It can be easy to lose sight of the power of laughter to heal and unite.

However, in a captivating conversation between Walt and Joel, the duo delved into the transformative role of humor in navigating even the most challenging of circumstances.

Walt, the host of the LOA Today podcast, set the stage by introducing the topic, inspired by an interview with Dave Mowry, a guest who had used humor as a coping mechanism to overcome severe mental health issues. Joel, a life coach and LOA teacher, enthusiastically joined the discussion, sharing his own experiences with the therapeutic value of laughter.

“Humor is something that you and I have discussed in various forms and fashions over the years,” Joel explained, “just about the value of humor, the ability to laugh. It’s one of the great antidotes to depression and anxiety.” He went on to describe how humor can be a powerful coping mechanism, particularly for those in high-stress professions, such as law enforcement, where witnessing traumatic events can take a heavy toll.

Walt and Joel explored the nuances of using humor appropriately, acknowledging the importance of sensitivity and shared experiences. “There’s a line that you kind of have to pay attention to,” Walt noted, “like, there are a number of things that he said. For instance, he told some really funny jokes, actually very clean, interestingly enough, but, but funny jokes that he was telling today, and a couple of them I knew I could never tell. Why? Because I’ve never been through that kind of mental illness, but it was totally appropriate for him to tell.”

The conversation then shifted to the role of humor in healing and recovery, with Joel sharing a poignant story about a young cancer patient who used stand-up comedy to cope with his illness. “He attributes a lot of that to his recovery,” Joel recounted, “He just every day would do a stand-up routine. And he said, just the like one of his jokes, he said, you know, he said, one of his, I forget one of the jokes, but involved a catheter. He said, I’m a 10 year old boy at a catheter. He said, I don’t even need to finish that joke. And it was just stuff like that. It was just this bizarre, you know, out there stuff.”

Walt and Joel also explored the power of humor in building emotional connections, with Joel sharing a personal story about how a chance encounter with a neighbor’s child helped him find laughter and healing after the loss of his own son. “It was this hilarious moment that the first time since the death of my son, I’d actually laugh. And it was a I told you that when that happened, it was the first time I knew I was going to be okay, yes, because I was able to laugh again, because nothing was funny before that.”

As the conversation delved deeper, the duo touched on the role of humor in the context of good and evil, suggesting that finding the absurdity in difficult situations can be a powerful tool for maintaining perspective and emotional well-being. “If I can’t find something funny about it, that’s a clue to me. It’s a clue to me that I’m taking it too seriously,” Walt explained.

Throughout the discussion, Walt and Joel emphasized the importance of not taking oneself too seriously and embracing the healing power of laughter, even in the face of life’s darkest moments. “Humor is a solvent,” Joel concluded. “It’s a connector. It does a lot of things. And so when you’re talking about like, you’re talking about, sort of the comparison within good and evil and all the other stuff, humor can be sort of an antidote for all choices. It can it can add to the good. And it can be a sort of an attack on the evil on some level.”

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