Children have such a joyous outlook on life. It’s seems that children can reach into that place where joy tickles their soul. But as we get older, we tend to lose that sense of wonderment and spontaneous joy.

Pre-school aged children don’t have to be told to laugh. They laugh naturally and a lot more often than adults do. In fact, a study has shown that children laugh about 400 times a day as compared to adults who laugh 17 times a day.

More health-care professionals are finding that laughter helps to lower blood pressure, boost the immune system, and reduce stress hormones while triggering the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers.

More and more research is indicating that laughter is indeed the best medicine. The bottom line is that laughter helps to produce a wonderful sense of well-being and there are no “feel good” pills required.

Laughter is contagious and has no known side effects, unless you count laughing until you cry. It’s that good belly laugh that exercises the diaphragm, relaxes muscles, and reduces stress while giving the heart a good workout as well while contracting the abs.

Humor Therapy is showing up in hospitals around the country as being therapeutic. Studies even show that laughing actually raises levels of infection-fighting T-cells, disease-fighting proteins called Gamma-interferon and B-cells, which produce disease-destroying antibodies and also helps people to heal. The physical and emotional releases from laughing produce a cleansed feeling.

Laughter and humor give a light hearted perspective to life’s challenges and brings the focus away from negative emotions such as guilt, anger, fear and stress.

Laughing Clubs are becoming popular in countries such as India as well as the United States. Participants gather for the sole purpose of laughing.

Humor is a universal language which connects us to each other. As a natural diversion, it helps to break down barriers and bring people together. Perhaps by lightening the mood, it helps to improve the quality of social interaction. As more and more people bring laughter into their lives, others around will most likely laugh more and everyone will realize the benefits. Yoga laughing is receiving attention as a means of healing mind, body and spirit.

How can you find more humor in your life?
TV and Movies offer an assortment of comedies, while getting together with friends at a comedy club is a great way to bring more laughter into your life.

Change your attitude and instead of complaining about life’s frustrations, bring humor into the situation. Approach life with more joy and you’ll feel less stressed about negative events.

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For example: Monday, you may select “a-attitude”.  On Mondays be aware of your attitude.  Is it positive or negative? How does it affect yourself and family?  Is your attitude something you want to change?  Tuesday you may select “r-read”.  Take a few minutes to read a new book, inspirational readings, etc. Wednesday you may select “f-family time”. 

Make a special point of having everyone sit together and eat dinner or do something special on that night: play a game, take a walk together, etc.  As a family, talk about the personal benefits, challenges and how these exercises affect others.

A.  Attitude, affirmations, awareness, accept yourself, appreciate, allow, action

B.  breathe, believe, best you can be, begin

C.  calm, creativity, compassion, commit, confidence, communication, change

D.  discipline, diet, dance, dream journal

E.  exercise, enjoy, energy work, encourage, embrace experience something new

F. faith, fun, forgiveness, family time, focus, friendship, flexibility

G.  gratitude, gardening, goal setting, goodness

H.  health, hobby, humor, happy thoughts, hugs

I.  interests, imagery, intention, integrity

J.  joy, journaling

K. knowledge, kindness to self, others

L. laughter, love, learn something new, listen, Let Go, live in the moment

M.  Meditation, minerals, massage, mindfulness, music, “ME-TIME”

N.  naps, nutrition, nutrients, nature, nurture

O.  oxygen, organic, open minded, organize

P.  prayer, peaceful thoughts, positive, play, patience

Q. quiet time, quality decisions

R. rest, relaxation, read, respect, right thoughts, responsibility for actions

S.  sleep, spa night, solitude, supplements, support, self-image

T. time management, trust, truth, transformation

U.  utilize resources, understand

V.  visualization, vitamins, variety

W.  wellness, willingness to try new things, words, walk

X.   extra of what makes you feel good

Y.   you, your word, young at heart (be a child again)

Z.    zzz’s, zest for life

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Sue Heldenbrand BS, CHTP, CIET

Lafayette, La.

energyworker2003@yahoo.com

Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002.  She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, Trauma Release and a Quantum Touch Practitioner.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Personnel Management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.  She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations, as well as presenting at state conferences.  Sue has written articles on energy work for alternative and complementary newsletters. She has developed material and has been a trainer for education classes for child care providers in several cities in Louisiana since 2003.   She has been able to integrate energy- based therapies into local hospital’s operating and recovery rooms as well as providing these therapies to newborn babies at a local hospital.  As a volunteer at health fairs and cancer survivor retreats offering energy based therapies, Sue has gained experience in dealing with a variety of health challenges.  Sue is also an Instructor at Blue Cliff College and has helped conduct workshops with local hospitals and hospice for caregivers.

Training in an advanced Healing Touch technique for PTSD (“amygdala connection”) proved helpful for recovery personnel dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes as they dealt with anxiety, confusion, sleeping disturbances, undiagnosed pain and other symptoms of acute stress disorder. Trauma Release is helpful for health providers to reduce secondary stress effects of working with traumatized clients or in trauma settings like hospitals, first response settings, disasters, battle zones, etc.

Sue’s private clientele includes World War II and Iraqi war veterans, abuse victims and other individuals reporting symptoms of stress from life-threatening illnesses, chronic pain, accidents, and the death of loved ones. As a volunteer working with cancer survivors and hospital personnel, Sue has assisted individuals dealing with the trauma of their illness.

Sue has a private practice in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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