May is Mental Health Awareness Month
By: Schatzie Brunner With the news we’ve been suffering through over the past few weeks, it is easy to focus on mental health and to feel as if it is everywhere. And it seems to be. But I want to talk about mental health where many of us spend our days, and that’s at work. […]
Healthy Habit: The Power of Positive Self-Talk
By: Schatzie Brunner, Founder, New Way Now The pandemic continues to drag on, and experts tell us that, in all likelihood, we won’t be back to “normal” for another nine to 12 months. Even though it is tough to think about that, there is a way for us to fight anxiety and depression every day. […]
Recognizing Mental Health Issues: What to Say and What to Do
By: Schatzie Brunner, Founder, New Way Now We all notice when friends, family, or co-workers begin to behave differently. Maybe they suddenly have a short fuse. Or they might be much quieter than they have ever been in the past. Perhaps they are late getting to work, and their work product isn’t what it once […]
Corporate Courage
“Courage” doesn’t seem to be a word we associate with the corporate workplace. But our current pace of life may be dictating the necessity to exhibit courage in an entirely different way than how we have thought about it in the past. We are all bombarded by information and lists of things to do that […]
Having the Courage to Care for Others
By: Schatzie Brunner, Founder, New Way Now Compassion takes courage. And if you ever doubted it, turn the news on later and see how thousands of people aren’t just feeling compassionate after the horrific death of George Floyd but using the language of peaceful protests to demonstrate how deeply they feel compassion for those who […]
My Coping Tricks with the Self-Isolation During the Pandemic
By: Schatzie Brunner, Founder, New Way Now I love being alone. However, long periods of it can put me on a path to depression and anxiety. Some people love to be around other people, and I understand that they may get energy from being with others. But as an introvert, being alone gives me energy […]
Workplace Mental Health: Investing in People is a Smart Decision
By: Schatzie Brunner, Founder, New Way Now Recently, I’ve been reading a lot about workplace mental health. And it is alarming how slow awareness and education have spread between both sides—employers and employees. Especially regarding the resources available to aid and improve well-being. A healthy workforce impacts more than just a company’s bottom line. While […]
Flashback to 1975: My Nervous Breakdown — The “Don’t Worry, I Can Handle It” Mentality Didn’t Work
By: Schatzie Brunner, Founder, New Way Now It was the spring of 1975. I had been living in New York City for six years as a PR executive. I was at a cocktail party at a friend’s Fifth Avenue penthouse, enjoying a conversation with the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, trying to be as […]