Post Break: Building Mental Resilience in the Age of COVID (Audio) On the heels of World Mental Health Day this weekend, PNYA POST BREAK brings you “Building Mental Resilience in the Age of COVID”. We've all been experiencing varying levels of anxiety since March! According to a global study, 2020 is considered the most stressful year ever, and most of us aren’t sure how to deal with it. We bring you experts in various fields related to mental well being. They will share easy to use strategies that will help you in moments of stress. Thursday, October 15th at 4pm EST via ZOOM PANELISTS: DEBBY GERMINO Debby Germino is a film and television editor (Fargo, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Smallville, Genius), endurance athlete and author of the Happiness in Training publication on Medium. She writes about happiness, health and mindful living. She has studied mindfulness for the past 10 years and enjoys helping and supporting others in creating happy and fulfilling lives. Happiness is a practice that can be strengthened with training. If you would like to become more resilient, less anxious, and enjoy more ease in life, download Debby’s Happiness in Training Starter Kit today. MICHELLE COLT Michelle Colt is passionate about helping people connect to their authentic selves, get past their perceived limitations and shine in their lives and careers. She is a nervous system expert. For 16 years she has been teaching INSIDE GAME in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Her clients consistently experience rich, powerful, lasting career and life changes. Equally important, they have “let go” of the resistances and fears that held them back and feel a rich connection to the pulse of life which gives them a deep sense of confidence, grounding and well being. LILLIAN GALLINA Lillian Gallina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at the Actors Fund ~ She supervises the Mental Health Program in the Eastern Region. The Actors Fund provides services to ALL professionals in performing arts and entertainment. Lillian Gallina (she/her/hers), LCSW is a licensed clinical social work and supervisor at the Actors Fund, a human services organization serving all professionals in arts and entertainment. She oversees the Entertainment Assistance program, Eastern region, which provides emergency financial assistance, clinical case management, and mental health services to entertainment professionals. In addition to her work with individuals, she has developed and led a variety of workshops and trainings on such topics as Responding to Sexual Harassment, Addressing Workplace Dynamics, Managing Anxiety and Depression, and Identifying & Responding to Substance Abuse. Lillian holds a Masters of Social Work from Hunter College and a Bachelor of Science in Creative Arts Therapy from the New School. MODERATOR: Isabel Sadurni Isabel has been working in documentary-filmmaking for nearly twenty years. Her work includes award winning feature-length documentaries and short narratives that have played in top-tier festivals such as Berlin, Telluride and Tribeca and on HBO, PBS and The Discovery Channel including the recently released WHAT SHE SAID THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL (Juno) and THE AMERICAN NURSE (Kino Lorber). She's collaborated with film professionals in over 35 countries and is currently writing a fictional multi-episode girl-gang Western. She's also collaborating with the creators of WisdomVR Project on a VR documentary project set in her home town of Mill Valley, California and Mount Tamalpais.