Part of the System
Two years ago, our CEO David launched a podcast series called Part of the System with the goal to chat with people and organisations that are part of the wider sport and physical activity system across Australia, New Zealand, England and America, through a well-being and systems lens.
Guests have included representatives from public health, government, leisure, health, sport and recreation, peak bodies, private, not-for profits, education, disability and the social economy.
It’s been very humbling to chat with so many wonderful people and I’ve learnt a lot. The guests have shared their perspectives from all intersecting points of the system.
From lived experience with incarceration, recovering drug addiction, people suffering from mental health, CEOs, managers, consultants, founders, civil servants, professors and people supporting those most vulnerable such as working in aboriginal health.
I’ve recently hosted my 50th episode with Karen Jones, CEO of the NSW Office of Sport. Amongst the questions I’ve always asked two well-being questions in line with Collective Leisure’s purpose of well-being without boundaries.
What does well-being mean to you?
How do you look after your well-being?
It’s been a privilege to hear the perspectives from the different parts of the system from 50 guests. The well-being insights are collated at the end the article. The next iteration of the podcast will focus on panel discussions with a focus on:
How can sport and physical activity contribute to the wider system?
Guests will include people with lived experience and people working in social housing, social care, system, crime and recidivism, drug abuse, education, trauma, mental health, poverty, health care, and climate reduction etc.
Our objectives for the series are to explore:
A whole of systems approach
Collaborative and systems leadership
Engaging diverse perspectives
Questioning assumptions
The bigger picture
Part of the System 50 episodes – well-being insights
You can tune in and listen here youtube.com/@collectiveleisure1926
Look after physical, mental, spiritual and social health
The importance of connection
Be the best version of yourself
Be comfortable with yourself
Find balance in your professional and personal life
Work towards feeling content and relaxed
Good well-being is the opposite of illness
Ensuring your diet, activity, exercise and environment that you live in is working well
Having the capacity to have control and choice about how to achieve health and happiness
Being next to the water or near the water
Being in good health
Loving exercise and sport
Holistic, practical, easy-to-do entry level solutions around mental, physical and spiritual health/well-being
Be aware of the state of mind at any moment in time (how I'm feeling)
Holistic view, everything from our physical and social and emotional health as focus for children and young people. Adults tend to focus on economic, psychological and life satisfaction
Shelter, security, kinship and health leads us to functioning at our most effective and our best
Ability to move
Mind and body wellness encompasses physical, spiritual and social elements
Sense of satisfaction, positivity and purpose
Feeling good about yourself and knowing where you are at the moment
Good balance in life, work, family and everything else
Being content in what you're doing with your life and where you're heading It's about general happiness of where you're at. How you feel about yourself in your world
Participating in community sport and recreation
Looking after yourself and the people around you
Enjoy what you do. Not being shy of who you are
Feeling really good
It's a whole mix of physical and emotional or spiritual (feeling sense) and the feeling of feeling good, happy and positive within oneself and one's life situation is the ultimate of well-being
Mental health - put more emphasis on this; recognise, acknowledge and have a good sense of it for yourself leading a good life
Well-being is holistic and it's all parts of life.
Connecting to the place that’s around you with your feet and being able to connect to the community around you
First 5 mins and last 5 mins of the day. How you start and end your day
Balance between movement, sleep and diet
Kayaking, bike riding and walking
Keeping it together for people
Plant SEEDS, social interactions, educating the mind (something that interests you), exercise regularly, diet – balanced, sleep
Having a sense of purpose and meaning
Being cared for, having attachment figures
Strive to find the balance that lines can change dramatically at any point
Did you wake well?
Equilibrium
You can't wait for bad things to end to be happy
Do the things you value most
Being happy opens you up to a lot of great things in your life
Making sure that our needs are met
It's different to each person. A wheel - social, physical, nutritional
Being aware of the trauma coming at me. Every morning, sit outside to watch the sun and birds
Taking 5 minutes to pause and focus on the senses
The whole cohesive ecosystem of you as a person and trying to find that centred place where you're happy. You can never reach it but always striving
Find a job that sits in with your values and makes you happy – passion
Live the best life I can
Building routines
Have a good sleep routine
Having strong self-worth; feeling good about yourself
Exercise every morning and get a good sleep
Positive interactions
State of being happy regardless of our circumstances where we have our sense of belonging, purpose and hope
Nature and community