A New Year’s Present

Learn Mindfulness in a Holiday Story

What do you do when work, family, and real life all need more from you than you know how to give?

In A New Year’s Present, Claire E. Parsons offers a practical, modern mindfulness fable for lawyers and other busy people who look capable on the outside while carrying too much on the inside.

Elizabeth Stroope is a driven litigator with an immaculate inbox, polished briefs, demanding clients, and a life that appears successful from a distance. But when her relationship ends, her mother’s health declines, and the people around her begin asking for more than she knows how to give, Elizabeth does what many high-achieving professionals do.

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What’s in the book? Here’s a sneak peek from the author and foreword:

The blog’s founder, Claire E. Parsons, wrote this story to offer another option for making mindfulness accessible to lawyers and busy people.

Laurie Cappello, the Executive Director of the Mindfulness in Law Society wrote the foreword.

Quote from Claire E. Parsons about new book, A New Year's Present that says "“I wrote this story in the hope that people interested in mindfulness would find the motivation, inspiration, and resources they need to start or continue their practice."
Quote from Laurie Cappello, Executive Director of the Mindfulness in Law Society, about A New Year's Present that says “This book will quietly give many lawyers and professionals something they didn’t realize they were starving for: permission to be human without losing their edge.”

Praise for A New Year’s Present from Names You Know

The book has support from world-renowned meditation teacher, Jack Kornfield, and time management expert and author, Laura Vanderkam.

Quote from Jack Kornfield, meditation teacher, about A New Year's Present that says “A year-round, Christmas-inspired story for busy lawyers to remember.”
Quote from author, Laura Vanderkam, about A New Year's Present that says “Highly recommended for any busy professional who wants to learn to be more mindful.”

What are people saying about A New Year’s Present?

Lawyers, meditation teachers, coaches, and mental health professionals agree that A New Year’s Present is a wonderful exploration of mindfulness in story form.