"We just sort of word of mouth. We found out other people also ran and we would say meet us," she says. "Now you would never be nervous to be with one on one with anybody in the group." She adds, "I think what the science shows about the power of social connection is that like it's going to be more enjoyable than you think it's gonna be"
Natalie Robinson used to have fun - taking her kids to the zoo or the waterpark - but recently life started getting in the way of her being playful and goofy. Then she heard two episodes of The Happiness Lab in which Dr Laurie Santos wrestled with exactly the same dilemma.
Inspired, Natalie got together with the friends in her running club to throw themselves into fun interventions - funterventions.
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