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"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food" – Hippocrates I love to eat!  What can I say?  Most days, I wake up thinking about what I'm going to eat the rest of the day and (quite possibly) tomorrow! I'm really excited to share the interview with this episode's guest, Dr. Glenn Livingston.  Glenn shares his own journey with food addiction and binge eating and how you can get past that to n...

 "Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.”– Allen Ginsberg Here we go!  Are you ready?  Did you know we're in the fourth year of the podcast? I learn a LOT from my guests...just like you do.  And, this episode is no different! On this episode, I had the great privilege to talk with David Rendall.  He's the author of four books and, although we don't talk about just one in particular,...

"Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one's fellow human beings." –Maya Angelou WOWZA!  I love talking to people that stretch my brain and that's what happened on this episode.  It's not a surprise because our guest, Dr. Heidi Hanna, is one of the smartest people I know! Heidi and I talk about some of the new research she is doing in the world o...

"A person’s maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child, at play." -Frederic Nietsche First things first.....are you registered for the conference?  If not, WHY NOT!?  If not today, WHEN!?  Get it done!  You don't want to miss out on the opportunity to laugh, learn, and connect! In this episode, I had the great pleasure to talk with Marcey Rader and discuss her book,...

"The human brain is a most unusual instrument of elegant and as yet unknown capacity." - Stuart Seaton One of my New Year's goals was to spend more time in the present.....but my brain keeps getting in the way!  How about you?  Do you want to be mindful, meditate or just calm the monkeys in your head?  If so, this episode will get you there! This episode's guest is Ariel Garten.  She is the creato...

So the server asked me what I wanted and I said that I'd take a full order of happiness.  It's what is on today's menu! On this episode, I had the great pleasure to talk with Sean Webb about his books on mind hacking happiness.  I won't bore you with my version of what we talked about because it PALES in comparison to the actual interview.  But....you can take this to the lavatory, it is pretty aw...

“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” —Joseph Campbell We're back for season three and kicking it off strong!  New intro, new outro and a great line up of guests....starting off with Steve Wilson! Steve and I have a great conversation about his journey from psychologist to Joyologist and what joyology is all about.  He shares some history about how far therapeuti...

"It is in games that many men discover their paradise." - Robert Wilson Lynd Here it is...our last episode of the season.  I take the summer off so I can play a bit more, which is AWESOME because we're hitting a bit of that in this episode. In this episode, I had the great pleasure to talk with Mary Couzin.  Mary is a super cool person and has it going on.  She invented (yes, invented) the Chicago...

“Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds.” – Ana Claudia Antunes Once in a while you get the opportunity to meet people whose joy is so genuine it can't help but inspire you.  That's how it was when I first met this week's guest, Shauna Bruce-Hamburger. Shauna doesn't let anything in life hold her back.  She and I talk about overcoming life's challenges and how you can bounc...

“The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is.” - Eckhart Tolle Are you really busy?  Do you spend most of your time thinking you don't have enough time to do all the things you want to do?  Do you wish you could just take a moment to enjoy a moment when you have that moment? YOU'RE NOT ALONE! We all live busy li...

"Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one's fellow human beings." - Maya Angelou Have you got a big thought?  Have you ever contemplated taking your big thought and putting together a TEDx talk?  I've mulled over both of those questions (but usually stop at the first). On this episode, I talk to long time friend, Debra Joy Hart, about her journe...

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” — Lyndon B. Johnson We are just a little over a week post conference and I'm still reeling from all of the great information I learned and relationships that were built!  It's hard to go back to regular life after a life altering experience like the AATH conference! In this episode, I'm talking to my good friend, Dr. Tina Hal...

HOORAY FOR HUMOR MONTH! What are you doing to celebrate Humor Month?  Me?  I'm going to the AATH conference AND I'm talking with cool humor people...like my guest this week, Andrew Tarvin. Drew has been on the show before and in this episode we talk about his new book, Humor That Works.  This is, honestly, one of the best books I've read on the application of humor in the workplace.  It's smart, r...

