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In this episode, Sonny and Cindy discuss the benefits of laughter for your health and your relationships.

God has thought of everything and designed each of us with the ability to decrease stress levels, improve mood, boost the immune system, find more joy, and strengthen our relationships, and more.

Join us as we talk about the superpower God has given us to add more fun and laughter intentionally into your marriage and your daily life.

It’s a great time to free up your sense of humor, lighten up and laugh, and perhaps share a good laugh with others.

Everyone could use a good laugh these days, and besides, it’s FREE!

Join us!

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Epic Journey Podcast #16 – Lighten up and Laugh – episode notes

In this episode, Sonny and Cindy discuss the benefits of laughter for your health and your relationships.

Laughter is a superpower God has given us and created us with and we need to tap into it more often!

Everyone could use a good laugh these days, and besides, it’s FREE!

Here are some highlights and resources from the podcast:

Luke 6:21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied, Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and rejoicing may end in grief.

Ecclesiastes 3:4 reminds us there is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.

Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Psalm 126:2

Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

We need to remember that God created us with this superpower to change our state of being, our physiology. He knows we will benefit from laughter and so we need to tap into it!

So here we go for a few more benefits of laughter:

• It is believed that laugher stimulates the release of endorphins.  These are basically the brain’s natural opiate which are produced inside of us.
• Endorphins can result in decreased pain and a sense of euphoria.
• Laughter can decrease the secretion of the stress hormone, serum cortisol.
• Laughter can benefit the immune system.
• Research has shown a relationship between laughter and activation of natural killer cells and T lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell), which are important for effective immune system functioning.
• Laughter can help improve your mood
• Laughter is free, except maybe you’re purchasing movies to watch or something but we can at least say it’s very affordable.

• Laughter lacks harmful or unwanted side effects – except maybe if you’ve got a hurt back, a broken rib, or you just had abdominal surgery or something.

If you’re struggling with health issues or illness, moodiness, stress,  I’ll just bet you will benefit from introducing laughter more consistently and more intentionally into your life and will carry over into your marriage and your relationships.

It just might be exactly what you need right now with whatever is going on in your life.

Remember, you can use laughter to help you change your physiology.

You’re not laughing at the stressful things going on in your life but because of them.

To help you.

So here’s some things you might want to do:

1. Start paying attention to your habit of laughter or maybe lack of.
2. Decide that you are going to find ways to introduce more laughter into your life and your relationships.   
3. Begin to use laughter as a measure of the health of your moods and attitudes in your marriage relationship. If you’re not smiling and laughing, this could be a red flag for you like it is for us, and you might need to lighten up and seek some wise counsel if you need...