Part of the System - 50 episodes

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.  

  1. What does well-being mean to you? 

  1. 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 


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