Wilde About Wellbeing

There are SO MANY ways that laughter can help us... it can help us to relax, enjoy ourselves, feel less pain, reduce our anxiety, and more! I love the way in which comedy brings diverse communities together: there are certain things that everyone finds amusing.  In this episode, I talk about my shame around laughter, how I handle having a husband who laughs out loud less than I do, and why my life was changed by a comedy club in Los Angeles!   0-1: Introduction 1-3: The strangest places you find humour (eg the Houses of Parliament!) 3-5: How I realised that comedy was a mood changer for me, and that it's perfectly okay to laugh out loud in public! 5-7: It might be easy to fake a smile, but it's virtually impossible (unless you're a top Hollywood actor!) to fake convincing laughter. 7-10: How comedy is like exercise for the body. 10-12: The effect of comedy shows on the elderly. 12-23: Comedy helps with pain tolerance, emotional resilience, stress reduction and relaxation. 23-33: How comedy brings diverse grou