Grief & opening up in a remote-working world

April’s always been an advocate for taking care of your mental health. But she also knows how easily mental health can slip down your list of priorities—which is exactly what happened to her. After caring for a loved one for a long time, a period of grief made her take the conscious decision to care for herself.

Discover how April thinks we can all contribute to normalising conversations about mental health in both remote and on-site workplaces, and why emotional support works better for more employees when it’s varied to suit a range of emotional styles.

You’ll also hear about the most common mental health struggles April has seen in her remote workplace, and what the People team at Maze are doing to help employees manage and overcome them. This includes a discussion about their famous unlimited time off policy, and how a forward-thinking policy like this can work in practice.

April is VP of People at hypergrowth start-up Maze. She’s passionate about equality and results at remote companies, and has worked in similar positions at GitLab and Concordia University. She was born and raised in Nebraska, home of the Great Plains, where she still lives today.

Oliva is the employee mental wellbeing platform for companies who want to properly care for their people, and help them grow.

By combining proper therapy courses, coaching (the good kind), dedicated support for managers, and mental fitness classes—all led by a curated team of top professionals—Oliva helps employees respond to whatever hurdles life throws at them: big or small, at work and beyond.