Nobody wants to hear this, but the fact remains that you cannot numb your emotions selectively. When you bury your sadness, you also bury your joy. If you want to feel happier, you need to accept and free your tears. The only way to fully feel your joy is to fully feel your grief. Crying [...]
We are all familiar with the saying, "laughter is the best medicine." And this motto may ring true when it comes to tackling age-related memory loss; a new study from Loma Linda University in California finds that humor may reduce brain damage caused by the "stress hormone" cortisol, which in turn, improves memory. Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276042.php [...]
Are you looking for fun games for the family? Whether you are a teacher, a parent, or kid trying to find something different and to do with your downtime, you have hit the jackpot! The following links offer many ways to “think outside the house”. No matter where you live or what you like to [...]
A Powerful Form Of Preventive (Lifestyle) Medicine Laughter positively affects all aspects of being. Studies show that it is a legitimate and powerful form preventive (lifestyle) medicine, and a complementary option to other established therapeutic strategies for physiological, mental, and emotional health, and more. Physiological benefits: laughter is a therapeutic ally in healing and a [...]
It is true. Life kills. If you fear death, then rephrase the questions "how can I add years to my life" into "how can I add life to my years?" Nobody knows exactly how many people have died from laughter, and regardless of how many that it's a number that is infinitesimally small compared to [...]
Researchers found that women who laughed for 15-minutes immediately after fertility treatment dramatically increased the chances of a successful pregnancy. IVF patients are often extremely stressed. Read more about how laughter diffuses stress. (It's also one of the least hazardous interventions in medicine!) Here is the full story: Dr. Shevach Friedler an infertility doctor with [...]
For five years, scientists at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom tested the supposedly latest, greatest medical marvel for healing leg ulcers — treatment with a high tech ultrasound wand. Only, it turns out, it does absolutely nothing to speed up the healing process of leg ulceration. However, the researchers found out what [...]
We believe the following 22 Bible verses about joy (and our other quotes) have the power to turn your attitude around. In the words of American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr “Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.” St. Thomas Aquinas himself said “It is requisite for the relaxation of the [...]
Laughter Clubs are loosely defined as fully independent and self-managed local gatherings of people who just want to laugh as a form of exercise and proactively choose to feel good about themselves and the world they live in with other like-minded individuals. How: You don't need to feel good or have a reason to laugh. [...]
With the increase in crime all over the world, the prisons/correctional facilities are overburdened with prisoners, many of which harbor negative emotions and thoughts. Laughter programs offer a great way of dissipating these feelings of anger and frustration positively, vocalizing without having to verbalize anything. They are easy to implement and can substantially improve the [...]
