Laughing Sailors

Lynn discusses her book, Seriously Laugh: The life you save might be your own. She summarises her favourite tips on how to bring laughter into your life and she tells me about her work to bring laughter to the elderly through her 'Patch Works' foundation. I also learn about her crowd funding project, to help her complete her PhD in psychology - specialising in the study of laughter as a tool to enhance well-being. 

We discuss Lynn's approach to laughter, while serving in the U.S. Navy and how she helped her colleagues to de-stress through a simple, yet effective strategy. We ask whether the causal factors in the reported psychological benefits of laughter yoga are predominantly social