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Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca John Morreall, Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William & Mary, is an internationally recognized expert on humor and its benefits. He has been teaching university courses on humor since 1983, and has published six books and over seventy articles on humor. In 2000 an international conference was held in Amsterdam based on his book Humor Works. Since 1988 he has been on the Editorial Board of Humor: The International Journal of Humor Research. He is Honorary President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Humor. In 2004 and 2005 he was elected President of the International Society for Humor Studies. Under the name Humorworks, Dr. Morreall has addressed over 600 business and professional groups in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Japan. His work has been featured in the New York Times (four times), the Washington Post, Asahi Shimbun, the Manchester Guardian, Forbes, and the Economist. His clients include IBM, AT&T, and Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers. www.humorworks.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Vadim Mercurio, QA Operations Manager at VMC and graduate of the International Academy of Design and Technology in Video Game Design and Development does anything but play games in his role as leader, mentor and coach in the workplace. Understanding that true employee development requires a relationship and that traditional forms of performance management do little to build competence, business or trust, Vadim joins Maia in a conversation about the shortcomings of old-school performance appraisals and how to truly elevate, not just evaluate our most important resources, our human resources.
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca A fellow Canadian and graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Ken Shonk practiced as a family physician for over 30 years before beginning a speaking career in which he shares with audiences from 50 to 2000 the truth that while there ain’t much fun in medicine, there is a lot of medicine in fun. Over the last 15 years he has given over 900 different audiences what he calls a “chuckles checkup,” in which he deconstructs the history, biochemistry and uses of humor in medicine, showing how a little humor can go a long way to making life more bearable even in the heaviest of life's moments. www.healthyhumor.ca
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca T.J. Jones is a leadership crusader. He has 25 years of experience developing leaders in roles as a teacher, coach, sales executive and Director of Training and Development. With a caring spirit, he has led professionals through multiple corporate acquisitions and change initiatives. From the trenches of the realworld, Jones developed his belief, “caring is the heart of leadership,” the inspiration for his new book The Caring Warrior: Awaken Your Power to Lead, Influence, and Inspire (Advantage Publishing, October 2016). As a speaker, Jones helps his corporate clients develop a cultural blueprint where caring leads to trust, engagement, innovation and business performance, helping leaders and teams to collaborate and perform. Jones uses an approach he calls “ActiveCoaching” with coaching clients and teams. He acts as a personal trainer for the mind and heart, helping individuals to own who they are in order to influence and inspire their teams and organizations. www.tjjonesleadership.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Paul Osincup is a Speaker, Consultant, Humorist, and Educator. With a Master’s Degree in Higher Education Leadership & Administration and a background in stand-up & improv comedy, his mission is to use his expertise in leadership and levity to create positive corporate climates & educational communities. Whether it’s his TEDx Talk, a keynote speech, or a training, Paul delivers a rare blend of wise inspiration and spontaneous wit to both educate and motivate his audience. www.paulosincup.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Dr. Lynn Soots is a professional educator that mixes positive psychology into every aspect of developing students to appreciate themselves, the world they live in, and the learning experience as part of finding meaning in their lives. She claims the underlying foundation to her success is to take the journey with the students; to fully engage and enjoy the time together. As a cofounder and editor of The Positive Psychology People, Lynn hopes to get the meaning across of what it truly means to be human and how we journey through life given everything that is thrown at us on a daily basis. She believes that while life is not always easy, we can find our unique set of tools to help guide and support us through growth over our entire lifetime. Her particular tools are: humor, chatting, and immersing herself in the moments. Lynn hails from a small town in Canada; Morrisburg Ontario, but has traveled the world as a United States Air Force service-woman. She is a retired veteran and now focuses exclusively on tour-guiding students through the wonderful world of psychology. www.thepositivepsychologypeople.com/lynn-soots
