Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.

Hello, and welcome back to Habits and Hustle solo edition, where we talk and explore a variety of different topics that are in the zeitgeist that of interest to me and to hopefully

you guys as well. And today's topic is the science of laughter, why we laugh and how it affects

our brains and our physical and mental health. I don't know about you, Shawnee, but I'm like a huge

fan of comedy,

of laughing. It's like literally my favorite thing in the world to do. I love a good laugh.

A little belly laugh. Right? Yeah. And there's a, I think there is a reason why they say like

laughter is the best medicine because it really like it really is. I mean, like nothing changes a mood or changes your emotional state

better than like a good hearty laugh absolutely right oh my god yeah i just love it so i

love stand-up so let's go into it a little bit more you know like there is a lot of research

backing how laughter really does, like, change,

not just the neuroplasticity in our brains, but our overall physical and emotional well-being.

That's why there's like laughter therapy. There's like laughing yoga or whatever they call it.

Yeah, laughing yoga. Laughing yoga. It's my favorite thing. Have you actually done it?

Yeah, I can't believe you've never done it.

It's like so much fun.

Yeah, I've never done laughing yoga.

It's so much fun. I just like going, that's why, like, you know, I'm like hugely obsessed with stand-up comedians and like watching stand-up. I can do that every single night of the week. It's just to me, I just love it.

Yeah, good comedians are great.

Comedians.

Like, you know, every night I fall asleep to like watching some kind of Netflix comedy

special. But even the recent ones? Listen, the recent ones haven't been so great. I've got to be honest with you. But like, it automatically changes my, if I'm like in a shitty mood, a sad mood, an angry mood, watching five minutes

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