If you find Christmas Eve a bit mad busy and stressful, why not let Gillian Russell and the Personal Best team help you to chill? This week our gift to you is half an hour of total relaxation ... a chance to escape!Fancy being “in the moment”

Giving and Receiving

Dec 17th, 2018 28m 1s

To get into the festive spirit, this week Gillian Russell and the Personal Best team are all about giving and receiving … but not necessarily the things in life that can be gift-wrapped! What health and wellbeing gift would you give to others,

LGBT

Dec 10th, 2018 27m 48s

Richard Forbes meets members of the LGBT community. The programme kicks off at Whitecraigs Rugby Club where the Glasgow Alphas are warming up for a game. The players explain how taking part in the sport is good for their physical and mental hea

Perfection

Dec 3rd, 2018 27m 49s

Would you describe yourself as a perfectionist? Admirable high standards or impossible goals? Trying just a bit too hard for that perfect Christmas?! Gillian Russell asks whether the pursuit of perfection can actually be bad for our health an

Friendship

Nov 26th, 2018 27m 47s

How important are friendships for our health, our happiness and our wellbeing? Gillian Russell asks whether, in our increasingly busy lives, we should be paying a bit more attention to them?Psychologist Dr Kirsty Miller explains why friendsh

Music for Body and Soul

Nov 12th, 2018 27m 50s

Gillian Russell explores how we can use music for mind, body and soul … as part of our health and fitness toolkit.Gillian visits Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to meet Tom Binns, founder of Glasgow Piano City, and Jackie Sands,

Balance

Nov 5th, 2018 27m 57s

How much BALANCE is there in your life?Therapist Jan Barclay tells Gillian Russell how meditation can help us get the balance right between mind, body and soul.Physiotherapist Judith Anderson demonstrates the exercise we can do to keep ours

Posture

Oct 29th, 2018 27m 52s

How much attention do you pay to your posture? Gillian Russell gathers together a whole heap of advice and inspiration to help us improve everything to do with our posture...Gillian visits physiotherapist Sean Webb at Raigmore Hospital in Inv

Seasonal Tonic

Oct 22nd, 2018 27m 54s

Heading Into Winter: with the clocks about to change, Gillian Russell asks how we can best prepare mind and body to minimise the impact the long, dark days might have on our mood and our motivation?Nutritionist, author and owner of Food For F

Different Cultural Approaches to Health and Wellbeing

Oct 15th, 2018 27m 53s

Gillian Russell discovers what we can learn from other cultures’ approaches to health and wellbeing and asks how we might adopt some of it into our own lives?Beth Kempton’s passion for Japan goes back more than 20 years. She explains why she

A Good Night's Sleep

Oct 8th, 2018 27m 53s

Do you long for a good night’s sleep? Worry that you’re not getting enough? And just how much attention do you pay to your sleep hygiene? This week Gillian Russell and the Personal Best team are aiming for a PB in ZZZZZZZZZZZ…James Wilson

Procrastination

Oct 1st, 2018 28m

"The thief of human potential” - Gillian Russell discovers why we procrastinate and asks whether we can learn to change our ways?Antony Sammeroff describes the impact procrastination had on his life, how he’s been able to turn things around a

Five Minute Fixes

Sep 24th, 2018 28m 6s

“I don’t have time!” is one of the biggest excuses for not exercising, failing to cook from scratch or never getting round to relaxing properly. Gillian Russell and the Personal Best team are on the hunt for a bunch of FIVE MINUTE FIXES for whe

Tapping into Childhood

Sep 17th, 2018 28m

Gillian Russell asks whether we should all be climbing more trees and practicing our cartwheels?Fifty-something mum Jo Mosely describes the sheer joy she gets from doing headstands and talks about her passion for inspiring others to revisit c

A Healthy, Happy Workplace

Sep 3rd, 2018 27m 59s

How can we leave work happier and healthier than when we arrived? An impossible dream – or achievable with the right systems in place and a shift in attitude?Gillian Russell visits staff at a Glasgow-based firm to hear about the impact a four

Digital Health

Aug 27th, 2018 27m 58s

Lots of us spend time worrying out our physical health and our mental wellbeing ... but how much consideration do we give to our digital health? Gillian Russell and the Personal Best team are back, discovering how to create a happier, healthier

StreetFit Homeless Project

Jul 9th, 2018 28m 12s

Each week on Personal Best we're all about inspiring each other to get the most out of our fitness and health ... but if you're homeless, it's probably pretty low down on your list of priorities. One woman is on a mission to change all that...

Reversing Type 2 diabetes

Jul 2nd, 2018 28m 12s

Around a quarter of a million people in Scotland have Type 2 Diabetes and the number is rising. If you've been diagnosed with it and feel the future is bleak, just how can you get the best out of yourself ... and is it possible to actually turn

The Pelvic Floor

Jun 25th, 2018 28m 33s

How much attention do you pay to your pelvic floor? Do you know where it is, what it does and why it matters? Gillian Russell and the team seek the best advice for having a fit and healthy pelvic floor (men and women...)Physiotherapist Kirste

Anger Management

Jun 18th, 2018 28m 12s

What makes you angry - bad driving, your computer crashing, rudeness, constantly having to pick up wet towels from the bedroom floors?! This week we're all about managing anger - our own and other people's - so that it doesn't get in the way of

Good Gut Health

Jun 11th, 2018 28m 20s

When you pass a mirror, do you automatically suck in your tummy? Are you doing any extra fitness to get your stomach ready for the beach? Never mind the look on the outside, how much attention do you pay to the inside - to your GUT? This week G

Daily Mile for Adults

Jun 4th, 2018 28m 12s

Grab your jacket, your shades or your brolly - today Gillian Russell and the team are embracing the hugely successful Daily Mile scheme by getting outside and doing a mile throughout the programme. What could be simpler?Staff at Birchwood Hig

Muscle Recovery

May 28th, 2018 28m 12s

Whether you're training for something or just want to get a bit fitter for the summer, what's your routine after exercise? Stretch, have a warm bath and eat protein? Or is it more likely you'll have some cake and slump in front of the tv?! Gill

Altered Body Image

May 21st, 2018 28m 12s

Gillian Russell ask how we can create - or perhaps regain - our Personal Best body confidence when life takes an unexpected turn?Sarah Russell, exercise specialist in rehabilitation and coaching, talks about the extent to which her body image

Stand and Deliver

May 14th, 2018 28m 30s

Whether it's a wedding speech, a presentation at work or speaking up at a community council meeting, most of us will have to face public speaking at some point or another ... and yet studies show that it's one of the things we fear most in our