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Mary Schaefer has a Master's degree in Human Resources and is certified as a Professional in Human Resources. She lives and teaches empowerment and how to have productive manager/ employee interactions. Mary calls herself a Chief Encouragement Officer. As the leader of her own business, she speaks, coaches and trains, focusing on making the most of what human resources can contribute to an organization through their energy and creativity, while at the same time meeting their own specific needs for meaningful work. www.reimaginework.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Izzy Gesell, MS Ed, CSP is an "organizational alchemist." As a keynote speaker, workshop leader, professional facilitator and presentation coach his skill is in transforming something commonplace into something special. His humorously serious and seriously humorous programs help people thrive and prosper during these changing times as they become more confident, spontaneous and effective. As Author of Playing Along: Group Learning Activities Borrowed from Improvisation Theater. Izzy was one of the first to bring the concepts of Improv Theater into the business world. He has also contributed to the International Association of Facilitator's Handbook and Humor Me, a compilation by America's most prominent humorists. Today, Izzy joins Maia for a conversation about men's health and how humor might just be the way to open the door to more open conversations about men's self-care. www.izzyg.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Lenny Dave is a nationally-recognized speaker, humorist and comedy historian, who speaks to a variety of audiences around the country, ranging from senior citizens, corporate executives and cancer patients to college student leaders and their anxious parents. A Past President of AATH - the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. Lenny is both a student of comedy and a practitioner of humor who has most recently been presenting a fun and informative program entitled, 100 Years of Comedy, a tribute to the great comedians of our times. Lenny was twice nominated by Campus Activities Magazine as "Speaker of the Year,” and has been the recipient of 14 "showcases" from NACA and APCA, the two leading campus entertainment organizations. He has contributed to three books including Let Your Leadership Speak: How to Lead and Be Heard, What's So Funny About Heart Disease? a tasty, college textbook entitled Culinary Improvisation! Today Lenny joins Maia for a conversation about the evolution of comedy and how our favorite comedians have shaped and reflected the society we live in. www.lennydave.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Jessica Ruggieri has found her place as the "Ambassador of Inclusion" of a unique team building and consulting company, The Fun Dept. Jessica takes every opportunity in life to help others live better. Her love for life, people, and communication have provided her opportunities to diversify her skill sets yet develop her focused passion. She has experienced the nonprofit, hospitality, fitness, and health industries during the last 15 years and has found the common thread that connects people--fun. Her undergraduate degree in Interpersonal Communication and Psychology and her Masters in Health Promotion, complete with a certificate in Health Coaching, have prepared her for working with diverse groups of people. Jessica always tells people that she majored in “Small Talk” and received her Masters in “Helping People Live Better” (just a glimpse into her casual personality). Although she takes her job seriously, she finds light-hearted moments always and creates space for others to feel relaxed, rejuvenated, and cared for in her presence. www.morefunatwork.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Kate Offer, Bay Area melodramatic soprano, would like you to know that she is very, very important and special and has done many wonderful and exciting musical things that would make you say, “Wowza!” and “Gee Whiz!” and “Didgeridoo!” She says she lip syncs perfectly for a number of estimable (but easily-fooled) organizations like Cappella SF, the SF Symphony Chorus, and the Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco. Other bamboozled victims include Volti, the Vallejo Choral Society, the Cal Berkeley Alumni Chorus, Berkeley Contemporary Opera, West Edge Opera, Oakland Opera, Piedmont Light Opera, Goat Hall Theater, Miss Lilly’s All-Star Jazz Hands Kazoo Band and Buffet, and the Alameda Civic Light Opera. (One of those might be fictional) Kate was voted the "2012 Best Featured Actress in Musical" by BroadwayWorldSF.com. Learn more about Kate at- www.kateoffer.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Erica Swiatek is a high energy, passionate, facilitator, consultant and trainer. She blends her expertise in the fields of innovation and learning & development to create activities, courses and programs. Her programs include topics such as creative problem solving, professional development, change management and team building. Erica also has a passion for playfulness in learning which led to publishing an article on this topic in the 2015 Big Questions of Creativity book. Erica is certified in Myers-Briggs, DiSC and FourSight assessments which she uses these to help team’s problem solve, communicate and understand each other better. She has a Master’s degree in Creative Studies and is an adjunct facility at Buffalo State College. www.innovatefaster.