The Power and Benefits of Humor & How to Fight Better with Your Partner

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Education, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Science, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Mother's Day is just around the corner. Who started it? Listen as I begin this episode with a brief explanation of the origins of Mother's Day and how it got pretty ugly for a while. https://www.rd.com/list/history-of-mothers-day/ Human beings like to laugh - we enjoy humor. It also turns out to be really good for you. People who laugh a lot live longer and enjoy of host of other benefits. Incorporating more humor, laughter and lightness into your life has more benefits than you can imagine according to Naomi Bagdonas who is a lecturer at Stanford University School of Business, a media consultant and coach as well as author of the book Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life (https://amzn.to/3f32WKD). Listen as she explains how humor is a learned skill and how anyone can bring more humor and joy into their life and enjoy the results that come from it. Have you ever met anyone who says when they fight with their spouse or partner, they are really good at it? Probably not. But you are about to. Listen as my guest Penn Holderness explains some great strategies that will empower you to fight better and get better outcomes when those inevitable disagreements come up in your relationship Penn, along with his wife are authors of the book Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better At It? (https://amzn.to/3cYf1Oz) Why does your stomach growl and gurgle at exactly the wrong time? Listen as I discuss what causes your stomach to growl and how to make it not growl in church or those other quiet moments when everyone can hear it. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/why-does-my-stomach-growl PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! If you care about the security of your online activity, IPVanish VPN is a quick and easy way to start protecting yourself. Get started with this limited time offer and save 50% off monthly & annual subscriptions, visit https://IPVanish.com/SYSK. Get key nutrients–without the B.S. Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit https://ritual.com/SOMETHING to start your Ritual today! Right now, when you purchase a 3-month Babbel subscription, you’ll get an additional 3 months for FREE. That’s 6 months, for the price of 3! Just go to https://babbel.com and use promo code: SOMETHING With Grove, making the switch to natural products has never been easier! Go to https://grove.co/SOMETHING and choose a free gift with your 1st order of $30 or more! M1 Is the finance Super App, where you can invest, borrow, save and spend all in one place! Visit https://m1finance.com/something to sign up and get $30 to invest! Let NetSuite show you how they'll benefit your business with a FREE Product Tour at https://netsuite.com/SYSK https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! If the signals are on, the train is on its way. And you...just need to remember one thing...Stop. Trains can’t! Paid for by NHTSA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, where did Mother's Day come from and why were there
0:06.2	so many lawsuits about it?
0:08.3	Then, they say laughter is the best medicine.
0:11.4	Why?
0:12.4	What happens when you laugh?
0:13.4	Our brains are changing when we laugh.
0:16.5	We release a cocktail of hormones.
0:18.8	And so in essence, as far as our brains are concerned, laughing is like exercising, meditating,
0:25.2	and having sex at the same time.
0:28.7	Then why is it your stomach growls at exactly the wrong time so everyone hears it?
0:34.8	And you and your partner are going to fight.
0:36.9	So if you're going to fight, how do you have a good fight?
0:40.6	So a good fight.
0:41.8	You can still go to bed angry.
0:43.7	The never go to bed angry saying we don't believe in that.
0:47.0	You need to be in a good mental place when you're having this discussion with someone.
0:51.6	It's okay to say, I'm really having a rough time.
0:54.4	Can we pick this up later?
0:56.1	Call this today on something you should know.
1:26.1	Hi, welcome to something you should know.
1:48.5	It won't be long before we're celebrating Mother's Day.
1:52.1	This episode is being published in March and in May, it will be Mother's Day.
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