Purpose in Life, Physical Activity and Sport - Dr Ayse Yemiscigil (Pt1) - Meaningful Sport Series

Today’s episode explores purpose in life and how it can relate to physical activity and work-life. We ask: How are meaning and purpose different? How is purpose in life connected to well-being? And how does socio-economic status influence who has access to meaningful experiences in work-life, and why is it perhaps related to meaningful leisure?

Dr Ayse Yemiscigil is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. Her research has explored the relationship between work and well-being,  sense of meaning and purpose in work and physical activity, and the impact of retirement on purpose in life. In the meaningful sport podcast, she also reflects on her own sporting life and how athletes might find more meaning from sport.