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Megan Werner and Whitney Farrar are licensed, clinical mental health counselors, who have practiced together at a residential facility for juveniles who have sexually offended. Whitney continues to work with this population and has expanded her competency to focus on clinical work with female sex offenders. As of late, Megan has been learning the ins and outs of committed youth, who are mandated to live in a substance abuse residential treatment facility. Both Whitney and Megan have been using humor and laughter with their current and past populations, in addition to various other populations to include acute psychosis, actively disengaged staff, outpatient clientele, business administrators, colleagues, and every day “Joes.” Megan has experience researching and applying positive psychology based interventions, while Whitney has worked for three years with difficult populations, using creative and expressive therapies. Both are pursuing specializations in Humor and Laughter Therapy. Megan and Whitney would love to hear from you! mwerner@youthbridge.com whitneyfarrar87@gmail.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca This week 4X Tedx speaker, international author and social media guru, Bobby Umar, joins Maia to talk about authentic connection,leading from the heart and the hidden strength that lies in our own vulnerability. Website: www.raeallan.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Dr. Janet obtained certifications in Clinical Sexology, Sex Education and Erotology and earned her PhD in Human Sexuality from IASHS. She received her certification in Sex Coaching through Sex Coach U, under the direction of world renowned Dr. Patti Britton and Dr. Robert Dunlap and has been enjoying an active private practice in Sex Coaching since 2012. She joined the Sex Coach U faculty in 2013 as the Director of Curriculum and Student Adviser, where she enjoys using her expertise to guide students on their journey to certification. She has been an RN, BSN since 1981 and has practiced in most areas of nursing. As a holistic healer, she has used her skills as a Reiki ll Practitioner, Intuitive, Certified Laughter Leader, Healing Clown, Lay Midwife, Lactation Consultant, dancer, musician and artist to guide clients to optimal wellness. http://janetsexcoaching.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Jeff Jackson is a writer and salesman who left corporate America to pursue an acting career in NYC when mother nature decided on other plans for him. A father of twin boys, through his writing and speaking he is a staunch advocate for helping men and fathers be their best. Along with his own Daddy Is Best blog, his witty writing has been featured in the Good Men Project, Multiplicity Magazine, Encouraging Dads.com and most recently in the newly released book, Go Ask Your Dad- Questions, Answers and Stories about Fathers, Fatherhood and Parenting. www.daddyisbest.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Nick Mosca holds a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard University where he won The Billings Preaching Prize Competition for his work at the intersection of humor and theology. He is an avid speaker and writer about this and other inspirational topics through WABC Radio, The HealthCare Chaplaincy Network, The Milken Scholars Program, The Madison Avenue Baptist Church, Judson Memorial Church, and Toastmasters International. Moreover, Nick served as a co-host for WABC’s longest-running program, “Religion on the Line,” and was featured on The Religion News Service website. This week, Nick joins Maia on Morning Moments to talk about the place of humor in faith, the place of religion in comedy and how finding the hilarity in the holy might just be the key to world peace. www.nickmosca.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Beth Boynton is a RN, MS is an organizational development consultant who uses theatre improvisation activities to teach communication, collaboration and leadership skills to healthcare professionals. She is the author of Successful Nurse Communication : Safe Care, Healthy Workplaces & Rewarding Careers and Confident Voices: The Nurses’ Guide to Improving Communication & Creating Positive Workplaces. She is an avid blogger who publishes a blog called, Confident Voices in Healthcare a wonderful blog dedicated to making healthcare safer, kinder, fairer, and more cost-effective. www.confidentvoices.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca A physical therapist by day and stand-up comic by night, Dr. Laura Hayden has appeared in countless clubs, theatres, casinos, cruise ships, military tours and shacks all over the United States and 26 countries. As a stand-up comedian she has performed at festivals in New York, Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Scotland. Other credits include TV Guide Network, Laughs on Fox, The Night Shift with Kevin Ferguson, Funny.com, Dead Americans, LATALK radio and XM radio She is the author of Recipes for a Broken Heart. A wonderful collection of heartbreaking stories of love lost and the comfort foods that help people get through, and author The Shoe Blog, a tribute to life, travel and the joyous pleasures of fancy footwear. Today, Laura joins Maia for a conversation about how healthcare practitioners need to care for themselves as they care for others and how comedy and laughter can be invaluable tools in the prevention of caregiver burnout. www.laurahayden.