FLINTA Talk Night: Mental Health in Tech

Working in Tech can be mentally challenging with little room for pause. And adding the normal stresses of life and the state of the world can become too much.

Join us for an honest and open conversation on protecting your mental health and building a career that doesn’t cost you your well-being. You’ll leave with tools to recognize the signs of burnout early and how to protect yourself and others around you.
Our speakers will share personal stories and evidence-based strategies for navigating high pressure situations,when and where to ask for help and what we can all do better for healthier work environments.

Whether you’re early in your career or leading a team, this event is a space to connect and learn from each other.

🗓️ Agenda
6:30 Arrival and networking
7:00 Welcome and Intro
7:10 The Sweet Spot: Burning Bright Without Burning Out - Aga Gałaj
7:35 Mental Wellbeing at DigitalService
Break
8:20 The art of perspective - Liz Engel
9:30 Event ends

🍕 Food and Drinks
There will be vegetarian and vegan food and beverages sponsored by our host DigitalService.

🗣️ Our Speakers & Talks

The Sweet Spot: Burning Bright Without Burning Out
This session is an open, empowering invitation to build awareness and explore the balance between high performance and well-being. We’ll examine what burnout is, look closely at systemic factors and the subtle drivers that push us into chronic stress, as well as the psychological patterns that keep us stuck there. Together, we’ll dive into actionable strategies to break these stress cycles, reclaim our energy, and cultivate lasting balance in both our professional and personal lives.
Aga Gałaj
Aga is an ECA-certified systemic coach, mentor, and psychologist dedicated to guiding people toward sustainable well-being and career fulfillment. Grounded in expertise across resilience, burnout prevention, and neurodivergence, she works fluently across cultures and languages. Aga brings a holistic approach to human development, she’s currently in her final year of training as a Biodanza Facilitator, growing her passion to help others lead vibrant, balanced lives.

The art of perspective: how systemic awareness can help transform your work and life
In today’s fast-moving world, clarity and resilience come from *how* you see things not just *what* you do. This session introduces systemic awareness: understanding our challenges through four “flight levels”: cultural, structural, relational, and individual. Drawing on systems theory and neuroscience, we'll explore how these perspectives can help navigate complexity, make better decisions, and create meaningful change in both professional and personal life.
Liz Engel
Systemic Coach at Regenerative Mind

📍About DigitalService
DigitalService is a wholly owned subsidiary of the German federal government and an internal digitalization partner to the country’s public administration. It has been designing, developing, and operating cloud-native digital solutions since 2020. Its work is focused squarely on users in an effort to create digital products aligned with the needs of the public, businesses, and the administration. Aside from developing products, DigitalService also advises the federal government on all aspects of the digitalization of the administration. It runs numerous projects and programs to empower administrative staff in their digitalization work and foster a strong and modern digital culture within the administration.

☂️ About the FLINTA label
This event is labeled as FLINTA (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender) as we make it a mission to empower women and other underrepresented minorities in the tech community.

💗 Code of Conduct
We are dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming experience for everyone who participates in our events.
By attending our event, you agree to the Berlin Code of Conduct: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/en

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👋 About Empowered in Tech
We are a local community in Berlin dedicated to empowering FLINTA (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender) people to excel in their tech journey. Our events offer study groups, technical workshops, hackathons, networking events, panel discussions, lightning talks, and social events. Stay in touch with the community!
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