AUTHENTIC STORIES OF THE PREVIOUSLY UNTOLD SILENT BATTLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND THE VOICES OF YOUTH, OUR FUTURE LEADERS.

 Better Humans is a must-read for all ages. Bernstein uses research and storytelling to illuminate the important truth that we are still in a pandemic — of mental health. Better Humans gives us a roadmap to get us through this crisis to a better place.

Eve Rodsky

NYT best-selling author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space 

   Bernstein captures the current state of the mental health crisis in our society through research and storytelling. The book takes readers on a journey of reflection, and 

makes one want to be more self-aware 

of the energy people project into the world. Bernstein gives hope to the reader that 

better days are possible, but it is important

 to attend to our mental health 

and lean on one another.

Juan Acosta

Mental Health + LGBTQ+ Activist, Influencer, Speaker, White House Mental Health Youth Action Forum Participant, NYT Bestselling coauthor

  I loved reading Better Humans!! This book combines the elements of personal storytelling and informative statistics to educate and empower readers in a universal way—no matter who you are, I truly believe there is a story in this book that will resonate with you.  Bernstein offers a reflective and thorough evaluation of what it has meant and continues to mean, to be human before, during and now after the pandemic, no matter what your profession, experience, 

or identity. 

-Dayna Altman MPH - Mental Health Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker at Bake it Till You Make it LLC,  Participant in MTV’s 2022 Mental Health Youth Action Forum at The White House with the Biden-Harris administration  

  I was Janeane's fifth grade teacher and now the tables have turned. Janeane's thoughtful, empathic approach to today's mental health issues make her a great teacher who has important lessons for us all.

Nancy Schulman - Senior Advisor, Avenues The World School

Lifelong passionate educator - Horace Mann School, 92nd Street Y Nursery School

Janeane aims to encourage readers to be more compassionate, empathetic and aware of mental health issues, as well as ending the stigma around discussing them by focusing on teaching people to be present, listen better, educate themselves on marginalized communities, embrace differences and to prioritize mental health in all aspects of society. Despite the challenges, there is an opportunity to create positive change, learn from the current situation and work towards healing the mental health pandemic.

Sky Bergman, Filmmaker
Professor Emeritus of Photography

 and Video
California Polytechnic State University

  Janeane Bernstein’s perspectives and dynamic interviews with students, teachers, and mental health professionals in her new book, BETTER HUMANS - What the Mental Health Pandemic Teaches Us About Humanity, is a must-read for those interested in a stimulating, compassionate, and empathic view of the global mental health pandemic. She interviews individuals who openly share their struggles, as well as mental health advocates and professionals who are working to scale mental health strategies and heal wounds that are often invisible. BETTER HUMANS provides a timely message of hope and empathy for humanity to learn and grow from the impact of the mental health pandemic.

Elaine Miller-Karas - Co-Founder, Director of Innovation - Trauma Resource Institute

   Janeane Bernstein combines journalism's best talent for telling stories and contextualizing them with an advocate’s desire to do more, as she reveals how the COVID pandemic exacerbated mental health issues too often ignored. 

  . The stories of Better Humans give the problems and solutions real texture and real-world context: mental health struggles and successes, and what is lost when we ignore them. They resonate because we know the people who live them – the teachers and nurses, the students, and the advocates. Better Humans brings them to us so we may learn how and why we must prioritize our mental health much like our physical health. This is the core of Better Humans.   

Hillary Sobel
Member of the Board of Directors of Right to Be (f/k/a Hollaback) New York City • Social Justice Advocate