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Trevor Smith B.A., M.S., M.Ed. Over the years, Trevor has skillfully used the principles of improvisation and laughter as training tools to help employees reduce workplace stress, improve their communication skills, become more creative problem solvers, improve their ability to work as part of a team, and create that spark that leads to an overall healthier and happier workplace. Now he has combined his improvisational techniques with leadership training and development strategies to create a unique series of talks, trainings, workshops, seminars, and retreats for CEOs and HR leaders in addition to employee groups. Trevor supports organizational leaders and teams by teaching them the importance of incorporating fun and lightening the mood in the workplace. www.blueskyconsulting.us
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Cindy Miles, Family Caregiver Resource Coordinator for the Southwestern Commission Area Agency on Aging, is a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher (CLYT) with Laughter Yoga International. Cindy was personally trained by the founder of Laughter Yoga, Dr. Madan Kataria, a medical doctor from Mumbai, India, who started the movement in 1995. She has presented at national and regional conferences and has provided therapeutic laughter workshops and retreats to organizations, large and small across the nation. Cindy recently conducted a multi-state research project, which was just published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, “Advances in Mind Body Medicine”. Her research project resulted in North Carolina’s approval of Laughter Yoga as a Title III-D Evidence-Based Disease Prevention/Health Promotions Program. Today Cindy joins Maia for a conversation about the link between humor, laughter and healthy aging.
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Jacki Hartford is a Regional Director of The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization. Since 1947, CIEE has helped thousands of people gain the knowledge and skills necessary to live and work in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world by offering the most comprehensive, relevant, and valuable exchange programs available. Jacki is a mother, grandmother and has "mothered" over a dozen youth from overseas through the CIEE program. Today Jacki joins Maia for a Mother's Day conversation on motherhood in all its forms. www.ciee.org
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Dr. Laura Sunn is a board certified psychiatrist, who is also board certified in Integrative Holistic Medicine by the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. She acts as a consulting psychiatrist for Cancer Treatment Centers of America-Zion, consultant for Kenosha Human Development Services and continues to maintain a private practice she founded in 1990. Dr. Sunn is a member of numerous organizations, including the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed and the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, through which she recently received the designation of Certified Humor Professional. An impassioned HeartMath provider and Brennan School of Healing certified practitioner, Dr. Sunn is committed to integrating and expanding psychodynamic psychotherapy with solid science and energy healing for patients and caregivers whom she recognizes as the most important part of the healthcare team. For Dr. Sunn, the doctor-patient relationship is a privilege that plays a central role in the process of healing mind, body and spirit and one that has led her to honor that her job is not simply to treat a condition, but as with her preferred pastime of gardening, to plant and nurture the seeds of hope.
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Judith Henry is a writer, speaker and author of The Dutiful Daughter’s Guide to Caregiving, a part how-to, part humours account born of her own personal experience of caring for her elderly parents. In addition to article writing, Judith offers consultations, talks, and workshops on caring for older adults; dealing with grief and loss; the benefits of expressive writing. www.judithdhenry.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Lori Shandle-Fox, author of Laughing Is Conceivable...one woman's extremely funny peek into the extremely unfunny world of infertility, is an essayist, humorist and columnist. Her work has been seen in The Washington Post, Newsday (New York), The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and her humor commentaries featured on National Public Radio. Lori's stand up has been performed in hundreds of comedy clubs accross the U.S. Today Lori joins Maia for a conversation about how humor can be a lifeline in the journey of coping with infertility. ?
