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This speaker series is part 1 of a 3-month collaborating with compassion speaker series hosted by the Learning and Development team at GitLab.
A
Welcome
everyone
to
this
live
speaker
series
with
brit
turpak
really
excited
to
be
here
with
brit.
This
is
a
bit
of
a
unique.
I
guessed
speaker
series
event,
because
it
is
both
part
of
our
mental
health
awareness
month.
That's
happening
in
the
month
of
may
at
get
lab,
and
it's
also
kicking
off
a
quarterly
speaker
series.
That's
happening
hosted
by
the
learning
and
development
team
called
collaborating
with
compassion,
and
I
think
that
it's
a
really
great
fit
that
mental
health
awareness
week
is
the
mental
health
awareness
month.
B
Thank
you
samantha.
I
just
want
to
sincerely
express
so
much
gratitude
to
you
and
your
whole
company,
everybody
that
is
currently
on
this
zoom
for
having
me
here
today
to
discuss
this
important
topic
of
mental
health,
which
really
really
is
near
and
dear
to
my
heart.
I
am
a
mental
health
advocate
educator
representative
of
nami,
I'm
not
sure
if
anybody
is
familiar
with
nami,
but
it's
the
national
alliance
on
mental
illness.
B
We
are
the
nation's
largest
grassroots
mental
health
organization,
providing
education,
free
resources
and
support,
so
I'm
gonna
send
over
all
the
nami
info
later
that
samantha
can
pass
out
to
all
of
you,
because
it
is
a
really
wonderful
organization
that
we
have
and
I'm
also
a
movement
teacher.
So
I
teach
yoga
and
pilates.
I
wear
many
hats,
but
but
with
that
being
said,
I
want
to
emphasize
that
I
am
not
a
medical
professional.
B
I
am
an
expert
in
my
own
lived
experience
which
I
really
do
believe
is
a
powerful
piece
of
the
puzzle,
but
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that,
as
we
go
into
our
discussion
today
so
before
we
get
started.
Yes,
I
would
like
to
practice
a
meditation,
but
before
we
do
that,
samantha
can
I
use
the
chat,
the
chat
box,
oh,
of
course,
if
you'd
like
to
sure
yeah.
So
if
you
feel
comfortable,
I
just
want
to
take
a
second
here
and
how
are
you
guys
doing
if
you're,
okay
with
it?
B
B
Yes,
you
know
I
am
too
the
irony
of
this
month
like
being
in
this
space,
is
like
it's
very
exciting
for
me,
but
I
am
accounted
for
for
like
every
second
of
every
day
of
every
of
every
hour
and
I'm
like
oh
yeah,
burnout's
a
real
thing,
but
it's
a
nice
way
to
connect.
All
of
us
burn
out
struggling
with
focus,
tired,
struggling
with
motivation,
distracted,
optimistic
nervous.
B
I
really
appreciate
these
answers
and
you
know
one
of
my
favorite
tools
to
practice,
specifically
in
the
mental
health
space,
for
my
mental
health,
for
my
physical
health,
for
my
emotional
health
is
the
practice
of
meditation
which
we
are
going
to
do
together
and
I'm
not
sure
if
you
guys
have
meditated
before
or
not.
If
you
haven't
been
no
worries,
not
no
stress
whatsoever,
I
think
a
lot
of
times
the
misconception
with
meditation
is
that
it's
to
eliminate
thoughts
or
like
people
or
think
I'm
not
doing
it
right.
Those
two
things
are
wrong.
B
Thoughts
are
normal.
I
have
an
active
practice
and
they
pop
up
all
the
time.
It's
about
anchoring
your
awareness
into
something.
So,
for
example,
today
it
will
be
the
guide
of
my
voice
and
the
things
that
I'm
saying,
but
it
could
be
your
breath,
it
could
be
mantra
and
just
shifting
your
focus
lovingly
back
to
that
which
you
are
focusing
on
and
just
about
slowing
down
and
bringing
your
mind
body
and
heart
all
back
into
the
same
space.
