2022 World Mental Heath Day - A Week Of Support

Camunda is a remote-first company. We are distributed across the globe. By now we have all worked online for an extended period of time, but even with these ‘work from home’ skills now fully solidified in our back pocket, we can all still personally experience stress, exhaustion, and burnout in our working and personal lives.

World Mental Health Day is on Monday 10th October 2022. As well as hosting a wellbeing workshop on the day itself, Camunda will be taking the rest of the week to share content each day that you can apply to your working and personal life in order to support your mental health for the better.

Please see below our schedule of events for the week. After it has been shared, we’ll also be adding all content to this page for future referral:

Agenda for the week:

Monday 10th Oct: - Wellbeing workshops 

Join us in our workshop on ‘Making Sense of Mental Health’. The session will teach us to be better informed and comfortable in addressing mental health, looking at what we can do to help ourselves and others. 

The invite for this session has already been sent out. Please reach out to Eve if you need the event forwarded to yourself again.

As well as the live session, the recording and supporting content will be shared the day after on our Wellbeing Workshops Confluence page. 

Tuesday 11th Oct: - Spotlight on our Flexible Time Off offerings

We’ll be back on the #company-whats-happening Slack page to spotlight how our Flexible Time Off offering can help support a positive mental health journey.

Wednesday 12th Oct: - Virtual Sound Bath Meditation Workshop

Please join us as we take 30 minutes out of our day to experience the power of sound and meditation in an extra soothing sound bath workshop.

An expert will guide us through a virtual sound bath designed to promote relaxation, exploration, personal inquiry, as well as other mental health benefits Each of us will explore our own personal relationship to sound as it guides us to a deeper and more relaxed state.

You will find the invite for this session in your inbox.

Please note that unfortunately this workshop is unavailable for recording, as stipulated by the workshop provider.

Thursday 13th Oct: - Meditation with Headspace

Watch out on the #company-whats-happening Slack page as we share some highly recommended meditations, expert guidance podcasts and support articles from the wonderful Headspace App.

Please note that as a Camunda employee you receive free access to Headspace through Camunda. You can find out more about our offering HERE.

Friday 14th Oct: - Mental Health Support & Tips for working remotely

We’re hitting the #company-whats-happening channel up for the last time this week. Once again we’ll be sharing some great Camunda generated resources including tips for remote working as well as some mental relief tips and contacts

Content Archive:

Monday 10th Oct: - Wellbeing workshops

The live Slack message can be found HERE and also copied below:

Today, join us at 4pm CET in our workshop on ‘Making Sense of Mental Health’. The session will teach us to be better informed and comfortable in addressing mental health, looking at what we can do to help ourselves and others.

The invite for this session has already been sent out. Please reach out to Eve if you need the event forwarded to yourself again.

As well as the live session, the recording and supporting content will be shared tomorrow, on our Wellbeing Workshops Confluence page.

Our Wellbeing Workshops Confluence page remains as a permanent source of previous wellbeing workshop recordings. If you are interested in one of the topics covered, but don’t have the hour available to watch the recordings, we also have handy workshop summary documents. These can be found linked next to the recording on the Wellbeing Workshops page.

Tuesday 11th Oct: - Spotlight on our Flexible Time Off offerings

The live Slack message can be found HERE and also copied below:

In today’s message below, we are spotlighting our Flexible Time Off (FTO) offering and how you can best utilize it to help support a positive mental health journey:

A tired mind can lead to burnout.

Time off is super important for maintaining a healthy work/life balance and being able to return with a fresh mind and recharged batteries enables you to do your best work.

For this reason, you have flexible time off at Camunda. FTO gives you the ability to take additional vacation days so long as business continuity is maintained.

You can use your flexible time off for anything you like, including resting, taking a break from work, taking care of yourself, taking a vacation, volunteering in your local community, focusing on further education, etc. FTO is when you will be away from your desk for 4 or more hours eg taking a half day.

You do not need to use your flexible time off to do things such as household chores, personal errands, going to a doctor's appointment, going to the gym, taking a nap, or helping a loved one e.g. anything that takes less than 4 hours / a half day.

For all additional information on our FTO policy, please feel free to reference our Flexible Time Off page in our Benefits & Perks area of Confluence. You can also reach out to our People Operations team via #ask-people-team

Wednesday 12th Oct: - Virtual Sound Bath Meditation Workshop

The live Slack message can be found HERE and also copied below:

Please join us at 4pm CET today, as we take 30 minutes out of our day to experience the power of sound and meditation in an extra soothing sound bath workshop.

An expert will guide us through a virtual sound bath designed to promote relaxation, exploration, personal inquiry, as well as other mental health benefits Each of us will explore our own personal relationship to sound as it guides us to a deeper and more relaxed state.

You will find the invite for this session in your inbox. Please note that this workshop is unavailable for recording, as stipulated by the workshop provider.

Today’s sound bath session is a perfect example of how physical activities can help to positively support your mental health.

Physical activity has a huge potential to enhance our well-being. Even a short burst of 10 minutes of brisk walking increases our mental alertness, energy and positive mood. Participation in regular physical activity can increase our self-esteem and can reduce stress and anxiety.

At Camunda we have various sports offerings available to all employees. You can read more on how you personally can utilize our sports offering right HERE.

Thursday 13th Oct: - Meditation with Headspace

Good morning, all.

In today’s message below, we are spotlighting our Headspace offering and how you can best utilize it to help support a positive mental health journey, as well as sharing some highly recommended meditations, expert guidance podcasts and support articles from the wonderful Headspace App:

Firstly, what does Headspace do?
Through science-backed meditation and mindfulness tools, Headspace helps you create life-changing habits to support your mental health and find a healthier, happier you. Headspace is proven to reduce stress by 14% in just 10 days. It can also help you relax your mind in minutes, improve focus, and sleep better.

How can you use Headspace?
As a Camunda employee, you have full access to Headspace, completely free of cost. All you need to do is sign up. It is a simple process that takes less than 2 minutes. You can find out how to sign up through Camunda right HERE. We are also currently working directly with Headspace to give you SSO login access, making your access to their wonderful content even easier!

Where is good to start?
With our continued theme of Mental Health this week, we’re pointing you in the direction of some great meditations, guidance podcasts and support articles that are related to the topic. Once you have logged into your account, you can check them out below:

Letting Go Of Stress - This 10-20 minute course will help you enjoy a healthier mind by developing your awareness of stress and helps you learn how to reframe negative emotions.

Burned Out - A quick 3 minute meditation that helps you step away from worried thoughts and gives your mind room to focus on the present.

Mental Health Resources - Even if you decide not to sign up to Headspace, they have a blog post featuring mental health resources for various countries across the globe that is accessible to all.

Friday 14th Oct: - Mental Health Support & Tips for working remotely