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Humorous Stories
May 29, 2025 humorhealth

Bonnie the Beagle vanishes—then comes home with a prize ribbon from a dog show

Using humorous stories is a great way to enhance your social media, presentations and company communications. This insane beagle tale

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Humor and Change
March 18, 2025 humorhealth

What Kodak’s digital camera teaches us about fear of change

The story of Steve Sasson is one of innovation ahead of its time—and corporate reluctance that led to a missed

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Uncategorized
February 19, 2025 humorhealth

How humor can help you defuse a sticky situation

Ever get yourself in a pickle. Ryan Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively are in the news regarding some controversy

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Mental Health
November 10, 2024 humorhealth

Why optimists are more likely to live into their nineties

In an article for The Conversation, Fuschia Sirois, a social and health psychology professor at Durham University, shared research that

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Humor and Education
October 17, 2024 humorhealth

How laughter can help build connections between teachers and students

This study discusses the significant psychological and physiological effects of human emotions, specifically laughter, which is part of a universal

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Humor and Customer Service
September 16, 2024 humorhealth

A playful attitude can some humor can help you get what you want

Chris Voss was the lead kidnapping negotiator for the FBI for many years. Here he shares how a little playfulness

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Humor and Aging
June 20, 2024 humorhealth

A sense of humor is an important factor for self-efficacy and coping with change among older adults

This study by researchers Lynn McDonald and Peter Donahue shows that a sense of humor is an important factor for

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Humor and Customer Service
April 26, 2024 humorhealth

Do humorous frontline employees improve customer service?

In this study, researchers looked at how frontline hotel employees using humor might improve customer satisfaction. The research article investigates

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Humor and the Workplace
January 31, 2024 humorhealth

Work-related deaths rise past 120,000: Study

A Harvard study revealed workaholism and work stress-related deaths total more than 120,000 every year.

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Humor and Communication
December 11, 2023 humorhealth

Study shows improved health communication outcomes using humor

In the research study, “Effects of Humor in Health Communication: Experimental Evidence for Video Sequences Aiming to Increase the Willingness

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  • The fine line between humor and harm: navigating humor in sensitive mental health contexts
  • When humor becomes avoidance: using jokes to deflect rather than process
  • Toxic positivity disguised as humor: when it’s OK not to laugh
  • Laughter logs or humor diaries: a way for readers to track what makes them laugh and how they feel afterward
  • Humor challenges: practical prompts at the end of chapters to help readers incorporate humor into their lives
  • Expert interviews: comedians, therapists, doctors, and researchers weigh in
  • Real-life stories: first-person narratives of people who credit humor with saving their mental health
  • Humor in marginalized communities: how humor has been used as a survival tool among BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and immigrant communities.
  • The ethics of humor: punching up vs. punching down — how to stay funny without harming
  • Cultural variations in humor: what’s funny in one culture might be taboo in another — and what that means for mental health support
  • Humor in the workplace: its role in burnout prevention and team morale
  • Neurodivergence and humor: how people on the autism spectrum or with adhd engage with and use humor differently
  • Depression and humor: when humor helps, and when it hides pain
  • Humor and anxiety: How humor can short-circuit the stress response
  • Social benefits: humor as a bonding tool — reducing loneliness and improving relationships.

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