Vibe Check: Mental Health in the Startup World

Mental health professionals’ advice for startup life

In the pursuit of various life goals, people neglect to check in with themselves regularly, allowing mental health issues to fester. In this final episode of Vibe Check: Mental Health in the Startup World, Drs. Ken Ung and Oliver Suendermann share their thoughts on where we’ve come from, where we’re going, and how we can take better care of ourselves.

What Grab is doing to help employees with their mental well-being

With our jobs playing such a significant role in our lives, can employers do more to support the mental well-being of their employees? In this episode of Vibe Check: Mental Health in the Startup World, Joyce Lim, an HR lead at Grab, talks about how the tech giant helped its staff to navigate their way through the mental health challenges posed by Covid-19.

The lonely, stressful entrepreneur life ft. PraisePal and Anywhr co-founder and CEO Zelia Leong

The media loves to talk about the success stories of founders in the tech and startup world, but for many entrepreneurs, every day comes with huge responsibilities and mental burdens. After all, many people depend on founders for their livelihoods – and what happens when things go awry and they have no choice but to cut employees? In this episode, Anywhr and PraisePal co-founder Zelia Leong shares how the fallout from Covid-19 affected not only her business, but also her mental health.

Coming back from the brink of oblivion ft. Calm Collective Asia CEO and co-founder Sabrina Ooi

The route to mental well-being begins with self awareness and acceptance, but that’s much easier said than done. It’s much more likely for people to conceal their mental health struggles, put on a brave face, and soldier through. In this episode of Vibe Check: Mental Health in the Startup World, Calm Collective Asia's Sabrina Ooi shares how her struggles with bipolar disorder brought here to the edge of oblivion before a full reset put her life back on track.

Mental health in the startup world ft. Intellect CEO & co-founder Theodoric Chew

During the pandemic, many experienced mental health issues due to isolation that came with lockdown measures. What kind of impact did these changes have on the always-on tech and startup scene? Are employees now more demanding of holistic support from their employers? And are employers holding up their end of the bargain? In the pilot episode, Intellect CEO and co-founder Theodoric Chew discusses the lay of the land of mental health in the tech and startup world.