A comprehensive overview of Episode 1 of our podcast series, Calm Conversations, where Alyssa shares her experience dealing with the loss of her husband by suicide and how she continues to navigate her grief.

Due to the glorification of hustle culture by parents, peers and wider society, productivity and success have been ingrained in me since high school. This led to an over-obsession with these concepts that are put on a pedestal. 

In the very first episode of our podcast series, Calm Conversations, Alyssa (Co-Founder, Calm Collective Asia) shares her experience dealing with the loss of her husband by suicide and how she navigates and manages her grief.

In a talk held in partnership with mindline.sg, Joseph Quek (Counsellor), Erin Lee (Mindfulness Coach), and Ivan Lim (Mental Health Expert by Experience) joined Calm Collective co-founder Sabrina Ooi to talk about the importance of managing your emotional well-being at work. Here’s a breakdown of the various strategies discussed to mitigate stress at work.

What is languishing, why am I languishing, and what can I do about it? Here’s a closer look at one of 2021’s most popular buzzwords.

A downward spiral is when people start slipping into a lower mood and their mental health seems as though it’s declining. The nature of mental illness is that it drains cognitive functions and the downward spiral comes with a sense of hopelessness, frustration, and oftentimes, anger.