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Sir James Gray Robinson is a third-generation trial lawyer who was born and raised with lawyers.

Even with that pedigree, after 27 years of practicing law he hit a wall and was overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. He quit the law in 2004 in his native North Carolina because he could not find any meaningful support and could not deal with the stress.

“You are easily irritated. You feel completely unmotivated. You may be experiencing anxiety or panic attacks. Your patience has disappeared, and you are taking out your frustrations and irritations on your loved ones, the ones who don’t deserve such anger. Your stomach is always upset, and you are eating Tums by the bucket.

I was a highly rated award-winning trial lawyer who, after practicing for 27 years, quit because I couldn’t take the stress, anxiety and depression anymore. I was experiencing all of the symptoms above. My life was hell.”

For the last 20+ years, Sir James has been studying and researching what happened to him and how to heal from it. He talked to therapists, experts, gurus, and went to every seminar he could find. He noticed there were not any programs for lawyers or judges who were struggling with stress and anxiety that were significantly reducing the numbers of lawyers who were suffering. The programs that he studied were not addressing the real problems facing professionals or the solutions. Based on his experiences that worked to bring him back from the brink, Sir James developed Lawyer Lifeline, a comprehensive program to help attorneys and judges (and other professionals) understand why they get stressed and how to manage it by:

• Paying attention to their physical, mental and emotional well being
• Eradicating the real cause of the problem
• Reconnecting to their career hopes and dreams
• Renewing their passion for their work again
• Restoring relationships with spouses, family and other loved ones