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Helloooo, I am Lynn Perreault, Ph.D., Founder of Laughter Business Academy (2010), Positive Business/Community/Health/Social Psychologist (2005), Qualified Uppiness Trainer (2022),  Certified Laughter Yoga Leader & Teacher (2008), and Applied Improvisation Practitioner (1990).  My mission is to raise the economy for laughter, humour and improv practitioners all around the globe.  

Laughter Business Academy is an online business incubator and accelerator for therapeutic humourists, applied improv trainers, happiness consultants, freelance humourists, and laughterpreneurs who want to make a good 6-figure living. Since 2010, our programs have helped thousands of clients in 20 countries.

How to make money as a humour or laughter professional:  https://www.laughterbusinessacademy.com/moneyflow-intro 

Bobby Benavides has been doing comedy for several years in West Virginia. He has a wife and four kids, all of which, he practices his material on, regularly. When he isn’t doing comedy he is an air guitar enthusiast. He mainly specializes in slow jams, and will perform at weddings. He enjoys reading a good book, and drinking great coffee, but has settled for books about bears who live in a tree house, and instant coffee, as of late. 

https://bobbybcomedy.com/

https://www.facebook.com/bobbythoughts

https://www.instagram.com/bobbybcomedy

https://twitter.com/thebobbybcomedy

https://www.youtube.com/@BobbyBComedy

https://www.tiktok.com/@bobbybcomedy

Email:

[email protected]

Merch:

https://bobbybcomedy.square.site/

Bobby's Podcast:

Frank began his media career in writing and production at SNL.  He's won 30+ awards for writing/producing comedy videos for HBO, Showtime, CBS, PBS, Comedy Central and more. He launched the world’s first mobile comedy channel, featured on the front pages of Forbes, the LA Times, and in the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times. Former Adjunct Professor in Web Video at USC, UCLA and Chapman University. Certified Humor Professional through the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor.

https://www.laughmd.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/laughmd/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054551585386

We reposted the very first Laughbox episode to honor Chip Lutz as the recipient of the lifetime achievement award in 2023

Thank you, Chip!  

Are you wondering about AATH? This is a brief descriptive episode about the Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor and the pilot episode of Laughbox! 

The Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to either a member or non-member in recognition of his or her

• Dedication and service to AATH, and/or

Stay Tuned for new episodes starting in June!

Sending a big thank you to all the organizers of the 2023 conference in Mesa, Arizona! What an amazing experience!

https://www.aath.org/

If you have ideas about how we can fund this podcast, please send an email to:

[email protected]

Join Jim-Bob Williams and Katy BEE as they chronicle the 2023 AATH Conference with first hand interviews, sounds from the actual conference and some opportunities to giggle and guffaw! 

Hear about some of the keynote speakers, breakout rooms and takeaways from this year's conference!

For images and more info about the conference head to 

https://www.aath.org/

https://www.facebook.com/healthyhumor

Carla H Brown is a dynamic force for laughter, levity and joy on the planet! A self-proclaimed, recovering serious person, Carla chose to seek out more joy, after experiencing an auto-immune illness, which left her temporarily paralyzed. This slowing down gave her the opportunity to be fully present with the fear, worry, self-hatred and suffering going on in her mind, affecting her body. The experience gave her a passion and joy for living life to its fullest, knowing that life can turn on a dime.

The intention of her company, Living From Joy Coaching and Training, is to offer practices and tools to cultivate more joy in the body and less fear.

Through her grief counseling, she offers opportunities to welcome the disowned parts of oneself that become emotionally abandoned and rejected, through the hardships of life.

She calls this Emotional Hygiene, encouraging her students and clients to meet the cast out parts, tend to the grief, embrace the darkness and step into greater embodiment of love and joy, while releasing the habit of fear. 

As a joy coach, grief counselor, health advocate and transformational teacher, Carla  offers therapeutic, dynamic and fun in-person and online events, trainings and workshops, focusing on cultivating more joy, authenticity and connection within. 

She facilitates weekly online laughter classes, GriefYoga®, and the popular Joy Reboot, as well as working with clients one-on-one to liberate fear and embody more joy.

Her next class series, due out later this summer, offers group support for those going through health challenges, to cultivate more joy and resiliency. Her infectious laughter and humorous spin on life’s transitions will leave you giggling with delight! 

https://www.facebook.com/carlajoygirl

https://www.instagram.com/laughterjoycoach/

https://livingfromjoy.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUrKyn8DnetRfQgAueGHwOA/videos

https://linktr.ee/laughterjoycoach

Robin Phoenix Johnson

President, HEAL*ARIOUS, Founder Best Medicine Brigade

After more than 20 years of military service, Lieutenant Colonel Robin  Johnson, USA, Ret., discovered her new mission in improving people, organizations, and communities with humor.

