The Power of Laughter: Benefits and Simple Tips to Add More Laughter to Your Day

Laughter offers many research-backed benefits, including:

• Improves Mood

• Reduces stress

• Aids in muscle relaxation

• Enhances resilience

• Boosts the immune system

• Enhances communication

• Strengthens relationships

• Increases group cohesion

• Burns calories

  Experiment:
  Ponder how you can bring more laughter into your life.
  Set yourself (or your team) a challenge for a week – plan a daily laughter activity for each day.      Notice how this changes your day.
  
  Some tips to add more laughter to your day:

• Reflect on the most recent times you laughed a lot – what were you doing, who were you with?   How can you do more of this?

• Connect with friends that make you laugh

• Watch a comedy – IRL or on tv

• Read funny books or magazines

• Play with pets or children – they can often produce unexpected funny moments

• Share funny stories or jokes with others

• Look for the humorous aspect of day-to-day activities

• Try laughter yoga

• Stop scrolling and watching negative stories on social media and television

• Practice laughing - the research suggests that fake laughing is also beneficial.