There is another threat to our health, and most of us are not doing all we can to prevent the grave repercussions. As Brene Brown so eloquently pointed out, "Another pandemic is going to follow this one-- it's already started; we're months into it now-- which is a real mental-health pandemic." Mental health issues have been on the rise in America for decades. Rates of depression increased by more than 50 percent for young people, ages 12-25, between 2005 to 2017. The global pandemic, bringing with it an added measure of stress, isolation, fear, and reduced access to routine medical care, only exacerbated the problem. As an entrepreneur, mental health is of particular concern to me. Entrepreneurs have a higher than average rate of anxiety and depression. Many are standing on a dangerous precipice. Expectations on entrepreneurs are extremely high.
