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Factual: Health & Wellbeing

03/04/2017

BBC Radio Scotland - Personal Best, Team Spirit

Dr Juliet Wakefield explains how considering 'group life' can provide health benefits.

Psychologist Dr Juliet Wakefield explains how thinking more about 'group life' and having a sense of belonging can have significant benefits for health and wellbeing.

Tribe. Crew. Squad. Clan. Posse. Gang.

On today's Personal Best Gillian Russell asks how we can find a sense of team spirit in our lives if we're not part of a team in the conventional sense of the word (hockey team, rugby team etc) or if we're not perhaps in a team environment at work.

According to recent research, individuals who are part of a team or social group are much happier people. Psychologist Dr Juliet Wakefield explains how thinking more about your "group life" and having a sense of belonging can have significant health and well-being benefits.

Avril Mahon, founder of Women Run Strong, believes that the sense of being part of a tribe or team is key to keeping us motivated, whether that's through a virtual, online community or in an actual, physical group.

Lauren Mackay visits The Yarn Cake, a knitting group in Glasgow, to find out how much of a sense of team and belonging the knitters get from joining in.

Cardiac nurse Lucy Wilkinson talks about the British Heart Foundation's My Marathon campaign which is encouraging us to complete the distance of a marathon throughout the month of May ... a simple focus to kick-start your fitness, a means of getting you into running or a way of joining an online "team" with a shared goal?

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