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca This week's guest is Barbara Miller D.Ed, founder and curriculum director of Educational Explorations™. Having provided professional development for school districts nationwide and drawing on her experiential and research knowledge, Barbara joins Maia for a conversation about strength-based education and neurodiversity. www.educationalexplorations.org
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Michael Fischette has been performing in various capacities for many years. He began his career in broadcasting where he worked as a news reporter and disk jockey. Following his career in broadcasing...he joined a company called Aniforms in New York and became a writer and voice for live animation video cartoon characters and puppets appearing at corporate events. He has performed at meetings, trade shows and employee events hosted by such companies as: Compaq Computer Corporation, BMW of North America, Nestle Food Company, Johnson & Johnson and many other Fortune 500 companies. Michael’s voice has also been heard on national radio and television commercials and public service announcements as well as Public Television and EPCOT at Disney World. He has performed with such celebrities as David Letterman, Willard Scott, Joe Gibbs, Walter Payton, Jim Hartz and John Ratzenberger. http://www.funnybusinessproductions.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Deb Gauldin spent over 20 years as an obstetric nurse and educator before starting a professional speaking business specializing in healthcare morale, women’s well-being, and the art and science of humor. She has delivered hundreds of programs across the United States and around the globe and has delighted hundreds of audiences from Fargo to New Zealand. Deb’s signature story is part of an anthology called The Princess Principle: Women Helping Women Discover Their Royal Spirit. She is also a contributing author to the book, Humor Us: America’s Funniest Humorists on the Power of Laughter. Her recordings of “Hormone Affirming Music and Humor” are enjoyed and used in educational settings in at least six countries, and were featured on the National Public Radio. In today's show, Deb shares a conversation with Maia about how humor can open healthy discussion about body image and, create some laughs along the way. www.debgauldin.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Barbara Grapstein is the founder and CEO of Healing Headbands Project Inc. As a Global Laughter Ambassador, Certified Laughter Leader and Laughter Yoga Instructor, Barbara's passion is her never ending devotion to helping others through philanthropy complemented by her entrepreneurial spirit. Barbara is actively involved with several organizations including the Association of Applied Therapeutic Humor(AATH), Steve Wilson's World Laughter Tour and Comedy Cures. Barbara is a featured guest on WCWP 88.1 N-Joy show and is well traveled. Barbara has had the privilege of engaging with many influencers and leaders in the field including the "Guru of India", Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of Laughter Yoga. Barbara is a corporate consultant for holistic health, stress management and serves to help children and families living with cancer. The program currently runs in child life centers, universities and hospitals in the North East. www.healingheadbands.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Sheva Carr, doctor of Oriental Medicine and licensed HeartMath speaks internationally on how to receive the benefits of the heart's impact on consciousness, health, performance and creativity. She is the executive director of the Fyera Foundation and director and founder of HeartMath's HeartMastery Program and a director for Pathways to Peace which has led her to be a representative to the UN Commission on The Status of Women. Today Sheva joins Maia for a conversation about human trafficking and the role humor can play in inspiring and empowering the collective to make social change. www.heartmastery.com www.crowdrise.com/operationbigsister Bonus Offering from Sheva- The Heart Gets To, The Mind Has To Audio Chapter: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7g7u73ktqa5f22d/Audio%2021.%20The%20Heart%20Gets%20To%2C%20The%20Mind%20Has%20To.mp3?dl=0 From www.beingthesourceoflove.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Liliana De Leo is founder and president of Fitness Firm and Living Laughter™. Liliana has a strong background in the fitness and health field having worked as Fitness Program Director for the YMCA. She became a Laughter Yoga Leader in 2006, and due to a growing demand for her services, she established Living Laughter™ in 2008. Living Laughter™ is a new form of healthy living that offers valid, sustainable and reliable tools to unlock the many healing benefits of laughter. It can exponentially improve cooperation, creativity and overall wellbeing in body, mind and spirit. She strongly encourages prevention before medical intervention. Liliana, an accredited Laughter Yoga Teacher (Dr. Kataria’s International School of Laughter Yoga), has gone on to train hundreds of students. Furthermore, her workshops have inspired many to adopt the “Living Laughter™” way of living. All her classes and workshops incorporate her E2 formula- Educational and Entertaining. www.lilianadeleo.