Episodes
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Episode 115 - Katy Maag talks about Laughter, Resilience, and Our Inner 3 Year Old!
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Katy has always used humor to diffuse stress and anxiety of patients but was intrigued to learn more of the practice of Laughter Yoga when her work started an Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. She traveled three hours to participate in several programs before taking the leap into becoming a Laughter Leader, and then after a few years to become a Laughter Teacher. Katy is known as the Laughing Nurse. With a quick wit that creates laughter, patients and staff feel welcomed and engaged in their own journey. With a magnetic, captivating and high spirited style, participants after a session comment on how they feel calm but energized through the use of this Mirthful Medicine.
Katy believes in education and that stress management is important as stress is a risk factor for job satisfaction. Working in healthcare has always been stressful but since COVID started it has elevated the stress and disconnect to new levels never seen before. For this reason, healthcare teams are currently at high risk and needing tools in order to survive these trying times.
Laughter is a simple and fun tool for reconnecting teams, reenergizing staff, and reducing stress for health professionals in the workplace. Three separate studies have shown that regular laughter sessions increased Workplace Wellbeing by connecting people. It increases oxygen in our lungs by 25% which when distributed to the body cells improves energy levels and also to the brain which helps us think more effectively. And a 45 minute session of Laughter Yoga decreased participants' stress by up to 65%. A Sgori study on using comedy to make participants laugh and be happy showed that they work more productively due to improved morale.
Katy Maag BSN, RN, CCRP is a Registered Nurse in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit where she assists heart patients in stress management and heart health education. She is a Stress Management Coach, Laughter Therapist and Teacher, a Member of the American College of Cardiology, American Association of Cardiac Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and active in advocating for Heart Health and Mental Health for healthcare teams and patients at a national level. She has been nominated as a Nurse of Hope and presented several times for The Ohio American Association of Cardiac Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
https://www.kmwellnessconsulting.com/
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” —Joseph Campbell
Steve Wilson returns to LaughBox with Katy BEE and Jim-Bob Williams to talk about the inception and history of laughter clubs and what “Good Hearted Living” can do for us with six practices!
Since its inception, World Laughter Tour has been recognized as a significant global influence in the practical applications of laughter and humor for health and world peace. Steve Wilson is a very popular and talented Certified Speaking Professional, experienced educator of mental health professionals, member of key professional organizations such as Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH), International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS), and the American Humor Studies Association (AHSA), as well as having been the 2010 recipient of the Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award, and Rire d’Or Golden Laughter Award in 2007 from the French School of Laughter and Well-Being.
He still maintains a very active presence in WLT and will often answer phone calls and inquiries, as well as making himself available to trainees, attendees, the media, or other interested parties who wish to speak with him personally.
Connect with him at: www.worldlaughtertour.com
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Megan Bendtzen is the CEO and Founder of TheDoctorofFun.com. A former Fortune 100 Work Zombie 😆, she walked away from her 25-year corporate career to bring new life to the world she left when she discovered the Prescription for Happiness and the Cure for the Common Life!
Megan’s mission is to help individuals and organizations inject more fun into their lives and work so they are more engaged, energized and happier! Using her unique P.L.A.Y. to Win Approach, she teaches how to use Fun as a professional tool to increase productivity, profitability and improve overall mental wellness.
She is a Speaker, Consultant and Fun Specialist inspiring audiences to get serious about fun! She is the Creator and Host of a groundbreaking Personal Development Game Show, the first virtual show of its kind to feature a live virtual studio audience, while uniquely integrating Neuroscience and Funology in designing the games to improve mental health and wellness for the players AND the viewers! Her program, “Get in the Game Show” has gained national recognition and is featured as a recurring segment on ABC reaching millions of viewers.
Megan has studied Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, and Relationships for over 20 years and has worked with thousands of people successfully delivering countless impactful seminars to an array of esteemed clients including recognized industry leaders.
Her work has been featured on ABC, NBC, Fox, iHeart Radio, The List TV Show, The Unstoppable Female Entrepreneur Summit and many other media outlets and podcasts, showcasing her ability to bring positive change through the transformative power of fun.
Your free entry into Megan's FUNSHOP! https://thedoctoroffun.mykajabi.com/funshop
Website: TheDoctorofFun.com
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Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Allen Klein is a Jollytologist® and “Ambassador of Light” who shows audience’s worldwide how to use humor and positivity to deal with life’s not-so-funny stuff.
