Last night over the dinner table I was asking my two boys what we could do to encourage people to be more silly in life. Not a good subject for the dinner table, the hilarity that ensued stopped both of them eating properly and it is usually the one place ...
I walk our dog twice a day, forcing me even in extreme weather conditions to get outside and commune with nature...once I am outside I forget my moans and relax into enjoying the fresh air and the wind/hail/snow/drippy rain....oh the joys of living in England! Our dog is quite young still, ...
A Little Light Relief Laughter
I had a shock yesterday starting up my laughter van, the wonderful trusty white van covered in laughing faces I use everyday. There was a horrific grinding and whining noise coming from the engine, I looked in horror at my son who I was taking to school.I had no idea ...
Out walking again this morning early I came across a wellington boot placed purposefully on a footpath sign, pointing the way along the shore line. Where was the other one? I had to chuckle, it appeared so obscure and absurd and it struck me how often I laugh when something out of ...
Walking the talk with laughter
So often coaches like myself recommend strategies, methods and applications to people without trying them out or literally 'walking the talk' ourselves. I am determined not to do this. I believe sincerely that laughing is a powerful tool to enhance my life. I enjoy using it to rid myself of unecessary stress, relax and ...
Laughing all the way to the staffroom……
Teaching can be inspiring, life changing and wonderful. It can also be stressful, frustrating and sheer hard work. A teacher's lot is not an easy one...hours of planning, timetabling, parent meetings, extra-curricular activities, governor's reports, the endless paperwork...and that's even before a days work in the classroom! Headteachers, teachers, teaching assistants ...
How often do you hear people saying, " I am so tired I can't think straight," or "I need a holiday, my brain's all fuddled," or " I feel like I could sleep for a week and then some more" ? In our hectic worlds often we are so rushed, so ...
There's no getting away from it, life can be dull and dreary at times. There can be days that particularly lack lustre, colour or any specific mention. Without realising it, life can become decidely humdrum and routine, with not even a whiff of a laugh. So what can we change so that we ...
Why is Laughter Good For Business?
Today stress is an ever increasing problem in the workplace. Employees are often working longer, harder hours and the amount of days taken in sick leave has risen over the past few years. Employers face an everyday challenge of boosting staff morale, particularly in the recent recession and in a highly ...
When, in a busy working day crammed full of important jobs, urgent demands and ongoing tasks can we find time for laughter? Everyone knows how to laugh, it is an instinctive refex in all of us that is usually in abundance in childhood, but which lesser so as we enter the often ...
