On October 13, people in Finland created International Day for Failure, putting a twist to the norm and celebrating the importance of failing and trying new things. Calm Collective also ran its first Linkedin Marketing Campaign, #RedefiningFailure on this day to break the stigma and shame around failure across Asia. Accompanying this campaign was a video that featured people across age groups to talk about their perceptions and experiences of failures. In this article Yan Jun shared her journey and perspective working on this campaign.

Today, we speak to Benjamin Kheng. He shares more about his passion for mental health, losing all sense of pride during hot yoga class and what he’s looking forward to most during the panel “How to thrive amidst uncertainty”.

Our fourth interview is with none other than Sabrina Ooi, Co-founder and CEO of Calm Collective and one of the organisers of CalmCon 2021.

Read more about her mental health journey, hopes for the future of mental health in the region, and what she’s looking forward most to at our conference!

Our next interview features Navin Amarasuriya, Chief International Officer of The Contentment Foundation. Speaking about achievement vs contentment at CalmCon, Navin shares his personal story about leaving his family business to pursue his passion as well as how meditation has influenced his views on the topic.

Did you enjoy reading our interview with Grace? Today, we feature another of our amazing speakers, Triston Francis.

Speaking about work-life integration during CalmCon, he shares his journey on how he got to a healthy balance himself as well as what you can look forward to during his talk at CalmCon 2021.

In the lead up to CalmCon happening on 12 and 13 November, the Calm Collective team brings to you a cosy conversational space as part of CalmCon. This article shares what Calm Circles Lite is all about and what you can look forward to as an attendee.