Spice Up your Life with Laughter with Katy Maag

It’s Hump Day, and Katy has just the medicine to help get you through the rest of the week: a laughter pill! 

In today’s Laughter Challenge, Katy is up bright and early and getting ready for work while sharing a reminder that laughter can support our mindset and help us cope with things like pain and difficult emotions.

Then it’s time to take today’s very special “happy pill” — complete with one of Katy’s favorite sounds in the world: a baby laughing.

In this episode:

•  Getting over the Hump Day slump with laughter 
•  Katy’s reminder that laughter can help support our mindset 
•  Taking a “laughter pill” 
•  The sound that always makes Katy smile 
•  One minute of intentional laughter

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Today is for the lefties!

For Left-Handers Day, Katy is sharing a few thoughts about being left-handed — including her own brief experience after breaking her elbow and having to write with her opposite hand.

Spoiler: apparently her handwriting wasn’t any better either way. 😂

Then it’s time to put a different spin on the daily challenge with a counting laughter exercise.

In this episode:

•  Celebrating Left-Handers Day 
•  Katy’s attempt at writing left-handed after breaking her elbow 
•  A little fun with the lefties 
•  Trying a counting laughter exercise 

Whether you’re right-handed, left-handed, or your handwriting is questionable with either one, take a minute and laugh along with Katy.

Have a great day! 😂

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Turn That Frown Upside Down:
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What do you do when you’ve been waiting an hour for your food... and discover your order was never put in?

You could scream, holler, and let your stress level keep creeping up.

Or, as Katy did, you could laugh it off.

It’s Day 28 of the Laughter Challenge, and Katy is sharing a real-life example of choosing how to respond when something doesn’t go as planned. Mistakes happen, and sometimes laughter can help us shake off the frustration and move on.

In this episode:

•  A restaurant order that never arrived 
•  Choosing how you respond when mistakes happen 
•  Laughing instead of letting your stress build 
•  Shaking off frustration with a minute of laughter 
•  A possible guest appearance from Maggie 🐶 

We all make mistakes. Sometimes the best thing you can do is laugh it off, shake it off, and keep going.

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Turn That Frown Upside Down:
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https://katymaag.com/product/turn-that-frown-upside-down-book/

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Can laughing count as exercise? Katy certainly likes the sound of that. 😂

It’s Day 27 of the Laughter Challenge, and Katy is sharing a fun fact: about 10 minutes of laughter can burn roughly 20–40 calories.

Naturally, she’s calling it a diet system.

Today, there’s no complicated lesson — just another minute to breathe, laugh, and maybe burn a calorie or two while you’re at it.

In this episode:

•  How laughter can burn calories 
•  Katy’s new favorite “diet system” 
•  Adding up those little moments of laughter over time 
•  One minute of intentional laughter 

Take a deep breath, laugh along with Katy, and consider those calories a bonus.

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Turn That Frown Upside Down:
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It’s National Book Lovers Day, and Katy has a pretty easy answer when it comes to a book she loves: her own!

It’s Day 26 of the Laughter Challenge, and Katy is celebrating by sharing her children’s book, Turn That Frown Upside Down, before heading into the weekend with a minute of laughter.

In this episode:

•  Celebrating National Book Lovers Day 
•  A peek at Katy’s children’s book, Turn That Frown Upside Down
•  Starting the weekend with a little laughter 
•  One minute of intentional laughter 

Take a deep breath, laugh along with Katy, and start your weekend with a smile.

And if you have a favorite book, today sounds like a pretty good day to pick it up!

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Turn That Frown Upside Down:
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https://katymaag.com/product/turn-that-frown-upside-down-book/

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What do laughter and happiness have in common? According to Katy, sometimes one can help lead you to the other.

It’s Day 25 of the Laughter Challenge, and Katy is talking about the connection between laughter and our mood. Even when you don’t necessarily feel like laughing, intentionally giving it a try can help create a little shift.

And today, she’s putting that idea into practice with another minute of laughter.

In this episode:

•  The connection between laughter and your mood 
•  Laughing even when you may not feel like it 
•  Using intentional laughter to create a positive shift 
•  One minute of laughter with Katy 

You don’t always have to wait until you’re happy to laugh.

Sometimes, you can start with the laughter and see where it takes you. 

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Keep Laughing with Katy! 

