Would You Be Well? Kindness explores kindness as a practical and meaningful route to personal and professional wellbeing. The session is particularly relevant for solicitors working in high-pressure environments where mental and emotional strain can take a toll over time.
Kindness is often spoken about, but rarely examined in a practical way. This webinar looks at kindness as a skill that can be learned, practised, and sustained, both towards others and towards yourself. It connects everyday professional experience with research, reflection, and real-world insight.
Learning outcomes
You will gain insight into:
✔︎ Kindness as a form of wellness
✔︎ Research and studies on kindness
✔︎ Core traits of kindness
✔︎ Practical ways to practise kindness in daily life
✔︎ Physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing
✔︎ Kindness in collegial relationships
✔︎ Kindness and self-care
✔︎ Supports available through the Law Society
✔︎ Kindness in action
Thomas Coughlan
Practising solicitor, Director of the IICPD, and Council Member of the Law Society of Ireland. Tom has over 25 years’ experience in practice, both as an employed solicitor and as principal of his own firm.
Fr. Pat McCarthy, PhD
Chaplain at Mercy University Hospital, with a PhD in Law from University College Cork. Pat shares thoughtful reflections and practical guidance on kindness in action, drawn from his professional and pastoral experience.
Civil Reform, and the Without Prejudice Privilege
