Celebrate International Humor Month!

AATH recently established April as the "International Humor Month." As part of the inaugural celebration, we have taken Healing Humor efforts globally through a month-long series of interviews with well-known humor experts, authors, trainers and coaches on AHeart4Clowning TalkRadio Show we host: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/AHeart4ClowningTalkRadio/

Online, 'International Humor Month' a Facebook Event is being hosted through the Healing Humor Facebook Group begun in August, 2008. As a member of AATH and part of the Facebook Healing Humor Group, it seems appropriate to establish a global celebration on Facebook, in tandem with AATH and in support of the concept of Healing Humor.

Everyone is invited -- come join the fun!"

Find "International Humor Month" Facebook Event here:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=69864032805&ref=ts

...set up through the 'Healing Humor' Facebook Group.

Tips for Finding Humor in Turbulent Times, Part 1

It's helpful to define what "healing humor" is, so we know how to effectively apply it: healthy, therapeutic humor enhances relationships, is non-hostile, sympathetic, benevolent, tolerant, and often philosophical. In defining this, let us be careful to distinguish it from hurtful, harmful humor that is more aggressive, critical, sarcastic, and cruel, often based on put-downs, and involves laughing at someone else’s expense.

The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) has generated a list of 10 great tips to help you lighten up and rise above the current turmoil and stress you may be experiencing; some seem simple (pun) enough, but bear reminding:

1. Adjust Your Attitude - Stop watching the news and start counting your blessings instead of your money! The blessings will increase, while the money is…well, you know!

2. Make Someone Else Happy - Send unexpected ‘thank you’ or greeting cards to a mix of people. Start with those who aren't expecting it but deserve it. Then, send a couple to people who aren't expecting and don't deserve it. Then, pick a couple names at random out of the phone book that certainly aren't expecting it and have no idea who you are!

Next: Find out how to play with the "signs of the times" and get inspirations for totally Random Acts of Silliness and Kindness!