"That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain."  -Fred Durst What's holding YOU back? If you're like me (and I'm guessing you are) it's you.  I can be my own worst enemy in doing what I need to do and getting where I need to go. As luck would have it...my guest this week, Michele Molitor, specializes in getting at the root of the issue and helping people rewire their brain FAST......

“When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.” – Jack Kornfield I spend a lot of my time around technology.  I've never considered myself a techno-guy but I am a consistent user.  As a user, technology can also be a distraction.  This week, we learn about leveraging it! My guest on this episode is Robert Plotkin.  Robert has not only...

“I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.”  - Sherlock Holmes We are rolling quick into the last few weeks that are available to register for the AATH annual conference.  You won't want to miss out on this opportunity to learn, laugh, and be around people who get the joke!  You can get details about the conference at www.aath.org .  It's the 4th through the 7th of April so hurry up...

What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. -Helen Keller How lucky am I?  I'll answer that for you....pretty darn lucky!  Not only am I going to the AATH conference in April but I also got to spend some time interviewing this week's guest, Allen Klein, about his new book, Embracing Life After Loss.  Available on Amazon here:  HERE Allen is a p...

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand. — Mark Twain Why did Julie Ostrow cross the road?  To get to the AATH conference!  Yes, on this episode I'm talking with Julie Ostrow about our conference experiences over the past decade AND what we're looking forward to in going to this year's conference! This year's conference?  It's the 4th through the 7th of April in Oak Brook, IL.  That's r...

“The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.” – Winston Churchill What do you do in Wisconsin on the coldest day ever recorded?  You get warmed up by talking to another Wisconsinite about humor!  That's right!  That's how we roll in the land of beer, brats, and cheese! On this episode I have the pleasure of spending some tim...

"A clown is like an aspirin...only he works twice as fast." -Groucho Marx When I go to the AATH conference it's almost like sensory overload.  There are so many wonderful people doing extraordinary things that's it's hard to get it all in during such a short time frame.  That's what's awesome (for me) about doing this podcast.  It gives me the opportunity to have the conversations that, sometimes,...

The energy of the mind is the essence of life. - Aristotle I always make it a point to never trust an atom....they make up everything.  But we're not making anything up on this episode of Laughbox!  We're talking Energetic NLP with the master himself, Art Giser! This interview was particularly enlightening for me.  I had heard a bit (here and there) about NLP but really didn't k now much detail. ...

“Health is the greatest gift.” - Buddha Is one of your 2019 goals to live a healthier life?  If so, you can do two things immediately...   Listen to this episode of the podcast Register for the AATH conference.  www.aath.org (Those two things can be done in any order but must be done before you leave the house today). On this episode I had the great pleasure to talk to THREE TIME natural body buil...

"Of course, I can get a hell of a good look at a T-Bone steak by sticking my head up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take the butcher's word for it." - Big Tom Callahan Here we are at Episode 50 and starting our second year of the Laughbox podcast!  It's cause to celebrate and so I watched the movie, Tommy Boy (thus, the quote at the top).  You should celebrate too!  How?  By coming to the AATH confe...

Are you ready to communicate better this year?  Then this is the episode for you!  Mallori DeSalle is my guest and she's the expert on integrating humor to make the conversations go a little bit smoother. I had the great pleasure of spending some time with my her at the conference last year and her energy is contagious!  What conference you ask?  Well...the AATH conference of course!  This year's...

Happy 2019!  Are you ready to make this the best year ever?  I am and I know what the tipping point is going to be.....GOING TO THE AATH conference in April!  You can come too!  Just go to www.aath.org and get the details...then sign up.  Make the investment in YOU! We're talking testicles this time on the show.  WHAT!?  Yes, and I'm glad we are.  My guest is Justin Birckbichler and, after getting...