law occurs the first week of May to launch Mental Health Awareness Month. So it is meant to focus on folks in the legal profession who may be struggling with mental health and alcohol use disorders, but also on those that while not dealing with a diagnosab