OUR STORY

How Wild + Well came to be.

Wild + Well came to life when I realised I wanted to do more wellbeing activities with my kids, but didn’t always know how to make them part of family life.

WHERE IT STARTED

It started with my own family.

I’m Chez. I’m a mum, coach + experience designer.

Chez Tansey laughing outside — Chez, founder of Wild + Well

After becoming a mum for the first time, I realised I didn’t have the same time or capacity to look after myself as I had before. I had to change how I worked and lived to make room for motherhood and the other things I loved.

After my second child, I needed ways to look after my wellbeing that I could do in small moments, with my children there too. Even better if they could learn those practices alongside me.

That was the beginning of Wild + Well: a way for families to learn, move and find what helps them feel well, together.

We went to classes led by people who knew how to create these experiences. Then we discovered workshops where adults + children participated together.

We both loved it. We came away feeling more connected, with shared tools + new ways to talk about what we were experiencing.

“Everyone needs some of this in their life.”

FROM ONE FAMILY TO MANY

One family’s experience became a collective idea.

Wild + Well brings brilliant local facilitators together so more families can move, make, explore + connect in the same space.

A family looking out over the ocean together

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Wild + well, at the same time.

We want children to have space to be fully themselves: moving, making, laughing, resting, noticing + trying something new.

Wellbeing is not one way of doing things. The practices are invitations. Families can explore what feels good for them, together.

There is room here for energy + calm. Curiosity + comfort. The wild parts + the well parts.

An adult and child dancing together on the beach

SHARED EXPERIENCE

Connection grows through the things we do together.

Move together. Make something together. Learn something together. Have fun together.

WHY TOGETHER MATTERS

The learning belongs to both of you.

When adults + children share an experience, they leave with more than a memory. They have shared language, shared tools + something they can try again at home.

The first parent-and-child mindfulness class Chez attended with her son felt unfamiliar at first. They both loved it. They came away feeling more connected as a duo, with new ways to talk about their feelings because they had learned them together.

“Everyone needs some of this in their life.”

A MORE HUMAN KIND OF SPACE

More time together. More people together.

Life can feel busy, separate + increasingly reserved. Wild + Well creates room for real human connection: with your child, with other families + with brilliant local facilitators.

It is a chance to slow down, be part of something + practise doing things that help us stay well.

A family exploring together — Life is always an adventure with kids.

Dee Why Beach and Surf Club, home of the first Wild and Well festival — Dee Why Surf Club, where we’ll host the first Wild + Well festival.

WHAT WE HOPE YOU CARRY HOME

Arrive in a rush. Leave slowly.

We imagine families leaving slowly, hugging + laughing with sand between their toes. Carrying the things they made. Listening to each other. Their cups full from great people + great experiences.

Some practices may become part of family life. Some may simply create one lovely moment together. Both matter.

“Mum, I just want to do this with you every day.”

THIS IS THE BEGINNING

One day. Many ways to connect.

Wild + Well begins here in Dee Why, created by a collective of local facilitators who want these experiences to be easier for families to find + enjoy.

We hope it becomes a space families return to, and something that can grow with facilitators + communities in many different places.

Join the first festival →Meet the collective →