The Bonn and Cologne Universities offer a large variety of life-balance offers for their employees. A small selection is presented below.
Sports and physical health
UoC: Hochschulsport (free for students), Unisport (appr. 20€/course)
UB: Hochschulsport (starts at 10€/semester)
FZJ: Betriebssportgemeinschaft (3.50€/month for students)
Mental health
UoC: Offer Guide, Coaching
UB: Overview of all Offers for PhDs, Coaching
MPIfR: The MPIfR has an agreement with pme Familienservice, a company that provides free and anonymous short-term counseling by professional social workers or psychologists. If you have any personal issues, health/mental health issues or job related issue that worries you, just dial 0800 801007070 and mention that you are employed by the Max Planck Society (also in case your are in the IMPRS but at one of the partner universities).
FZJ: Work-life balance
We are member of the European University for Well-Being