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Former principal, Sue Stephenson, writes and speaks on the topics of trust and teamwork, mental health and happiness for educational, community and corporate clients. Author of four books, including Kidding Around; Connecting Kids to Happiness, Laughter and Humour, Sue is the founder of The Happiness-School-Project, a program that uses stand-up comedy skills to promote well-being through mental health literacy, positive psychology and laughter. Today Sue joins Maia for a conversation about how comedy can be a curriculum tool to teach kids how to move from problems to punchlines. www.SueStephenson.ca
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Kelly Epperson and Jim Simmons found their soul mate in each other, and they believe such love is available for everyone. Kelly, an author, speaker, and coach, and Jim, an artist, poet and writer, inspire others to believe, receive and achieve their dream life. They know love and laughter, joy and romance, dancing in the kitchen, and the power of deep communication. Finding true love is a “skill” that anyone can learn! www.kellyepperson.com Featuring the spoken word of award-winning poets, Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. www.kaysarahsera.com www.philkaye.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Coach Gunn, a former collegiate track coach who trained 136 All Americans and eight NJCAA national championship teams,and has coached hundreds of chronologically enhanced adults to succeed with completing a marathon. In addition to running the Extreme Sports program at Southwestern Michigan College, through Cairn Stone Adventure Tours, Coach Gunn organizes adventure tours in which he trains people from all walks of life to reach their best physical potential and then accompanies them through some of the most interesting and wonderful experiences of a lifetime. www.cairnstoneadventuretours.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Jeffrey Briar, or Swami Hasya Ananda, is a Master Trainer for The Dr. Kataria School of Laughter Yoga and Director of The Laughter Yoga Institute. He is probably the most experienced Laughter Exercise Leader in the world outside Asia. Jeffrey's work has been widely featured in international media from CNN, to The Megan Mullaly Show to Geraldo at Large and Oprah. His laughter yoga mastery was even credited as bringing a stiff Harry Hamlin out of his shell to quick step his way through Dancing With the Stars. Today Jeffrey joins Maia for a conversation about the spiritual underpinnings of the laughter yoga movement. www.LYInstitute.org
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Sue Z. Hart was born on a small farm in Vail, Washington. At the age of three her family home burnt to the ground. Her family moved into the logging camp, where her father worked. For six years they lived in a two bedroom camp house while her family built a new home, with the help of many family friends. Sue believes the experiences of her childhood played a big part in her belief that we all need to help our neighbors and be actively engage in our community. Passionately involved in her community, Sue served two consecutive terms as President, NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction) Puget Sound Chapter 60 and remains active on the Board. She is a member of the Master Builders Association of King & Snohomish Counties and serves on many Advisory Boards. She is active in her Church and Community. Sue is the founder of Building Beyond the Walls, an inclusive basic construction training program for those who want to volunteer on construction sites that teaches participants self-awareness and empowerment. Today Sue joins Maia for a conversation about connecting and engaging people to build stronger communities. www.buildingbeyondthewalls.org
