Wellness April 24 2015 LAUGHACEUTICALS Laughter as Wellness with Regina amp Betty ETPColoradoorg OBJECTIVES Participants will learn some positive benefits to adding laughter to their life ID: 631154
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Laughaceuticals: Laughter as Wellness
April 24,
2015Slide2
LAUGHACEUTICALS:
Laughter as Wellness
with Regina & Betty
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OBJECTIVES
Participants will learn some positive benefits to adding laughter to their life
Participants will get a chance to “play” and experience some benefits of adding play to their life & work environment
Participants will get opportunities to practice concepts
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Benefits of Humor and Laughter
Improve
respiration &
breathingIncrease
pain tolerance
Reduce
stress, anxiety & tensionDecrease
depression, loneliness &
angerImprove mental functioning
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Brian Regan
“I Walked on the Moon
”Slide6
Let’s play!Slide7
Apparently PurposelessVoluntary
Inherent Attraction
Freedom from Time
Diminished Consciousness of SelfImprovisational PotentialContinuation Desire
“Play” by Stuart Brown, M.D.
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Source: School Employee Wellness – a guide for protecting the assets of our nation’s schools
Social / Emotional Wellness in school employees
Public schools in the US employ more than 6.7 million people.
The physical and mental health of school employees is integral to promoting and protecting the health of students and ensuring their academic success.Slide9
Let’s play!Slide10
Some of the
psychological benefits of laughter
include increased
self-esteem, increased
creativity and
improved coping abilities
. ~Dr. Lee Berk, Loma Linda University Medical Center
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People who tend to have
a
humorous outlook
on life also report experiencing
less stress.
~Dr. Lee
Berk
, Loma Linda University Medical Center
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Laughter reduces stress
by increasing the body's
secretion of growth hormone,
which has a positive effect on immunity.
~Dr. Lee Berk, Loma Linda University Medical Center
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Let’s play!Slide14
Definition of stress
:
the body’s response (mental or physical) to change
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Distress
:
a negative
and
unhealthy
form of
stress often experienced as great
pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble
.
Examples include:
Negative workplace culture, navigating rush hour traffic, losing a job, moving, getting downsized, etc…
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Eustress
:
a
positive and healthy form of stress. This tends to motivate and excite you
.
Examples include:
winning a race, accomplishing a task, riding a roller coaster, planning a marriage or a vacation, getting a raise, etc.
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Eustress
can
help change your mindset and attitude
toward things
. It helps you consider the threats in your life as challenges. This changes your mental attitude toward different situations in life
and
helps you steer clear of distress.
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What can you do to add more play/laughter to your work/school life?Slide19
Let’s play!Slide20
Similar to exercise,
busting a gut releases endorphins
, which the body uses to
fight pain and depression.
~Dr. Lee
Berk, Loma Linda University Medical Center
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Laughing
200
times
burns off
the same amount of
calories
as
10 minutes on the
rowing
machine
~Dr. William Fry, Stanford University
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Laugh or do this…you decide.Slide23
After a bout of laughter,
blood pressure drops
to a lower,
healthier level
than
before the laughter began.
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Laughter oxygenates your
blood
(and
thus
increases
your energy
level
),
relaxes
your muscles
,
and
works
out all major internal systems
like
the
cardiovascular
and
respiratory
systems.
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What can you do to add more play/laughter to your home life?Slide26
Let’s play!Slide27
Benefits of Humor and Laughter
Improve
respiration &
breathingIncrease
pain tolerance
Reduce
stress, anxiety & tensionDecrease
depression, loneliness &
angerImprove mental functioning
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Q
uestions?
Contact: Betty Hart,
betty.hart@kp.org
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Thank you!
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