Welcome to our summer bonus episodes. As promised, we're revisiting Martha Beck's book "The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life" by sociologist and life coach Martha Beck. I hope you'll enjoy these episodes as you sail through summer 2025!
Laughter! That’s the focus of today’s meander, as we explore the third last chapter in Martha Beck’s book, “The Joy Diet: 10 daily practices for a happier life.” We visit a laughter yoga class from 2023 on Australia’s sunshine coast and hear from two laughter yoga teachers about the benefits of such a thing. There’s good science behind it too, that Beck explores in the book. I hope you’ll have a read of that, and explore her invitation to increase your quotient of laughs per day.
Feel free to share your thoughts with me at meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com. I’d love to hear how your work is going as we meander through these daily practices.
Episode links:
You can find "The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life" by Martha Beck at Indigo in Canada, and at local bookstores near you, like Books on Beechwood.
Learn more about Martha Beck.
Laughter Yoga, edited, care of ABC Australia, Laughter Yoga International
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My friend Richard Godin shot this beautiful picture of the water lily. I use it with permission.