B
B
Bring
your
head
and
neck
back
into
a
neutral
position,
keep
your
eyes
closed
and
then
collectively
we're
going
to
take
three
deep,
breaths
together
so
on.
Your
next
inhale
fill
up
the
lower
part
of
your
abdomen
visualize
air,
coming
into
your
ribs
running
up
through
your
chest
and
reaching
through
the
crown
of
your
head
hold
for
three
two
one
open
mouth
exhale.
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
A
A
I
will
move
us
into
the
questions
that
we
have
and
I'll
remind
everyone
if
you
have
any
questions
that
come
up,
feel
free
to
add
them
to
the
team
member
question
section
at
the
bottom
of
the
agenda,
so
this
first
one
relates
to
the
name
of
this
speaker.
Series
collaboration
is
one
of
our
credit
values
at
gitlab
and
I'd
love.
To
start
our
conversation
by
hearing
your
perspective
on
the
connection
between
collaboration
and
our
individual
well-being,.
B
B
I
actually
think
differences
should
be
celebrated,
but
within
differences
there
needs
to
be
this
philosophy
or
idea
of
staying,
open
and
open
to
one's
individual
well-being,
and
when
that
openness
occurs,
you
can
have
two
people
or
two
ideas
that
come
together,
and
you
know
whether
it's
personal
like,
for
example,
in
let's,
let's
use
mental
health.
For
example.
B
You
have
somebody
personally,
two
different
people
that
are
going
through
mental
health
conditions
and
maybe
their
recovery
looks
different.
So
one
person
has
more
of
a
holistic
background.
The
meditation,
the
acupuncture,
the
diet
and
nutrition
and
one
person
has
the
the
western
medicine
more
pharmaceutical
approach,
it's
being
open
to
the
idea
that
both
can
work
and
and
then
in
a
professional
setting.
A
Yeah
thanks
for
that
brit,
I
think,
like
at
the
beginning
of
your
response,
you
said,
like
a
similar
value
system
is
really
important
for
this
kind
of
collaboration
to
happen
and
how
well-being
is
integrated
in
there
and
in
my
own
experience,
I
find
that
our
gitlab
values
really
are
like
a
cohesive
way
that
teams
collaborate
together,
and
so
I
think,
we're
pretty
lucky
to
have
that
system
in
place
so
that
we
can
make
time
for
our
own
well-being
within
the
work
that
we're
doing
so.
Thanks
for
calling
that
right.
B
Of
course,
and
then,
when
you
do
like,
when
you
do
focus
on
the
individual
well-being,
you
can
show
up
to
the
table
in
the
space
of
collaboration
as
the
best
version
of
yourself
and-
and
you
know,
really
make
an
impact-
make
a
positive
impact.
But
that
also
takes
the
person
from
the
empowered
position
to
be
like.
No.
I
am
going
to
put
my
wall
being
first
and
maybe
that
well-being
is
self-care
practices
or
maybe
that
well-being
is
setting
boundaries.
B
A
To
contribute
well,
I
love
that
so
the
second
question
that
I
have
for
you
and
we
were
kind
of
just
chatting
before
we
got
started
about
how
gitlab
is
an
all
remote
company
and
how
we're
distributed
across
more
than
60
countries,
and
we
have
our
own
unique
challenges
when
it
comes
to
communicating
and
building
relationships,
and
so
I'd
love.
If
you
can
speak
specifically
for
an
all
remote
work
environment.
B
Thank
you
again
for
that
question
as
well
again,
I
want
to
reiterate
I'm
not
a
medical
professional.
However,
I
have
been
trained
under
nami
to
identify
these
specific
behavioral.
I
guess
you
could
say
warnings.
Definitely,
isolation
and
isolation
can
look
different
for
everybody.
You
know
avoidance
a
lot
of
times.
I
know
I
live
with
anxiety
and
depression
and
in
the
height
of
my
anxiety,
avoidance
was
definitely
one
of
the
things
that
showed
up
for
me
and,
what's
so
interesting
is
like
I'm
5
8,
I
have
a
bubbly
personality.
