KYMEA LIVING
Systems x wellbeing
EXPLORING HOW SYSTEMS SHAPE HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN EVERY DAY LIFE
SYSTEMS X wELLBEING
There’s a tendency to think of health as something individual -
shaped by habits, choices, and personal responsibility.But much of it is shaped elsewhere.In the environments we move through.
In the expectations we carry.
In the systems we rarely question.This is a space for exploring how systems, environments, and institutions shape health and wellbeing in everyday life and what this reveals about how we design for wellbeing.
ABOUT ME
I’m Katerina.I’m interested in how systems, environments, and institutions shape health and wellbeing in everyday life.My work sits at the intersection of public health, the social determinants of health, and lived experience - particularly in relation to the work, leadership, and organisational systems.Rather than focusing on health as an individual responsibility, I’m interested in the structures that influence what is possible, supported, and sustained.This perspective has been shaped by both academic work and personal experience, especially in moments where health could not be understood through individual behaviour alone.Those experiences raised different questions:Not just how individuals cope, but what they are being asked to cope within.Currently, this space is a way of exploring these ideas through writing, reflection, and ongoing work.
Focus Areas
I’m interested in how systems shape the conditions for health and wellbeing.This includes:Social determinants of health
Health and wellbeing in everyday life
Workplaces as one expression of wider systems
Leadership and organisational culture
Policy, institutions, and lived experience
The gap between wellbeing frameworks and real-world experience
Sustainable and systems-based approaches to wellbeingThis work is grounded in the understanding that health is shaped not only by individual behaviour, but by the broader systems people live within.
Exploration Areas
Exploration AreasI’m interested in how systems shape the conditions for wellbeing—particularly within workplaces and organisational environments.This includes:Workplace wellbeing as one expression of wider systems
Leadership and organisational culture
Policy, institutions, and lived experience
The gap between frameworks and realityI occasionally engage in conversations and collaborations connected to these themes
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