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This humor and wellness podcast features stories, insights, and expert conversations about laughter as a healing modality, humor for mental health, and how humor helps reduce stress, anxiety, and burnout. Each episode offers uplifting humor, practical tools, and real-life applications of therapeutic humor as a coping mechanism for navigating hard moments with humanity and heart. The official podcast of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor
The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and application of humor to effect positive change. The strategic use of humor sparks connection, increases influence, improves communication and can be used as a competitive advantage in any industry. What’s more, humor provides innumerable benefits to our overall health and well-being, including reduced stress, greater resilience, decreased depressive symptoms, and even increased pain tolerance.
Laughbox is a therapeutic humor podcast exploring the science, psychology, and healing power of laughter. Sponsored by the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Laughbox blends humor, wellness, mental health, and joy into meaningful conversations that help listeners feel lighter, more connected, and more resilient.
This humor and wellness podcast features stories, insights, and expert conversations about laughter therapy, humor for mental health, and how humor helps reduce stress, anxiety, and burnout. Each episode offers uplifting humor, practical tools, and real-life applications of therapeutic humor as a coping mechanism for navigating hard moments with humanity and heart.
If you’re searching for a podcast about laughter and healing, a funny podcast for stress relief, or a feel-good comedy podcast with purpose, Laughbox delivers science-backed joy with a human touch. We explore why humor is important, the benefits of laughter, and how playful connection supports emotional well-being, personal growth, and resilience.
Perfect for listeners interested in mental health podcasts, self-care podcasts, comedy podcasts, and podcasts about joy, Laughbox is for anyone who believes that laughter is not an escape, but a resource.
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Laughbox invites you to listen, laugh, and remember that even in serious times, humor heals, laughter connects, and joy is a skill we can practice together.
🎙️ Laughbox
Where laughter meets science, and humor becomes medicine.
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Wednesday Jan 02, 2019
Wednesday Jan 02, 2019
Happy 2019! Are you ready to make this the best year ever? I am and I know what the tipping point is going to be.....GOING TO THE AATH conference in April! You can come too! Just go to www.aath.org and get the details...then sign up. Make the investment in YOU!
We're talking testicles this time on the show. WHAT!? Yes, and I'm glad we are. My guest is Justin Birckbichler and, after getting diagnosed with testicular cancer, educating men is his mission and humor is the medium.
I know you'll enjoy Justin's sense of humor and his approach to applying humor. Let's talk about a ballsy sense of tumor!
More on Justin...
Justin Birckbichler is a men’s health activist, testicular cancer survivor, and the founder of aBallsySenseofTumor.com. In November 2016, he was diagnosed with stage II testicular cancer at the age of 25. Throughout his diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, and being cleared in remission in March 2017, he has been passionate about sharing his story to spread awareness about testicular cancer and promote open conversation about men's health.
In addition to his work through ABSOT, Justin's writing has appeared in Cure Magazine, I Had Cancer, The Mighty, The Good Men Project, Stupid Cancer, and more. His work with men's health awareness has been featured by British GQ, Healthline, The Mayo Clinic, The Movember Foundation, National Foundation for Cancer Research, and various other organizations. See this page for a complete listing of all media appearances/features and guest posts about ABSOT.
In 2017, ABSOT won an award for the Best Advocacy and Awareness Cancer Blog in 2017and Justin was recognized as one of 15 People Who Raised Cancer Awareness in 2017. In 2018, Justin was selected as the winner of the Hilarious Patient Leader Category in the 2018 WEGO Health Awards.
Justin also serves as a member of the Strategic Advisory Board for the Cancer Knowledge Network and on the Board of Directors for the Crush It For Curtis Foundation. He also supports testicular cancer patients and survivors through his role as Testicular Cancer Squad Captain on CancerBro and as the Testicular Cancer Hive Leader on HealthBeMe.
Outside of the “cancer world,” Justin is an instructional technology coach, amateur chef, technology aficionado and avid reader. He lives in Fredericksburg, VA with his wife, cat, and dog.
Connect with him on Instagram (@aballsysenseoftumor), on Twitter (@absotTC), on Facebook (Facebook.com/aballsysenseoftumor), on YouTube, or via email (justin@aballsysenseoftumor.com).
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