B
B
So
that's
just
something
you
know,
even
in
conversation,
if
someone's
like
yeah
I'm
starting
to
just
like
give
this
to
this
ex-person
just
to
be
mindful
and
aware,
and
and
then
emotionally
like,
don't
make
assumptions,
and
I
think
I
kind
of
hit
on
this
when
I
was
just
talking
about
my
own
personal
experience
like
just
as
a
reminder.
You
guys
never
know
what
someone
is
going
through.
B
A
In
conversations,
we
even
have
a
sub
value
at
gitlab.
That's
one
of
my
favorites.
It's
called
assume
positive
intent,
and
I
think
that
that
really
plays
in
here
as
we're
having
conversations
that
might
feel
difficult
to
breach
about
team
members,
mental
health
being
able
to
to
not
make
assumptions
about
the
experiences
that
they're
having
and
give
them
space
create
space
for
dialogue
for
others
to
share
their
experiences.
B
Yes,
and
to
piggyback
off
of
that
in
in
that
space
of
creating
space,
to
allow
people
to
share
experiences,
not
to
jump
in
and
give
opinion
or
advice,
oftentimes
people
just
want.
I
facilitate
these
peer
support
groups
and
a
lot
of
times.
People
just
want
to
share
it's
like.
No.
I
don't
want
to
hear
what
you
have
to
say.
A
Yeah,
that's
really
hard.
You
really
have
to
be
in
a
safe
space
to
be
willing
to
do
that,
so
that
can
be
really
difficult
thanks
for
that
I'll.
Do
one
more
reminder
if
you
have
any
questions
for
brit,
I'm
about
to
ask
her
my
last
question,
so
please
put
them
in
the
agenda
and
we'll
go
through
those.
I
love
questions
by
the
way.
B
Totally-
and
this
is
one
of
my
most
favorite
things
to
talk
about
so
but
before
I
discuss
what
a
mental
health
toolkit
is,
let's
discuss
why,
like
I
mentioned
earlier,
we
all
experience,
stress
and
anxiety
and
I
think
that's
kind
of
an
understood
concept
and
idea
here
and
I
always
describe
life
as
being
like
a
wave
like
when
you
wake
up
in
the
morning.
We
all
get
hit
with
some
waves.
B
That's
creating
me
a
lot
of
fear
or
anxiety.
I
can't
always
think
clearly
to
identify
what
I
need
to
do
for
myself.
So
if
a
toolkit
is
already
in
place,
then
you
can
pull
it
out
of
your
back
pocket
in
those
moments
of
need
being
like.
I
may
not
feel
my
best
right
now,
but
I
know
the
things
or
I
know
the
steps
that
I
can
do
to
try
to
help
me
feel
better
and
so
for
me
my
mental
health
toolkit
translates
into
my
morning
routine,
which
I
live
by.
B
It
is
the
anchor
for
my
day
and
I
wake
up
very
early
and
the
first
thing
I
do
every
single
morning
before
I
look
at
a
screen
before
I
look
at
a
phone
talk
to
anybody.
Is
I
well?
Actually
I
make
my
bed.
I
know
that
sounds
silly,
but
completing
a
task
upon
waking
first
thing
in
the
morning
is
so
great
for
your
subconscious,
mind
starting
and
finishing.
B
So
if
you
even
sat
down
every
single
morning,
just
for
a
minute
for
two
minutes
for
three
minutes,
you
would
see
the
increased
memory.
You
would
see
the
delayed
reaction
and
more
of
a
response.
You
would
see
the
more
peace,
the
more
ease
you
would
see
all
of
these
things,
that
being
in
the
present
moment,
just
in
the
repetition
and
consistency
of
it.
So
that's
the
first
thing
I
do.