Ready to bring a little more laughter (and a little less stress) into your everyday life?

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Turn That Frown Upside Down:
Share the gift of laughter with your favorite kiddo.
https://katymaag.com/product/turn-that-frown-upside-down-book/

More ways to laugh, learn & stress less:
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It’s National Root Beer Day, but Katy has one small problem...

Her cup is empty. Or is it?

It’s Day 23 of the Laughter Challenge, and even without a root beer float in hand, Katy has another way to fill her cup: laughter.

Today she’s playing with “happy/sad” laughter while talking about dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins — and reminding us that we have choices in how we respond to the little disappointments in life.

In this episode:

•  Katy’s missing root beer float 
•  Using laughter to help fill your cup 
•  Katy’s happy/sad laughter exercise 
•  A reminder that we have choices in life 

Sad because there’s no root beer float? Sure.

Happy because you can always go get one? Also yes. 😂

Laugh along with Katy, fill your cup a little, and have a great day.

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Keep Laughing with Katy! 

Ready to bring a little more laughter (and a little less stress) into your everyday life?

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Turn That Frown Upside Down:
Share the gift of laughter with your favorite kiddo.
https://katymaag.com/product/turn-that-frown-upside-down-book/

More ways to laugh, learn & stress less:
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Katy planned a special guest appearance for Day 22 of the Laughter Challenge.

Maggie (Katy's dog) had other plans. 😂

It’s Work Like a Dog Day AND National Brush Your Teeth Day, so while Maggie makes it very clear that she isn’t interested in cooperating for the camera, Katy turns today’s challenge into a little toothbrush laughter.

In this episode:

•  An attempted guest appearance from Maggie 
•  Celebrating Work Like a Dog Day 
•  A reminder to brush those teeth! 
•  Katy’s toothbrush laughter exercise 
•  Maggie adding her two cents from the sidelines 

Grab your imaginary toothbrush and toothpaste and laugh along while you brush.

And don’t worry. Maggie eventually makes sure her opinion is heard. 

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Keep Laughing with Katy! 

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Turn That Frown Upside Down:
Share the gift of laughter with your favorite kiddo.
https://katymaag.com/product/turn-that-frown-upside-down-book/

More ways to laugh, learn & stress less:
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They say it takes 21 days to make something a habit... or is it 66? Katy isn’t so sure about that part. 😂

What she does know is that it’s Day 21 of the Laughter Challenge and International Friendship Day!

For today’s challenge, Katy is bringing out “cell phone laughter” and thinking about those friends you can call and somehow end up laughing with for absolutely no reason.

In this episode:

•  Reaching Day 21 of the Laughter Challenge 
•  Celebrating International Friendship Day 
•  Remembering the friends who always make you laugh 
•  Trying Katy’s cell phone laughter exercise 

Think of that friend who can always get you laughing, pick up the phone, and give them a call.

Sometimes a good laugh is even better when you share it.

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Keep Laughing with Katy! 

Ready to bring a little more laughter (and a little less stress) into your everyday life?

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Turn That Frown Upside Down:
Share the gift of laughter with your favorite kiddo.
https://katymaag.com/product/turn-that-frown-upside-down-book/

More ways to laugh, learn & stress less:
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Grab your cashews, walnuts, and peanuts because it’s Day 20 of the Laughter Challenge and Grab Some Nuts Day!

Katy is fully embracing today’s theme with a minute of laughter, imaginary nuts, and more nut jokes than you probably expected to hear in the next couple of minutes.

And really, why not?

In this episode:

•  Celebrating Grab Some Nuts Day 
•  Finding silly reasons to laugh 
•  Having fun without overthinking it 
•  One minute of intentional laughter 

As Katy says, there’s nothing worse than dropping the nuts.

So grab yourself some nuts today and have a nutty old time!

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Keep Laughing with Katy! 

Ready to bring a little more laughter (and a little less stress) into your everyday life?

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Turn That Frown Upside Down:
Share the gift of laughter with your favorite kiddo.
https://katymaag.com/product/turn-that-frown-upside-down-book/

More ways to laugh, learn & stress less:
Explore Katy’s books, tools, and resources.
https://katymaag.com/shop/

Love the podcast? Follow Spice Up Your Life with Laughter so your next dose of laughter is waiting for you!