Michelle Newman was a successful entertainment executive working with networks such as Disney, FOX and CBS and celebrities that included Betty White, Neil Patrick Harris and Sharon Osborne. She was a self-confessed bachelorette and thought she knew exactly what life held for her. That is, until a brain aneurysm changed everything… “I worked in the entertainment industry from Entertainment Tonight to Telepictures, to Extra to Fox, I did an Iron Man, crazy adventure races. I was single, on the fast track with my career. I had just been appointed director of on air promotion at CBS daytime.” “I was that single woman, determined, working on my career to see how far I could go.” “It was a lot about me. I was working and training as hard as I could.” “I had a brain aneurysm watching The Apprentice. It was like a gun shot went off in the back of my head….I was single and home alone in my apartment.” “When they wheeled me into the ICU, there was this nurse who looked like Snow White…At that point I was like ‘Wow. This is it…I’m gonna die.’ And I’ve never felt more peaceful in my life. I felt I had lived 36 awesome years.” “The small things in life, I didn’t think of any of that. It didn’t even come into my brain. When I thought I was going to die, lying in my bed, looking at Snow White, I just felt love and joy and peace.” “I feel like I was given a gift. I was so grateful to see people again. I feel like I was given a second chance.” “Only 2% of people survive what happened to me.” “I met my husband a month later. I don’t think before my accident I would have given him a second look. My priorities changed.” “I am now helping women in their mid life and it’s taken me all the way back to the 6 months that I had after the accident, learning not to sweat the small stuff anymore, learning to be appreciative.” “Life is so precious…slow down and show the gratitude for what you have. Realize we don’t know how much time we have on this earth so the time that we do have, let’s make it worth while.” “I always wind up coming back to gratitude.” To follow Michelle: https://www.thenewmid.com/ Facebook: facebook.com/thenewmid Instagram: @thenewmid YouTube: youtube.com/thenewmid Pinterest: pinterest.com/thenewmid