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca David Granirer is a counselor, stand-up comic, mental health keynote speaker and author of the Happy Neurotic, How Fear and Angst Can Lead To Happiness and Success. He performs, maintains a counseling practice and teaches Stand-Up Comedy Clinic at Langara College in Vancouver, where he takes people from all walks of life who have had a secret desire to do stand-up comedy and after eight weeks has them on stage performing at a comedy club. Many of his students have gone on to become professional comics, performing at festivals such as Just For Laughs, and on TV shows like Jay Leno and Craig Ferguson. David founded Stand Up For Mental Health, a program teaching stand-up comedy to people with mental illness as a way of building self-esteem and fighting public stigma. Stand Up For Mental Health has groups across Canada and the U.S. Today David joins Maia for a conversation about the link between Comedy, Mental Health and Healing. www.standupformentalhealth.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Debra Joy Hart, RN is a Nationally Certified Bereavement Facilitator who has experience in home care, alcohol/drug rehabilitation, hospice, and public health. Deb, AKA “Daisy the Clown”, is part of a team working with FCAN to bring therapeutic, fun-filled programming to the families affected and infected with HIV/ AIDS. Deb also gives workshops for the adults on how to welcome and include more humor and joy in their lives. Her programs include: Parenting, Grief and Loss, Disease Stress Management, Spirituality and Faith. This morning Deb joins Maia for a conversation about the role humor can play in bereavement. www.debrajoyhart.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Krista Nicole Thompson was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario and epitomizes intricate mosaic of the millennial generation. A preschool teacher by day with aspirations of international development, Krista takes a pause from adventurous world travels and the urban social scene to share a conversation with Maia about seizing the Why of Generation Y Not.
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Currently, the Senior Pastor of the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City,Susan is also a professional comedian. She tours nationally with Rabbi Bob Alper and Muslim Comedian Azhar Usman in the Laugh in Peace Tour and has been featured in O Magazine, the New York Times, on CBS, CNN and ABC. A blogger for Good Morning America, Huffington Post, Psychology Today and Day 1, Susan's book, Laugh Your Way to Grace: Reclaiming the Spiritual Power of Humor was named one of the best spiritual books of 2010. Today, in recognition of the new year, Susan joins Maia for a conversation about fresh starts and new beginnings. www.susansparks.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests for a series of conversations on life, love and laughter.. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Jason Kotecki is the co-creator of Escape Adulthood, a company he founded with his wife, Kim, to help people rediscover the secrets of childhood in order to build better lives, businesses, and teams. He is an artist, professional speaker and author of several books including his most recent Penguins Can’t Fly: + 39 Other Rules That Don’t Exist. Today Jason joins Maia to share a conversation about how to break rules that don't exist in order to beat burnout, find balance, and become more innovative. www.escapeadulthood.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Mike Cyra spent twenty-years working in Emergency Medicine and Surgery as a Surgical Technologist; an Emergency Medical Technician on ambulances; a Chief Medical Officer on a ship sailing Alaska's Bering Sea and an Instructor of Maritime Emergency Medicine and Basic Life Support. He is the author of two #1 Bestselling medical humor eBooks: "Emergency Laughter: It Wasn't Funny When It Happened, But it is Now!” and his second hilarious book, "Emergency Laughter: Stories of Humor Inside Ambulances and Operating Rooms." In today’s conversation Mike reminds us that laughter helps the mind, heals the body and is a critical survival tool for all who deal with death, dying and disaster up close. http://home.earthlink.net/~medicalhumor/mikecyra/id12.html
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Allen Klein (aka "Mr. Jollytologist") shows audiences worldwide how to find and use humor in their changes, challenges and not-so-funny stuff.Allen is an award-winning professional speaker and author of 20 books including The Healing Power of Humor, The Courage to Laugh, Change Your Life!, Inspiration for a Lifetime, and Learning to Laugh When You Feel Like Crying. In addition to holding the exclusive National Speakers' Association designation of Certified Speaking Professional, Allen has won the Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award from The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (2009) and was inducted into the Hunter College Hall of Fame in 2007. Today Allen joins Maia to talk about how we can takes steps to ensure nothing ruins our day no matter what curve balls life might throw at us. www.allenklein.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Dr. Melissa Baartman Mork, Chair of the Department of Psychology at University of Northwestern- St. Paul shares a personal conversation with Maia about parental loss. The loss of our parents marks us, no matter when or how the moment comes, and shapes who we become as adults and parents ourselves. Featuring the beautiful songwriting of Danielle Ate the Sandwich www.danielleatethesandwich.