Episode Details

Welcome back! Today we’re talking about everyone’s favorite topic – Test Anxiety. Okay, not really anyone’s favorite topic, but a really important one because so many law students deal with test anxiety in law school and on the bar exam.

In this episode we discuss:

• Lee and Alison discuss their experience with exam anxiety
• Your physiological response during exam prep and exams
• Why stress isn't all bad
• The importance of taking care of yourself in law school
• The correlation between anxiety and lack of sleep
• How to calm your mind and focus
• Coping mechanisms when you're blanking on a test
• How meditation and mindfulness can help alleviate stress and test anxiety
• Why it's important to control how you talk to yourself in stressful situations
• When you may need to explore other options for alleviating anxiety with an expert
• Meditation is not just for hippies - snipers and other elite athletes, soldiers, and high profile people do it, too!

Resources:

• Performing Under Pressure Before and After the Exam (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/performing-under-pressure-before-after-exam/)
• Caution Law Student Pressure Ahead (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/caution-law-student-pressure-handling-law-school-stress/)
• Defending Law School Pressure - Leading Up to the Exam (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/defending-law-school-pressure-leading-exam/)
• Law School Pressure - The Night Before and Morning of the Exam (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/law-school-pressure-night-before-morning-of/)
• Podcast: Handling Pressure in Law School (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-29-handling-pressure-law-school-guest-dr-hank-weisinger/)
• Tips for Surviving Exam Anxiety (http://lawschooltoolbox.com/tips-surviving-exam-anxiety/)
• Law School and Mental Health http://lawschooltoolbox.com/law-school-and-mental-health
• Pema Chodron – The Places that Scare You (http://www.amazon.com/The-Places-that-Scare-You/dp/1570629218)
• HeadSpace App for Meditation (https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app)
• Warrior One (http://warriorone.com/)

Thanks for listening!

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