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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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Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
"Of course, I can get a hell of a good look at a T-Bone steak by sticking my head up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take the butcher's word for it." - Big Tom Callahan
Here we are at Episode 50 and starting our second year of the Laughbox podcast! It's cause to celebrate and so I watched the movie, Tommy Boy (thus, the quote at the top). You should celebrate too! How? By coming to the AATH conference in April. Go to www.aath.org and check it out. The investments we make in ourselves pay big dividends!
On this episode we're exploring the inner workings of the improv brain with Lisa David Olson and her book, Laughs On Wry: An Improvisor's Memoir.
I had the opportunity to meet Lisa about 5 years ago and I've enjoyed that connection so much. She's fun, funny and has some great things to share in how to find the humor in everyday life and make a choice to be better.
I know you'll enjoy listening as much as I did. Yes, I listened to the interview several times before airing it.
If you have a guest idea for the show or something you'd like to hear about, email me direct at chip@unconventionalleader.com. I'd love to hear from you.
More on Lisa...
Speaker, author, improv ninja and owner of an award winning sketch comedy troupe - The Heart of La Crosse. “Laughs On Wry; an improviser’s memoir” has been called “smart, insightful and hilarious! She takes the ordinary and turns it into hysterical and relatable stories.”
Originally from Wisconsin, love brought her over the Mississippi bridge to her current home in La Crescent Minnesota. Olson is a self proclaimed harvester of humor, a goofy friend, embarrassing mom and mega-prankster. A speaker for nearly two decades, she lights up a room and connects attendees through humor.
Presenting to companies about infusing improvisation is her passion, as is speaking to groups about the message of her book “Laughs On Wry”, which is that life is made of choices, not excuses. For Olson, strength was found when sharing laughter, it’s a healthy way to connect with people and share the buzz of joy!
Join her facebook page for a daily dose of giggles!
By day, Olson is an assistant at the La Crescent Police Department, handling the public, records and dispatch duties.
Instagram and Twitter: #improvbuddy
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