Workshop "Resilience & Self-Care: Mental Strength for International PostDocs in Germany"

by Diana Seyfarth

Friday Jun 12, 2026, 9:00 AM → 11:45 AM Europe/Berlin

Zoom (The Zoom link will be announced to the participants.) (online)

If all places are fully booked, we can put you on the waiting list.

 

On the one hand, you are excited about your research stay abroad because it opens up attractive new professional opportunities. On the other hand, you may sometimes face personal challenges: you find yourself in an unfamiliar environment where familiar networks are missing. This can lead to feelings of homesickness – or in some cases even to experiences of discrimination.

 

This interactive short workshop is designed to help you maintain and strengthen your mental and emotional well-being.

Workshop topics include:

• exchange on common challenges,
• learning and experiencing concrete tools to cope with stress, loneliness, or feeling overwhelmed,
• everyday methods to actively strengthen your resilience and self-care,
• discussion on how to create positive experiences and build sustainable social connections.

The workshop combines input, exchange, and practical exercises. The goal is for you to take away concrete strategies that make your research stay not only professionally successful, but also personally enriching.

 

Trainer: 

Diana Seyfarth works at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at TU Darmstadt, where she is responsible for mental strength and emotional balance. The educator and experienced mental coach develops innovative concepts based on scientifically proven and tried-and-tested techniques to promote well-being, particularly among teachers and students, with the aim of establishing them as a new cultural technique in educational institutions. She is a certified mindful university lecturer, certified relaxation trainer, expert in aromatherapy and a sought-after lecturer on issues relating to mental strength and emotional health at various other universities (including the Technical University of Munich and the Technical University of Berlin).  With her training as a systemic coach and as an experienced university didactician, she supports people in promoting their own well-being and that of those around them.