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Sporty King is an 18 year Wall Street Journal veteran; a Cadre Speaker for the US military’s Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, and a Gold member of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. This Toastmasters International Hall of Fame Speaker regularly talks to groups as varied as youth groups, business leaders, military veterans, and senior (or as he would say, seasoned) citizens. Sporty is a gifted orator, whose ability to play with words centres, soothes and inspires. He is a man who truly understands the Power of Words, or as he might say What Others Remember and Digest Strengthens Spirits. www.sportyking.com www.heyugly.org
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Julie Ann Sullivan MBA, is a professional speaker, trainer and leadership coach. As the founder of Learning Never Ends, Julie teaches execs innovative approaches to engagement and employee culture. Author of A Little Bit of GRATITUDE Goes A Long Way, Julie believes when people are given a new way of thinking they have a better attitude towards work and life. This week Julie joins Maia for a conversation about the practical steps to building a happier workplace. www.julieannsullivan.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Jason Goldsmith is an industrial designer and communication artist who founded the company The Big Blue Hug in 2006 to share his story of fatherhood to autism advocate. Having developed the creative communication methodology, Picture Talking, as a means of unlocking his relationship with his son, Jason now gives regular trainings on language stimulation in schools, developmental centres and universities and is considered a leading autism advocate whose work has received national and local media attention through interviews with CBC (Montrealer of the week), CJAD (Tommy Schnurmacher), and CTV. Jason Goldsmith received an award for his contribution to the Montreal autism community from the Montreal Autism Awareness Gala 2011 and The Big Blue Hug has been awarded Le Concours québécois en entrepreneuriat 2007, Montreal West. Today Jason joins Maia to share a conversation about his own journey to autism advocacy and how art can at once connect and inspire. www.thebigbluehug.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Steve Wilson M.A., C.S.P. is an award-winning psychologist and internationally reknowned expert in the field of therapeutic humor who in 1998 founded The World Laughter Tour Inc., an organization whose mission is to create and disseminate an adjunctive therapeutic modality called “laughter therapy”, by applying laughter theories and practices into multi-generational, multi-cultural, systematic health and happiness programs. Certified Laughter Leaders trained through The World Laughter Tour now lead hundreds of laughter clubs around the world. Steve is the Director of National Humor Month and the author of numerous books including Good Hearted Living and Toilet Paper, Toothpaste and Tuna-Noodle Casserole; Observations and Advice on Love, Marriage and Authentic Intimacy. In 1994 he received the highly exclusive Certified Speaking Professional designation by the National Speakers' Association, in 2007 the Golden Laughter Award from L'Ecole Francaise du Rire et Bien-Etre and in 2010 the Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. www.worldlaughtertour.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca Andrée Ulrich is a trainer, professional coach and author of Comment Gérer Les Plaintes de ma Clientèle (How to Handle My Customers' Complaints). A LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator and coactive coach trained by CTI (Coaches Training Institute), she uses visual graphics and yes, America's favorite construction toy, to creatively facilitate team trainings and personal transformation. This week Andrée joins Maia for a conversation about how visualizing our objectives and obstacles can help us reach our goals and how we all unknowingly already possess the solutions to the problems we face. www.andreeulrich.com
Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. http://www.withloveandlaughter.ca/ This week, laughter coach and author of Awakening the Laughing Buddha Within, Joe Hoare, joins Maia all the way from the U.K. for a conversation about the mind-body connection and how to get out of your own way to renew your Zest for Life and Be More Dophin. Joe reminds us that all of us always know what our next step needs to be. We just need to stop obscuring it and allow ourselves to live IN the moment, not FOR the moment. Feeling discomfort in our lives is an invitation to change. It's "bonkers" not to accept this invitation and switch our default setting to Joyfulness. http://www.joehoare.co.uk/
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