Mental Resilience for Entrepreneurs: Thriving Under Pressure

Learn practical tools to stay clear, strong, and resilient on your entrepreneurial journey!

In the fast-paced world of entrepreneurship, pressure is part of the journey — but it doesn’t have to break you. Mental Resilience for Entrepreneurs: Thriving Under Pressure is a powerful webinar designed to help founders, business owners, and startup teams build the emotional strength needed to sustain long-term success. Join us for an honest and practical conversation about the mental health challenges entrepreneurs face — including burnout, anxiety, decision fatigue, and isolation — and how to overcome them. You’ll learn proven tools and strategies to strengthen your mental fitness, maintain clarity under pressure, and create a healthier relationship with your business. Whether you're scaling your startup, managing a team, or launching your first idea, this session will equip you with insights to navigate the highs and lows of entrepreneurship with confidence and clarity.

Presented by the Entrepreneurial Strategy Series and Gearhart Law on October 30, 2025

OUR SPEAKERS: Dr. Jennifer Russell: Dr. Russell is the Executive Director of the UNB Institute of Population Health and President of the NB College of Family Physicians. She previously served as NB's Chief Medical Officer of Health from 2018 to 2024, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Her career spans clinical practice in family medicine, mental health, and addictions, as well as extensive public health leadership. She has also held roles in the Canadian Armed Forces and worked with the Horizon Health Network. She holds a BSc from UNB, a BA from Dalhousie, and a medical degree from Memorial University, completing her family medicine residency at Dalhousie in 2001. She has been recognized with two honorary doctorates (Mount Allison & Université de Moncton). Read more at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jennifer-russell-1bbaa290/

Dr. Calisha Brooks: Dr. Calisha Brooks is first a mother, daughter, sister, humanitarian and healer. Love is her religion, and service to others is her tithe to life. She is also the founder of Soul Care, a holistic mental health practice that centers healing and advocacy for people of color. Dr. Brooks holds a Ph.D. In Psychology from Tennessee State University, and received her training from the University of Norte Dame and Vanderbilt University. While at Vanderbilt she conducted research on race-based stress and trauma and developed an assessment that aids clinicians in identifying racial trauma in people of color. Currently Dr. Brooks serves as a mental health consultant and social impact advisor for MTV/Paramount and The George Floyd Memorial Foundation. She is also a lecturer, and mentor for Harvard University's Lehmann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship. Read more at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calishabrooksphd/

EVENT MODERATOR:

David Postolski, Esq. is a senior partner at Gearhart Law, is a registered patent attorney and Intellectual Property (IP) attorney for close to 20 years. David specializes in assisting inventors, creators, artists, start-ups, entrepreneurs, early-stage companies, and emerging companies with their U.S and international IP strategy, protection, enforcement, and monetization. David is a frequent speaker and author on emerging IP issues and technologies including, raising capital, business formation, food science, software, licensing, Data and Privacy Compliance, equity-based crowdfunding, and compliance with other US and International Regulatory structures. David is also a Professor at Temple University, Parsons School of Design and the Radzyner Law School (Herzliya, Israel) where he teaches master-level students about IP, ethics, and other regulatory considerations. David is a current Council Member of the American Bar Association Section of Int...

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - The Entrepreneurial Strategy Series
• (00:01:50) - Fooled by Entrepreneurs: A Four Year Talk
• (00:03:57) - Introducing Kalisha Brooks
• (00:04:44) - Dr. Kalisha Brooks is hosting a talk with David Blumenthal
• (00:05:11) - Introducing Dr. Jennifer Russell
• (00:07:45) - Public health champion of the opioid pandemic
• (00:11:32) - Steve Jobs on Becoming an Entrepreneur
• (00:12:42) - How to Cope With Stress in the Business
• (00:15:34) - guilt and women's equality
• (00:16:20) - How to Cope With Depression as an Entrepreneur
• (00:21:20) - How to Find Your Path Through the Noise
• (00:26:05) - Ask for Help
• (00:28:12) - In the Elevator: Healing Your Trauma History
• (00:34:36) - Work, Life, Balance
• (00:35:59) - On Balance
• (00:39:20) - Work-Life Balance
• (00:42:49) - What do you do for fun beside