• Level II Certified Humor Professional (Association for the Applied & Therapeutic Use of Humor

https://healarious.org/

https://bestmedicinebrigade.com/

https://www.facebook.com/bestmedicinebrigade/

https://www.instagram.com/bestmedicinebrigade/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-johnson790/

Izzy Gesell is an “organizational alchemist” who helps people navigate their internal logjams

This episode is a flashmob game show starring Mary Kay and Don Morrison and members of the Humor Academy and graduate Certified Humor Professionals. 

Mary Kay Morrison - Founder

Jim-Bob Williams - CHP

Katy BEE - Level 1

Don Morrison - Level 2

Fatima Ahmed - Level 1 and Peace Scholar

Roberta Gold - CHP and Advisor

Kyle Edgell - CHP

Cathy Grippi - CHP and Recruitment

Mary Jo Neil - Level 2

Joy Baldoz - Level 3

Colleen Cook - CHP

Bea Bincze - Level 1

Florence Ditlow - New Candidate

Roland Thompson - New Candidate

Amy Standridge - Level 2 - helping with advertising 

At the Humor Academy, you’ll take a deep dive into all things humor with an inclusive and supportive cohort of professionals, and you’ll learn from some of the finest experts and comprehensive texts in the field. The Humor Academy uses a collaborative learning environment with participants representing a variety of occupations including (but not limited to) health and wellness, business, education, mental health, spirituality, performance, writing, speaking, and training.

The Humor Academy is a one-of-a kind, three-year, college-level program focused on the science, benefits, and application of humor. Each level of the Humor Academy lasts one year, and those who complete all three years earn the distinction of Certified Humor Professional (CHP). Continuing education credits are available through the Humor Academy, as well.

At each level, you’ll:

Attend the 1-day Humor Academy pre-conference meeting and the 3-day AATH conference

Participate in at least 8 video meetings with your cohort over the course of the year

Complete other assigned work, based on the syllabus​

You’ll also complete various readings, and at Level III, you’ll get to participate in monthly calls with global humor thought leaders. You’ll enhance your knowledge, refine your humor skillset, and can even get funnier! At each level, you’ll focus on a central theme:

Level I:   Study of the theory and application of humor

Level II:  Develop and execute a humor project - check out recent projects here

Level III: Demonstrate leadership in the field of applied and therapeutic humor

Kate McGlynn, aka Katy BEE is a first year Humor Academy student with AATH and the founder of a new Non-profit Joy First Foundation - https://www.joyfirst.org/ - which is dedicated to bringing, evoking, creating, and offering joy to all living beings. Joyful Moments are online and in-person spontaneous moments appreciating and being grateful to others with standing ovations, surveys, gifts, like noses, kazoos, awards, certificates, and more. Joy FIrst also offers donated clown visits to organizations supporting families, and kids in need, like senior centers, shelters, police stations, veterans services, and random people because EVERYONE needs a Moment of Joy. The Tour of Joy is ongoing and you can support the tour as spontaneous moments are being offered from her trailer, on the road, or with Joy Ambassadors. You can also be a host, or a joy ambassador and collaborate with Joy First Foundation. She also offers Laughter Yoga, Juggling and Hula Hoop Shows, Joy Coaching and more!

Scroll down for all the Joy First Links to Follow

I am living proof that the application of applied and therapeutic humor can help to heal the mind, body and soul!

Olivia Vo is a heart-centered entrepreneur and founder of Savvy Social Pro Enterprises, where she infuses her joyful energy, humor style, and savvy strategies for online collaborations and livestream events and productions. She credits the LinkedIn platform with providing her very first career in staffing as a recruiter and now as her livelihood as a social media content creator. 

She is a graduate of the USA Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative, received her Laughter Yoga Certification, a professional member of the Association for Applied Therapeutic Humor, and volunteers with Harmony Mind Body Spirit Wellness Nonprofit in Jacksonville, FL.

Olivia facilitates hands-on trainings and workshops both for in-person and online virtual events and available to speak on entrepreneurship, laughter for well-being, and LinkedIn profile optimization. She is known for her ability to connect and energize groups through her infectious laughter, empathy, and winsome smile. 

Her favorite collaborations are book anthologies and she is the bestselling author of several including, The Cinderella Monologues, The Impact of One Voice, Live Life in W.O.W!, and The Stories of Us.

You can follow Olivia's YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/@oliviasavvypro