Join the California Judges Association (CJA) for the 2025 Judicial Wellness Week, hosted by CJA's Mindfulness and Wellness Committee! This week-long virtual event is designed to promote the wellbeing of judicial professionals through a variety of activities and workshops focused on mindfulness, stress reduction, and overall wellness. Whether you're a seasoned judge or new to the judiciary, this event promises to provide valuable insights and tools to enhance your personal and professional life. Don't miss the chance to connect with colleagues, gain new perspectives, and prioritize your well-being. We look forward to seeing you there!

Secondary Trauma

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What you eat and how you carry physical stress can play a large and important role in your overall health and well-being. Being dysregulated as a result of physical stress can negatively affect all aspects of our lives. During this presentation, Dr. Brian Muthyala will teach you about the measurable physiological effects of stress and trauma. You will learn important ways to mitigate these effects. During Part Two, Dr. Antonella Aguilera Ruiz will explain the food/brain connection and provide helpful tips to let your food help put you in the best position to be healthy and successful.

Physical Stress and Food: Tips to Reduce the Stress Your Body Carries and Ways Diet Can Impact Stress and Mood (Co-Presented with the California Lawyers Association)

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Whether you are a sitting or retired judge, your failure to protect your mental health adequately can have a deleterious impact on your overall wellbeing. It may affect the health and wellness of your loved ones negatively as well. For Day 3 of Wellness Week, we will discuss early warning signs of depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges. We will also provide an overview of strategies you can incorporate into your daily life to help ensure you are thriving, rather than merely surviving, in your judicial career.

Thriving and Not Just Surviving Strategies That Promote Mental Wellness

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Does it seem harder than ever to do your job as a bench officer? Are you feeling distracted and finding it harder to recall things or to concentrate? Is it hard to sleep or let go of work stress? If so, you are right - it IS harder than before - and you are not alone! This session, provided by Dr. Tammy McCoy-Arballo, Psy.D., Clinical Director, Trauma Recovery, County of Santa Clara, will provide "brain hacks" and other suggestions to help us resolve feelings of stress that interfere with our memory, attention, and ability to concentrate.

How to Stay Positive IF...

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Ready for a little judicial jet-setting? Join us for a lively conversation with fellow judicial officers who have traveled the world through our long-running international travel program. From the courts of Mexico, Nuremberg, and Oxford to the vibrant legal landscapes of Cuba, Cambridge, Israel, South Africa, and Washington, D.C., this program has taken judges far beyond the bench. Our presenters-veteran travelers of the program-will share stories, reflections, and why these trips are about more than just passports and gavels. We'll also dive into the unexpected health and wellness benefits of travel, and why saying "yes" to your next journey might be the best decision you make all year.

Travel and Wellbeing: Exploring Justice Abroad

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On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which authorized the forced exclusion of men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. The government confined more than 110,000 of them in internment camps for the duration of the war. To commemorate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage month, please join us for CAPAJA’s presentation of Lessons of the Japanese American Internment. This program features different perspectives of the Japanese American internment experience as discussed by four Superior Court Judges: Charles Kobayashi, Sacramento Superior Court (retired), Mike Madokoro, Los Angeles Superior Court, Johnny Gogo, Santa Clara Superior Court, and Mark Hanasono, Los Angeles Superior Court.