B
The
second
thing
I
do
is:
I
have
an
act
of
gratitude
practice
that
I
put
pen
to
paper
and
I
actually
write
out
three
different
things
that
I
am
grateful
for
and
I
bel
penn
to
paper
so
wonderful
because
it
actually
uses
a
higher
version
of
your
subconscious
mind
instead
of
just
like
texting
or
verbally,
stating
out
loud,
and
I
do
it
every
single
day.
And
then,
after
that
I
have
movement
in
my
life,
physical
movement-
and
you
know
30
minutes
of
exercise.
B
Honestly,
sometimes
what
I
do
first
thing
in
the
mornings
I
put
headphones
in
or
turn
my
speakers
on,
depending
on
how
early
it
is,
and
just
dance
and
move
and
movement
is
so
wonderful
because
it
actually
gets
you
out
of
one
space
and
into
another
and
our
emotions
they
get
built
up
in
our
body
and
when
we
don't
move
when
we
don't
physically
move
or
we
don't
move
with
our
breath,
it
creates
stagnant,
and
that's
just
you
know,
that's
actually
how
physical
ailments
come
up.
That's
where
the
anxiety
arises.
B
B
A
Yeah,
that's
great.
I
love
that
building
some
structure
into
the
morning
and
I
also
really
like
the
call
out
about
building
in
breaks
throughout
the
day,
because
I
think
that
at
get
lab
working
remotely
without
other
team
members
around
us,
there
is
some
responsibility
to
control
your
workspace
so
that
there
are
some
sort
of
reminder
to
get
away
from
your
computer.
A
I
say
out
loud
something
I'm
grateful
for,
and
it's
like
a
physical
reminder
in
her
workspace
that
when
she
happens
to
glance
you
know
over
here
to
the
rock
that's
what
she
does
and
without
being
in
an
office
building
where
people
walk
by
say,
hey
brit,
you
want
to
go
on
a
quick,
walk,
hey
sean!
You
want
to
go
grab
lunch
like,
especially
if
you
live
on
your
own
there's,
no
one
necessarily
to
do
that
and
so
being
intentional
about
building.
B
I
love
that
you
mentioned
that,
because
the
way
to
build
a
habit
is,
I
think
it's
called
like
cue
action
reward,
so
whatever
the
action
is
that
you
are
trying
to
accomplish.
Maybe
it
is
coming
back
to
your
breath
or
maybe
it's
the
affirmation.
What
is
the
cue?
That's
going
to
set
you
up
for
that?
Maybe
it's
looking
at
the
rock.
Maybe
it's
setting
the
calendar
a
reminder.
Maybe
when
you
wake
up
it's
the
the
bed
or
the
brushing
your
teeth
and
then
you
do
the
action
and
then
you
give
yourself
a
reward.
B
B
For
that
the
power
of
habit,
yes,
and
also
like
set
aside-
which
I
know
this
sounds-
and
you
just
mentioned
it-
take
five
minutes.
I'm
sure
it
would
be
fine
and
just
shut.
The
computer
screen
shut
the
phone
and
just
like
step
away,
or
maybe
it's
your
lunch
time,
you're
on
you're
on
the
screen
all
day
intentionally
have
your
lunch
without
the
screen.
B
A
C
So
I
think,
there's
just
a
balance
that
we
somehow
have
to
find
where
it
is
an
async
company,
but
especially
working
like
in
g
a
right
if
there
are
a
lot
of
people
that
are
in
the
us
on
the
west
coast,
it's
kind
of
like.
Oh.
I
need
this
right
now
right,
so
it's
definitely
like
trying
to
strike
a
balance
between
what
we
speak
of
culturally
and
then
what
we
actually
see
in
action
and
what
people
are
asking
us
for.
A
Thanks
for
calling
that
out
sonia
so
important
too,
because
how
easy
is
it
to
quickly
message
someone
who's
working
in
the
same
time
zone
as
you
in
a
slack
dm
to
get
done?
What
you
need
to
get
done,
but
is
it
transparent?
