S5 Ep20: Overwhelming anxiety and managing intrusive thoughts with Barrister Malvika Jaganmohan.

It was wonderful to meet Barrister Malvika at the Association of Lawyers Wellbeing webinar where we were both guest speakers where she gave an inspirational talk on mental health and stress. Malvika is a family law practitioner, with a particular specialism in public and private children law. She was named a Tier One ‘Rising Star’ by the Legal 500 in 2023 and 2024.

during this episode Malvika shares her journey with mental health and stress, including a period where she tried to take her own life, she 3 tips to help with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, talk about seeking help with the Doctor, relevant medical professionals such as Psychologists, Psychiatrists, medication, therapy and more. We talk about the belief about 'not having time' to fit in de-stress and self care tools and how we actually do have time. This episode includes a de-stress breathing exercise you can try at your desk, in the bathroom, sitting, standing, lying down or even walking!

I'm grateful to have had Malvika on the podcast., thank you

Malvika is a family law practitioner, with a particular specialism in public and private children law. She was named a Tier One ‘Rising Star’ by the Legal 500 in 2023 and 2024.

Alongside her practice, Malvika is very active in the wider legal community. She is a founding member of Women in Family Law. She is chambers’ representative within the West Midlands Family Law Bar Association.

Malvika is a trustee for Advocate, the Bar’s pro bono charity. She has been a volunteer barrister with Advocate/ She is Advocate’s pro bono champion within chambers.

Malvika is part of the core group for The Transparency Project, a charity which explains and discusses family law cases in England and Wales with the aim of demystifying the family justice system.

Malvika is particularly passionate about mental health and wellbeing amongst lawyers; she runs her own blog on the subject, and she is a Champion for LawCare.
Malvika co-hosted a popular family law podcast entitled ‘Professionally Embarrassing’ which was shortlisted for ‘Family Law Commentator of the Year’ in the LexisNexis Family Law Awards in 2021 and 2022.

Malvika is public access qualified and she is the public access manager for chambers.

Malvika Jaganmohan: https://www.stiveschambers.co.uk/barristers/malvika-jaganmohan/

Blog: https://www.stiffupperlipblog.com

Twitter: https://x.com/malvikajaganmo1

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