The First Humor Habit—Part 2: Discovering the Nature of Your Present Sense of Humor

Click on radio for broadcast archives. The Feb. 17 online radio show in the ongoing series of broadcasts on improving your sense of humor was again devoted to the First Humor Habit in Dr. McGhee’s 7 Humor Habits Training Program. To listen to the archive of this (and any other past) show, click on the [...]

The First Humor Habit: Immerse Yourself in Humor & Start Thinking about the Nature of Your Sense of Humor

Click on radio for broadcast archives. The Feb. 10 radio show in the ongoing series of broadcasts on improving your sense of humor was devoted to the First Humor Habit in Dr. McGhee’s 7 Humor Habits Humor Training Program. To listen to the archive of this (and any other past) show, click on the radio [...]

Assess your Sense of Humor NOW before Starting the Radio-Mediated Humor Training Program

Click on radio for broadcast archives. [This article contains a Sense of Humor Test. See the Jan. 23, 2012 article under “Radio Humor Training Exercises” for details about how to participate in the ongoing (Feb.10 – May 25) series of Dr. McGhee’s radio broadcasts devoted to improving your sense of humor and learning to use [...]

Humor Skills Training on the Radio: Innovation in Radio broadcasting

An Upcoming (February through May) Weekly Series of Live Radio Broadcasts will be devoted to Learning to Use Your Sense of Humor to Promote Greater Resilience, Health and Happiness Every Friday, 11-11:15 a.m. (Eastern time in the USA) February 10 – May 25, 2012 Weekly Skill-Development Exercises Posted the day of each Show at www.LaughterRemedy.com. [...]

Build Your Child’s Verbal Humor Skills Using Riddles

[Adapted from P. McGhee, Stumble Bees and Pelephones: How to Develop a Powerful Verbal Sense of Humor (children’s edition).  See “Books by Paul McGhee” to order.] An earlier article at this website noted that children become intellectually capable of understanding the double meanings that form the basis for most riddles at six or seven years [...]

Humor Facilitates Children’s Social & Emotional Development

Why did Mr. Timmons wear a seat belt while eating his dinner?  Because he was on a ________ diet.  (Answer is given at end of article.) [Adapted from P. McGhee, Understanding and Promoting the Development of Children’s Humor.  See “Books by Dr. McGhee” to order.] The previous article on children’s humor discussed the important benefits [...]

Humor Facilitates Children’s Intellectual Develoment

[Adapted from P. McGhee, Understanding and Promoting the Development of Children’s Humor.  See “Books by Dr. McGhee” to order.] A good sense of humor provides a broad range of important developmental benefits to children, just as it does to adults.  You can help assure that your own children receive these benefits by actively supporting the [...]

Mild Humor Reduces Bronchial Constriction among Asthma Patients

Mild Humor & Laughter Support Breathing in COPD Patients

[This article was adapted from McGhee, P.  Humor: The  Lighter Path to Resilience and Health.  Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.  References to the research discussed below are presented in this book.] Intuitively, you would assume that laughter would not be a good idea for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD—a condition (which may result from [...]

Humor Yourself to Better Pulmonary Health: Introduction

[This article was adapted from McGhee, P.  Humor: The  Lighter Path to Resilience and Health.  Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.  References to the research discussed below are presented in this book.] Researchers have recently begun to study the pulmonary benefits of humor and laughter.  If you are already in good health, their contribution to pulmonary health is [...]