Is
that
supporting
team
members
who
are
in
you
know
10
hours
later
than
you
that
are
going
to
sign
on
and
need
to
know
what's
going
on,
and
so
really
thinking
you
know,
am
I
working
in
a
async
and
transparent
way
so
that
other
people
can
do
their
best
job
at
gitlab
too?
C
A
D
I
am
here,
thank
you.
I
was
just
curious.
I
think
you
started
to
say
about
being
kind
with
colleagues
and
your
own
lane
and
I'd
love
to
hear
you
expand
a
little
bit
more
on
that
we
at
get
lab
our
mission.
Is
everyone
can
contribute,
which
is
amazing
in
so
many
aspects,
but
I
think
sometimes
there
can
be
some
challenges
with
that,
so
I'll
leave
it
there
for,
for
you
to
expand.
B
Hi
wendy,
thank
you
for
that
question.
I
think.
Staying
in
our
own
lane
and
keeping
our
side
of
the
street
clean
is
so
essential
for
our
own
well-being,
but,
like
I
said,
the
well-being
of
everybody
else,
because
it
comes
back
to
this
idea
of
not
making
assumptions
from
my
experience
and
trust
me,
I'm
sure
like
in
working
with
people.
B
It
can
be
really
frustrating
if
tasks
need
to
be
done
and
they're
not
or
maybe
deadlines
are
not
being
met,
but
really
just
doing
what
you
can,
because
when
you
do
what
you
can
and
you
do
it
from
a
place
of
love
as
hippy-dippy
as
that
sounds
so
just
stay
with
me.
I
really
do
believe
the
most
effective
outcome
occurs,
because
when
we
get
into
this
reactive
behavior
or
we
get
into
anger,
and
then
we
start,
you
know
lashing
out
at
somebody
really
the
only
person
that
it
does
affect
negatively
like
yeah.
B
It
may
affect
everybody
negatively
on
a
whole,
but
it
comes
back.
It
comes
back
to
ourself,
so
I
think,
as
long
as
like
you
appropriately
set
boundaries
and
you
are
able
to
articulate
needs
and
communicate
effectively,
which
I
know
is
sometimes
really
difficult
to
do,
knowing
that
you
are
showing
up
coming
back
to
that
theme
as
like
the
best
version
of
yourself
doing
what
you're
supposed
to
do.
It's
like
it's
surrender,
it's
taking
your
hands
off
the
wheel
and
being
like
at
a
certain
point.
D
It
it's
probably
a
question
more
for
a
deeper
dive
into
our
our
values
or
sub
values
of
potentially
challenges
that
we
can
that
team
members
can
face
from
a
mental
health
perspective
that
are
are
not
intended
to
be
challenges
and
I'd
be
curious
for
others
to
weigh
in
there
of
just
when.
Sometimes
we
all
contribute-
or
we
all
can
be
in
others
lanes,
it
can
create,
create
unintended
challenges
for
people
to
get
a
work
product
across
the
line.
B
D
Hypothetical,
I
would
just
say
you
know:
we've
got
lots
of
great
ideas
and
great
input
and
we
allow
for
input
on
everything
which
is
amazing.
It's
super
super
great,
but
I
think
sometimes
for
the
dri
and
I've
had
team
members
tell
me
this.
It
can
feel
deflating
or
challenging,
because
a
project
tends
to
take
much
longer
to
to
go,
go
forward.
B
D
Well-
and
I
don't
know
if
it's
necessarily
consensus,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day
our
dris,
you
know,
are
the
dris.
I
think
it's
more
and
and
brit.
Thank
you
for
taking
this
question.
It's
probably
a
great
internal
ama
to
have
or
not
in
an
ama
but
just
dialogue
to
have,
because
I
think
there's
something
there
where
it's
transparency
is
amazing.
Our
values
are
amazing.
It's
like
no
other
organization
in
the
world
and,
of
course,
I'm
a
little
bit
biased.
D
But
then
you
know,
like
everyone
can
contribute,
which
is
super
super
great,
but
then
you
can
have
these
unintended
consequences
of.
