Welcome to episode 358 of Live Happy Now. The past couple of years have left many people feeling like there's not a lot to laugh about. But today's guest is going to crack that myth, along with a few jokes. I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and since April is National Humor Month, it seemed like a great time for me to sit down and talk

with Greg Kettner. Greg is a TEDx speaker, happiness coach, and podcaster who helps organizations

create a happier, healthier culture through his work-happy game plan. He teaches companies how to use

laughter as a leadership tool, and he's here today to talk about the power of humor,

how he turned the loss of a job into an entire happiness movement, and what you can do to work

happier. Greg, I am so happy to welcome you to live happy now. Thanks, Paul. I'm happy to be here.

It's always good to connect on Zoom with somebody you met on

LinkedIn. Yeah, use all the channels. We use them all. And now I follow you on Facebook. So,

hey. Now I've got 13 followers. Thank you.

That's hilarious. So I've been wanting to get you on the show for a while. I've been pestering you.

I'm glad we could finally make it happen. And, you know, you are all about humor and laughter. So first,

let's give the foundation. Where did that come from? I don't know. I've always been a happy,

go, lucky kind of kid. I had a really good family, still have a really good family, middle child, so maybe that was

part of it to stand out. But I've just always been joyful and been happy. But I have to

know, during the pandemic, I mean, even people with my demeanor, there's days when I wake up

and you just feel overwhelmed. You're like, really? Another day. And that's when I have to remind myself, I need to either make someone else laugh or go to

YouTube and make myself laugh.

Yeah, you have done an incredible thing.

You've got something called the humor lab that you started that we're going to have you

explain in just a second.

And I wanted to find out, did that start pre-pandemic or during the pandemic?

It was about three weeks in when I thought, you know what?

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