Smile

FUNNY BUSINESS

July 22, 2022 By ChuckBehrens Leave a Comment

A few years ago I became a
C L L
. . .that’s right,
a real bonafide
CERTIFIED LAUGHTER LEADER
even though
LAUGHING
and attempting to make people
H A P P Y(IER)
has been a life long pursuit of mine. . .
enter the infamous JOYOLOGIST
STEVE WILSON and his beautiful bride, Pamela
I attended their WORLD LAUGHTER TOUR

Steve Wilson| Psychologist | The Joyologist | Cheerman of the Bored
Director-National Humor Month
http://www.worldlaughtertour.com
http://www.humormonth.com
http://www.stevewilson.com
http://www.laughterfoundation.org
Skype: s_h_wilson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Laughter-Tour/57984062492
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevehwilson
Twitter: (@joyologist)
Phone: 614-855-4733
Blog: http://www.laughterandhumor.blogspot.com

and it was literally
LIFE CHANGING. . .
I have had the privilege/pleasure of actually hosting several LAUGHTER SESSIONS and have shared some of those techniques in several of the presentations I do and believe me, no pun intended. . .
THIS IS NO FUNNY BUSINESS,
in fact the one simple-start-using-it-at-this-very-second-give-a-away
IS FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT. . .
That’s right, even fake laughing for a mere 15-30 seconds gives you all of the health benefits of actually laughing as if you were watching your favorite comedy or having a laughfest with your friends. . .
In fact, SMILING has the same kind of benefits, especially when you feel the least like cracking a smile. . .
and yet even FAKE SMILING opens wide those big Carotid arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood and instantly changes your mood and demeanor. . .
FUNNY BUSINESS

This past Sunday, Steve DIRECT MESSAGED me the image below

It made me take a look at a pile of books I had in a corner section of the library I have in my basement and WHAAAAAAA-LAAAAAAAA I found this

Lord Is a Whisper at Midnight https://a.co/d/bW9xGyH

book that I hadn’t opened in a while but slid in a chair on a rainy afternoon and let it READ ME as much as I pursued it. . .
FUNNY BUSINESS

I was COLOR BLINDED no more and the smiles weren’t fake

THANK YOU, STEVE WILSON
for HOW-TO
that made the WANT-TO
feel kind of
F U N N Y
naturally. . .

S M I L E S

February 4, 2022 By ChuckBehrens Leave a Comment

S O M E
say we just don’t do
I T
enough
O T H E R S
say there’s just no reason to do
I T
which means we should all not just try
to do more of
I T
but make it one of our missions
to be the cause that everyone
we meet does
I T

S M I L E

S M I L E
DO WE EVER DO ENOUGH OF
SMILING
AND ARE WE
ALL OUT
SMILE MAKERS
THE CAUSER OF SMILES. . .

Over the years, I’ve come across a few cartoons and pictures that really bring a smile to my face and now hopefully yours:

The World
will give us all kinds of reasons to
NOT SMILE
and even more to make sure
we keep others from smiling, too
SMILE STEALERS
but not now. . .
NOT TODAY
BE THE REASON
Another loses their Frown
. . .BE THAT
Caring Catalyst of You
BRING YOUR SMILE
and be the fault
of giving it to
ANOTHER

YE-HAW
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh
NO BRAIN NECESSARY

S M I L E

March 28, 2016 By ChuckBehrens Leave a Comment

https://youtu.be/P8Ggykm0Wko

It’s a vicious lie,

you know?

It takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile

F A L S E !

Dr. David Song (University of Chicago Medical Center) recently did this study on the very topic and the average frown requires 11 muscles while the average smile requires 12

Now I’ll be the first to tell you that I don’t know what I don’t know

but this method of counting the number of muscles used by Dr. Song doesn’t take into account variables like the energy used by each muscle or that some

SMILE MUSCLES

in some are more developed than in others

Uhhhhhh. . .

You can send in all of your comments of THANKS

for not taking any more of your time by naming all of the

FROWN MUSCLES

quickly followed by the all more important MORE

S M I L E M U S C L E S.

Here’ s the Catch:

Even though smiling uses more muscles, it’s believed that it takes

LESS EFFORT

than Frowning.

B E C A U S E:

people tend to smile more, which means the relevant muscles are in better shape!

How about some

B O N U S F A C T S:

Most primates, especially apes, have many of the same muscles that we do and use them to express similar emotional information. Chimps that hunt in groups use only non-verbal cues to relay information and to remain organized.

Humans are born with the ability to smile,

it’s not something we learn. . .even blind babies are able to smile.

The take away?

S M I L E

If you don’t want to smile with others or because of them

. . .give them a great reason to

s m i l e

or with you.

Back in February, I attended and completed and became certified as

Certified Laughter Leader

With Steve Wilson and the World Laughter Tour.

I loved a simple technique he taught us with a straw.

W H E N

I F

you find it impossible to smile

stick a straw in your mouth between your teeth

sideways

for a few minutes

. . . You’ll have a

WOW Moment

YOU WILL FEEL BETTER

Here’s the deal with Smiling

(or for that matter, laughing)

FAKING IT

MAKING IT!

Don’t believe me. . .or anyone else

Go Lab Experiment

on Yourself

Try. . .

disproving it!

(Scheve, Tom, “How Many Muscles Does It Take To Smile? Discovery Fit & Health. (2011)

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