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Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

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Staying in the Pocket: A Mental Health Playbook for Work and an Uncertain Job Market

Friday, July 31, 2026

1:00 pm PT / 3:00 pm ET

Staying in the pocket. 😌💪🏼

It's a term athletes use to describe staying calm and clear-headed when the pressure is on. Lilian Alfaro Cavlan, LMFT, Clinical Director of Mindful Practices, Inc., has spent years helping athletes build that skill—and it turns out it works just as well off the field.

Join us Friday, July 31 at 1 PM PT for a Cura Chat with Lilian on Staying in the Pocket: A Mental Health Playbook for Work and an Uncertain Job Market.

As a bicultural and bilingual, licensed clinician, Lilian offers therapy for families and mindfulness workshops for athletes and leaders. Her approach is strength-based, helping people find hope and grow personally and professionally.

Lilian is also the author of Prevail: A Road Map to Navigate the School System for a Hopeful Future 📚, a practical guide for students and parents navigating the school system from early years to the workforce. Drawing on her own story as a first-generation Latina student, she wrote it to instill hope in families facing an uncertain path forward.

Lilian works with athletes on nervous system regulation and staying in the pocket, and she's bringing that same framework to the job market and workplace stress.

In this conversation, we'll dive into:

  • Naming the uncertainty.😶‍🌫️ How long does this kind of stress actually last, and does it ever shift?
  • Recognizing your stress response.💡 Fight, flight, or freeze, and catching it before it takes over
  • Staying in the pocket.🧠 Regulating your breath, emotions, and focus the way athletes are trained to
  • Mindfulness at work.😌 Practical tools you can use at your desk, and how to prevail in the workforce during uncertain times

Whether you're feeling the weight of job uncertainty, workplace stress, or just want real tools to stay grounded and live with more ease, this conversation is for you.

📅 July 31 at 1 PM PT. Register here to save your spot!

Do you have a topic you'd like us to cover, or a speaker you think we should host? Send a note to jen@cura.us or sylvia@cura.us. We'd love to co-create with you!

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