Are You Too Serious?

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Life Coach, Motivational, Education, Personal Development, Life Coaching, Self-help, Mental Health

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🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Oscar Wilde said, "Life is too important to be taken seriously." So can you lighten up and laugh a lot more? Let's talk about the benefits you've never realized! Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast on Apple Podcasts if you enjoyed this episode! This helps to get the message out to more people just like you. And be sure to click the "Follow" button to get notified of updates. And, if you want more access to me, my coaching, and live monthly calls, I want to invite you to join us i...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let it be easy with Susie Moore.
0:10.0	Are you too serious?
0:14.0	Oh my gosh, why do we think it's rewarding or intellectual or somehow noble to be so serious all the time.
0:27.0	One of my favorite quotes is from Oscar Wilde who said,
0:31.0	Life is too important to be taken seriously.
0:35.0	And what do I mean by this?
0:40.0	Am I saying, throw caution to the wind,
0:42.0	don't care about your responsibilities, go to Vegas and put all of your money on the red chip, whatever they call it over in Vegas.
0:49.0	No, right? By being willing to be a bit more light-hearted, to laugh more, to engage more in humour, seeing the
0:58.6	funny side of things does not mean we are not being responsible.
1:03.2	In fact, it means the opposite because we have a responsibility to enjoy our life.
1:11.4	Now, what do I mean by being less serious? Okay? Think about it. I mean, I forget the exact
1:18.3	statistic, but it says something around, you know, it's about laughter the the quantity of laughs we have as a child
1:26.6	versus an adult apparently the the average adult laughs maybe five or seven times a
1:31.9	day I'd say some people don't even do that.
1:33.6	But the average child is like two or 300 even more than that. Google it you'll find
1:39.6	the exact statistic but it is a dramatic difference between who we are as children engaged in the world,
1:46.1	curious, quick to find humour, quick to have a good time, versus now, right, with our deep frown
1:52.3	lines, a lot of stress, always looking at what could go wrong,
1:56.0	and showing up with a serious straight face.
2:00.0	It's proven, scientifically, that when we laugh more, when we engage more in humour,
2:05.3	when we're willing to be more light-hearted, it boosts our immune system.
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