Programs with Missy Chase Lapine and Kendra Brodin
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The demands of legal practice require more than sharp thinking—they require a well-fueled brain and body. These innovative wellness programs, led by New York Timesbestselling author and Functional Health Coach Missy Chase Lapine, are designed specifically for the legal profession.
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Empower Your Team with Smarter Nutrition & Lasting Energy Nourish to Perform with Strategic Nutrition for
High-Achieving Legal Professionals
Upgrade your energy, focus, and resilience—one smart choice at a time.Â
From optimizing your gut health and balancing blood sugar to decoding food labels and navigating grocery aisles, each of our programs offer actionable strategies to support sustained energy, mental clarity, and peak performance—without adding complexity to your day. Whether you're preparing for trial, drafting briefs, or leading your firm, these sessions provide science-backed tools to help legal professionals perform at their best—inside and outside the courtroom.
Programs are ideal for CLE workshops, partner retreats, professional development series, and firmwide well-being initiatives.
Winning with Wellness: Due Diligence for Your Diet to Boost Focus and Performance
Your brain is your most valuable asset in the legal profession so what you eat and drink matters more than you think. Even mild dehydration and poor nutrition can drain your energy, cloud your thinking, and diminish your performance. Led by Missy Chase Lapine, known as The Functional Health Coach, this energizing session will show you simple, satisfying ways to fuel your body and sharpen your mind with hydrating water infusions, brain-friendly foods, and quick tips to avoid energy crashes. Walk away with practical strategies and easy recipes to stay sharp, focused, and at the top of your game.
Harnessing Gut Health to Optimize Your Well-Being and Performance
Chronic stress, anxiety, and brain fog aren’t just mental—they start in the gut. The gut-brain connection directly impacts focus, resilience, and decision-making under pressure. When digestion is off, so is performance. This workshop breaks down how gut imbalances fuel stress and mental fatigue and provides practical, lawyer-friendly strategies to optimize digestion, sharpen cognitive function, and sustain peak energy. Learn how to fuel your brain through gut health so you can stay sharp, focused, and perform at your best in high-stakes legal work.
By the end of this program, you'll know how to:
 ✔ Eat for brain fuel – Simple and delicious ways to incorporate prebiotic and probiotic foods to support gut balance and reduce stress-driven inflammation.
✔ Ditch the crash cycle – Daily strategies to avoid sugar spikes and processed foods that disrupt gut health and mental clarity.
✔ Protect your gut under pressure – Manage stress through hydration, movement, and microbiome-friendly meals to sustain peak performance.
Level Up Your Performance By Leveling Your Blood Sugar
Can M&Ms crash your next M&A? Energy crashes and brain fog don’t belong in the courtroom or conference room. If you’ve ever struggled to stay sharp during a deposition or felt drained before a crucial argument, blood sugar swings may be silently working against you. Learn how to avoid hidden insulin spikes, stabilize energy, and fuel your brain for consistent focus, mental endurance, and peak performance—without relying on caffeine or sugar. Walk away with quick, practical strategies to keep your energy steady and your mind razor-sharp all day long.
By the end of this program, you'll know how to:
 ✔ Eat protein first and first thing – Start meals and snacks with protein to slow glucose absorption and prevent energy crashes.
✔ Swap sugar for sustained energy – Choose fiber-rich carbs and healthy fats over processed snacks to keep blood sugar stable.
✔ Time meals strategically – Avoid long gaps between meals and fuel consistently to prevent blood sugar dips that lead to cravings and fatigue.
Smart Grocery Shopping for Peak Performance: A Game-Changing Workshop for Busy Attorneys
Long hours and decision fatigue make it easy to grab whatever is convenient, but that often leads to energy crashes and burnout. This workshop teaches a fast, foolproof way to navigate the grocery store and shop the aisles with confidence—making better choices without spending extra time or money.
By the end of this program, you'll know how to:
 ✔ How to shop the aisles strategically—what to buy, what to skip, and the best pantry staples for high-performance eating
✔ How to shop the grocery store like a pro—why the perimeter matters, what to look for in frozen foods, and how to stock up for easy meals
✔ The 5-second label reading trick—how to spot hidden sugars, bad oils, and misleading marketing claims instantly
✔ Smart swaps—good, better, best options to make quick, easy upgrades that actually taste good
✔ Exclusive grocery guides—an ultimate smart shopping list and best Trader Joe’s haul for busy professionals
Why this program is unique:
- Interactive and visual with real-world grocery examples, cheat sheets, and side-by-side product comparisons
- Focused on efficiency—eliminates decision fatigue while making it easier to eat well
- Immediate, practical impact—attorneys walk away with a simple strategy for their next grocery run
How to Reach a Settlement with Your Hormones: Hormone Balance for Lawyer Well-Being & Peak Performance
If you’ve been feeling exhausted, irritable, or struggling with brain fog, weight fluctuations, or unpredictable mood swings, your hormones could be the real culprit. The legal profession demands sharp focus, resilience, and sustained energy—but hormonal imbalances can silently sabotage your performance, making it harder to think clearly, manage stress, and show up as your best self.
In this session, we’ll uncover the root causes behind symptoms like hot flashes, disrupted sleep, weight gain, and mood swings, and explore practical, science-backed lifestyle shifts to restore balance. You’ll learn how stress, nutrition, and even your daily habits impact hormone health—and, most importantly, how to make strategic changes that enhance energy, improve focus, and stabilize your mood.
Whether you’re navigating perimenopause, menopause, or just feeling off your game, this workshop will help you negotiate a lasting settlement with your hormones—so you can reclaim your well-being and thrive in your legal career.
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- CLE programs and workshops
- Partner offsites or strategy sessions
- Associate development forums
- Firmwide well-being initiatives
- Summer associate onboarding experiences
- Women’s events or retreats
- Practice group retreats or team-building days
- Client appreciation or development events
- Bar association conferences or special events
- Professional development series for in-house counsel
- Leadership academies or pipeline programs
- Alumni engagement events for firms or law schools
Meet our Experts:Â

Missy Chase Lapine
Missy Chase Lapine is a New York Times bestselling author, certified as The Functional Health Coach, a Harvard Medical trained culinary coach, and collaborates with the nation’s top functional medicine doctors. As a former practicing lawyer, Missy is intimately familiar with the daily stressors in the legal profession and she specializes in lawyer well-being, conducting workshops and private coaching to top law firms. Missy’s dynamic style is personal and approachable, while providing innovative, sustainable ideas, tips, and suggestions to improve physical and mental health and well-being. Missy is also the founder of The Sneaky Chef® seven cookbook series and products. Missy’s unique and creative method of recipe development has earned her the title of Top 20 Most Influential Moms in Food.

Kendra Brodin, Esq., MSW
Kendra Brodin is the Founder & CEO of EsquireWell, a leading legal well-being and performance consulting firm, providing education, strategic guidance, coaching, and online learning tools to help lawyers and legal professionals be happier, healthier, and more successful.
Prior to founding her company, Kendra was Chief Attorney Development Officer at a large national law firm.
With a master's degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania, a law degree from the University of Minnesota, and over 20 years of professional experience in legal professional development and well-being, Kendra brings the "people" side and the "business" side of the law as she guides legal organizations and their team members to thrive now and in the future.Â
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