Oh
I'm
deflated,
I
feel
really
down
I'm
in
the
dri.
I
thought
this
was
there
everyone's
come
into
my
dock,
and
now
I'm
back
at
day.
One
and
I've
got
to
then
go
figure
out
how
to
fix
this
and
and
put
it
forward.
So
I
think
that's
that's
kind
of
where
I'm
going
and
I
don't
know
if
it
resonates
with
people
here
on
this
video
or
zoom.
A
This
is
really
interesting
to
bring
up
as
well
wendy
not
to
keep
going
back
to
crucial
conversations,
but
in
crucial
conversations
last
week,
the
other
side
of
that
as
well,
the
like
mission
and
the
the
idea
that
everyone
can
contribute,
but
how
that
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
you
have
to
or
should
contribute
to
everything
I
think
can
also
cause
almost
like
decision
fatigue
like
there's
so
many
things
I
can
contribute
to.
But
I
don't
have
time
to
contribute
to
everything
and
do
my
job,
but
I
can
so
am
I
expected
to
in.
B
B
This
is
also
where
the
meditation
comes
in.
It's
like.
Maybe
you
don't
have
time
to
meditate
but
like
place
one
hand
on
your
heart
one
hand
on
your
stomach,
so
you
can
come
back
to
your
breath
and
actually
take
a
moment
to
reflect
before
you
answer
before
you
like
respond
to
an
email
before
you
share
a
million
ideas
or
expect
a
response.
A
F
Sure
so,
when
trying
to
prevent
burnout
or
trying
to
recover
from
it,
self-care
activities
are
often
talked
about
as
being
important.
As
someone
who
in
a
previous
job
was
burned
out,
I
found
it
hard
to
sort
of
identify,
really
good
self-care
activities
for
myself,
and
so
I
wondered
if
you
had
any
advice
on
helping
us
to
identify
such
activities.
B
I
would
say
it's
so
personal,
like
the
self-care
activities
that
I
mentioned.
I
know
are
my
go-to's
and
work
for
me,
but
to
just
try
like
to
try
a
bunch
of
different
practices
and
then
take
inventory
or
reflect
after
to
see
if
they
helped
you
or
to
see
if
they
work,
but
also
not
to
have
the
expectation
that
it's
necessarily
going
to
fix
the
burnout.
It's
like
these
are
small
things
that
you
can
do
that.
B
Maybe
if
you're
feeling
anxious
you're
feeling
up
here,
it
takes
you
down
a
little
but
to
not
set
the
expectation
that
it's
going
to
like
just
solve
everything
and
make
you
feel
100
better.
And
then,
when
you
readjust
that
perspective,
it
kind
of
allows
you
to
let
it
sink
in
and
see
if
it
works
or
if
it
doesn't.
A
Thanks
so
much
for
that
brit,
well
we're
just
at
time
and
there's
no
more
questions
mike.
I
think
I've
captured
all
of
the
links
that
were
shared,
but
if
anyone
else
comes
up
with
links
over
the
next,
you
know
couple
hours
or
so,
and
they
want
to
drop
them
in
the
dock
to
share
with
everyone
else.
Please
feel
free
to
do
so.
I'm
excited
to
capture
this
chat
because
I
haven't
really
been
able
to
keep
up
with
it
while
we've
been
talking
but
looking
forward
to
reading
it
again
once
the
recording
processes.
A
I
want
to
thank
brit
for
taking
time
to
be
here
with
us
and
to
help
lead
us
in
this
really
great
meditation
and
conversation
about
mental
health
and
how
it
works
in
our
get
lab
community
as
a
reminder
for
team
members.
This
is
part
of
a
quarterly
long
speaker
series
that
will
go
through
the
next
few
months
and
also
part
of
mental
health
awareness
month.
There's
a
really
great
post
from
wendy
in
the
company
fyi
channel
that
highlights
other
initiatives
and
resources
that
we
are
calling
out
during
mental
health
awareness
one
month.