What if you could reclaim 10 minutes of inner peace each day?

Silke van Loenen
Dec 8, 2025
3 min read

For many legal professionals, even ten minutes can feel like a luxury. The inbox is overflowing. The phone won’t stop. Your mind races at night, replaying arguments, deadlines, what you said… what you should have said. You can reclaim inner peace in just 10 minutes, each day! Do this and continue your day with calm, clarity and confidence. You're in control!

Reclaim inner peace in 10 minutes each day — Reclaim inner peace in just 10 minutes - each day!

The quiet dream of inner peace

And yet—beneath the pressure -there’s a quiet dream:

✨ To feel calm again.

✨ To think clearly without the fog of stress.

✨ To show up in your work with confidence instead of depletion.

✨ To have energy left for your life outside the law.

But the fears creep in too:

“What if slowing down means falling behind?”

“What if I can’t keep up?”

“What if burnout is just part of the job?”

Reclaim inner peace in even the busiest day

Here’s the truth: inner peace isn’t found in an empty calendar or a perfect schedule. It’s created in small, intentional moments - moments you can reclaim, even in the busiest day.

Start with 10 minutes

Ten minutes to breathe deeply.

Ten minutes to observe your thoughts without judgement.

Ten minutes to recognise what’s driving your stress and what you actually need.

Ten minutes to remind yourself: you’re human, not a machine.

Because clarity comes from space.

Confidence comes from grounding.

Resilience comes from awareness, not hustle.

This is the heart of the work I do with legal professionals—the gentle process of recognising, observing, leading yourself with intention, and ultimately liberating yourself from patterns that drain your energy.

Not through dramatic life changes.

Not through quitting your job or escaping your reality.

But through small, consistent practices that steady your mind and strengthen your inner world.

So ask yourself today:

What if you gifted yourself just 10 minutes of peace?

What might shift?

How might you shift?

You deserve that space.

And it might just be the beginning of something transformative.

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A 10 minute exercise how to reclaim inner peace

Here’s a powerful 10-minute exercise that legal professionals love because it calms the mind, reduces overwhelm, and sharpens clarity — without feeling “woo-woo” or complicated.

✨ The 10-Minute “Mind Sweep + Reset” Practice

This exercise blends mindfulness with cognitive decluttering. It helps clear mental overload — one of the biggest drivers of stress for legal professionals.

Why it works:

Your brain is constantly holding unfinished tasks, client worries, deadlines, arguments, and future “what ifs.”When your mind is cluttered, your body stays in stress mode.

This 10-minute reset offloads the mental noise and brings you back into calm, grounded clarity.

🧠 Step-by-Step (10 Minutes)

Step-by-step, minute by minute.

Step 1. 2 minutes — Sit & Center

Close your eyes.Place your feet firmly on the floor.Take slow, natural breaths.Imagine your breath settling the “dust” in your mind.

No need for deep breathing techniques — just return to your natural rhythm.

Step 2. 5 minutes — The Mind Sweep

Take a notebook or the Notes app and write down everything that’s swirling in your head:

Tasks
Worries
Deadlines
Unfinished conversations
Emotional tension
Random reminders
Anything you keep “mentally checking on”

Write without editing.Dump without judging.Release without organising.

The goal is not to solve — it’s to empty.

Step 3. 3 minutes — The Reset

Scan your list and ask yourself two grounding questions:

1️. What actually needs my attention today?

2️. What can wait or be parked for later?

Then circle one thing you’ll move forward with next — calmly and intentionally.

This step gives you clarity and reduces overwhelm, which in turn creates inner peace.

✨ The Result

By minute ten, people often feel:

lighter
clearer
calmer
more in control
mentally spacious
emotionally grounded

This practice uses principles similar to the Recognise and Reflect pillar of your ROLL method, helping legal professionals identify what’s happening internally before it turns into stress-driven behaviour.