He is a TEDx presenter on the power of intention and the author of over 30 books including the best-selling book, The Healing Power of Humor, as well as Embracing Life After Loss, and The AWE Factor, which SpiritualityandPractice.com called “One of the Best Spiritual Books” the year it was published.
(https://www.allenklein.com/books.htm)
Comedian Jerry Lewis has said that Klein is “a noble and vital force watching over the human condition.” More information about Klein can be found at www.allenklein.com
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Episode 111 - Happy Birthday Nancy Norton! Tromedy Podcaster and Comedian
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Nancy Norton is an award winning comedian and keynote speaker who
presents "The Power of Humor"
She is the first woman to win the Boston Comedy Festival, then the very
next year, placed first in the Seattle International Comedy Competition,
the first woman to win that since 1985 and then, for Humility, placed
3rd in South Dakota. (LOL)
She is a former Nurse who now heals with humor, her new Podcast:
Tromedy, spelled TROMEDY. (I like to spell it for obvious reasons)...is
Transmuting Trauma using Comedy.
Find Tromedy online wherever you find your podcast.
https://open.spotify.com/show/749BXG5Z0uWTQjsJIi35Kd
No Matter What, Keep Laughing!
Nancy Norton
Stay AWAY from Home Mom
NEW DRY BAR Comedy Special - SUPER DORK
2021 Best of the Fest Show with Jay Leno at The Burbank Comedy Festival
2019 Champion of the Seattle International Comedy Competition
2018 Winner of the Boston Comedy Festival FIRST WOMAN TO EVER WIN IT!
2016 Grand Slam Storytelling Champion of Truth Be Told
www.nancynorton.tv
nancy@nancynorton.tv
Phone: 303-803-8824
Standup Comedian for Clubs and Corporations with over twenty years
Headlining experience
Professional Speaker: The Power of Humor Laugh and Grow Rich
Enjoy the many benefits of Humor for business, stress management and
health enhancement... WHILE learning and laughing
Team Building Improv workshops
May You Be in the Present Moment...for Now.
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tim is a firefighter and a curator of side jobs. From operating a Paleo bakery to implementing an electric powered, residential landscaping company, there are a lot of things he has said, "Yes, and!" to.
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Friday Aug 04, 2023
This episode, we revive the Chip Lutz interview with the one and only Allen Klein! Yes, Allen, Jim-Bob and I would love to do a follow up interview with you! Meanwhile, enjoy this vintage episode one more time!
Go back in time in this episode to the humble beginnings of Chip Lutz as he just started the Laughbox Podcast.
Enjoy the intro, and the deep velvet voice of Chip as he interviews Allen Klein.
Klein's books have been published in eight different languages (English, Spanish, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hungarian, and Turkish) with over 500,000 in print.
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Episode 108 - Humor is a Gateway Drug to Joy with Bonita Joy
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonitajoy/
Bonita Joy's vision is for people to experience moments of joy in their work, relationships and daily lives regardless of their circumstances. A“recovering attorney" turned conference weaver, she emcees events along with her ventriloquist puppet friends to enliven events so that attendees are engaged and have fun. She is also a Company Culture Crasher who helps businesses bring more humor into their culture.
Bonita Joy is the author of the forthcoming book: Tickle Their Funny Bone: Use Humor to Leverage Your Presentations.
You can reach Bonita Joy at: BonitaJoySpeaker@gmail.com or call her at (785) 550-4944
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Episode 107 - AATH Interviews Lynn Perreault of Laughter Business Academy!
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Helloooo, I am Lynn Perreault, Ph.D., Founder of Laughter Business Academy (2010), Positive Business/Community/Health/Social Psychologist (2005), Qualified Uppiness Trainer (2022), Certified Laughter Yoga Leader & Teacher (2008), and Applied Improvisation Practitioner (1990). My mission is to raise the economy for laughter, humour and improv practitioners all around the globe.
Laughter Business Academy is an online business incubator and accelerator for therapeutic humourists, applied improv trainers, happiness consultants, freelance humourists, and laughterpreneurs who want to make a good 6-figure living. Since 2010, our programs have helped thousands of clients in 20 countries.
How to make money as a humour or laughter professional: https://www.laughterbusinessacademy.com/moneyflow-intro
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Bobby Benavides has been doing comedy for several years in West Virginia. He has a wife and four kids, all of which, he practices his material on, regularly. When he isn’t doing comedy he is an air guitar enthusiast. He mainly specializes in slow jams, and will perform at weddings. He enjoys reading a good book, and drinking great coffee, but has settled for books about bears who live in a tree house, and instant coffee, as of late.
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