Morning Moments With Maia

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

A former national track champion, Greg Hunter spent over 25 on the front lines of healthcare, before co-founding ManageUP, a fully-integrated solution to healthcare administration. Manage Up offers a platform for effective performance and organizational culture management and was born from the recognition that healthcare administrators challenges related to performance management issues were having an adverse impact on the very cultures they were trying to improve.

www.manageupprm.com

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

Sylvie Dagenais-Douville is a published author, public speaker and the founder and owner of the Laughing Institute. Trained by Doctor Madan Kataria, and with a background in gerontology and visual arts, Sylvie is a professional laughter yoga leader who has been promoting laughter as a proven method to help cope with stress and anxiety and to live a healthier and more positive lifestyle. 

www.institutdurire.com

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

Dorothy Rosby is a syndicated humor columnist whose work appears in newspapers in eleven Western and Midwestern states. She was the 2015 first-place winner in the National Federation of Press Women contest—Humor Column category and a finalist for the 2015 Robert Benchley Award for Humor Writing. Dorothy is the author of two humor books: I Used to Think I Was Not that Bad and Then I go to Know Me Better and I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch, Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest. 

www.dorothyrosby.com

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

Fred Sarli is a mechanical engineer and non-practising agnostic who has been working in the pulp and paper industry for over 25 years; he is currently Technical Sales Manager for a multinational German engineering firm that manufactures paper machines (and pioneer for the first such machine back in 1857). Fred’s hobbies are mainly in the arts including historic bouts with musical theatre, choral singing, ballroom dance, playing piano, playing and recording with local bands, worked as dance instructor at a swing dance school cofounded with his sister and organizing swing dance nights. His current love affair is with the ukulele.

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

Kathy Laurenhue is the CEO of Wiser Now, Inc. a multi-media publishing and staff development company focused on wellbeing in aging. Wiser Now provides online courses, webinars and other consulting services to a variety of clients in the U.S. and Australia. Kathy is also the author of four books, including her latest, Creating Delight – Connecting Gratitude, Humor, and Play, which essentially sums up her life and work goals.

www.CreatingDelight.com

www.WiserNow.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/creatingdelight/

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

Mary Kay Morrison is an educator, author and speaker whose work includes integrating what we know about applying cognitive research on emotions to learning. She is founder and director of Humor Quest and currently serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH).  Mary Kay is the 2016 AATH Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and volunteers for the international AATH Humor Academy graduate study and certificate program.  Mary Kay is a Diplomat with the American Institute of Stress (AIS) and the author of Using Humor to Maximize Learning; Exploring Links between Positive Emotions and Education I and Using Humor to Maximize Living.

http://www.questforhumor.com/

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article on the Benefits of Humor

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

Jeff Justice, CSP. is a comic turned keynote humorist & stress management speaker who teaches people how to use their sense of humor appropriately in the workplace to release stress, defuse anger and better relationships.

With a background in communications and a career as a top stand-up comedian and improvisational actor , Jeff’s innovative programs on appropriate humor in the workplace have been featured on CNN and CNBC and in articles in: Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Daily News, TV Guide to name but a few.

He is the author of 7 books and is president and founder of “Jeff Justice’s Comedy Workshoppe”, the largest and most successful school for stand-up comedy in the country. 

www.jeffjustice.com

http://www.jeffjustice.com/how-to-write-a-top-10-list/

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

Andrew Scot Proctor is a social media guru and entrepreneur who teaches people how to make their lives measurably happier using science-backed strategies, including positive psychology and mindfulness. He is the #1 Positive Psychology broadcaster on Periscope through which he has taught thousands of live students about the science of happiness and human flourishing.

 Andy is a contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People, has earned over 5 million views on his own happiness blog, and is the author of Live Your Mission, a book that helps you find more meaning through discovery of your unique life purpose.

www.andrewscotproctor.com

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

Cynthia Keeler is a mental health counselor and coach who assists clients to recognize and develop their resilience, through prevention and wellness techniques, including Positive Psychology, Flow, the Arts, Humor, Laughter and Mindfulness. With over 25 years of experience in therapeutic clowning, Cynthia, a certified laughter leader and active member of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, has a particular passion to encourage self-care awareness and self compassion among healthcare providers, first responders and caregivers.

Maia Aziz, Social Worker (PSW) and Certified Humor Professional (CHP) writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter.  Assistant Administrative Chief of Allied Health Services at the Montreal Children's Hospital, contributing writer to The Positive Psychology People and active member of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia spends her Sunday mornings sharing 3 of her favorite things with someone who is out there pushing the positive- a fresh cup of coffee, a heartfelt conversation and some spontaneous laughter. These are conversations about love, laughter, leadership and well, life! 

http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/

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