- Laugh together for 5-10 min. each morning.
- Do one loving and light-hearted thing for each other each day.
- Point out the day's absurdities to each other.
- Seek out the humor in serious situations and share it with each other.
- Consciously smile at each other more.
- Stay playful in your interaction by keeping your voices and body language playful.
- Renew your "real vows" once a week.
- Take turns being responsible for the humorous thought for the day.
- Giggle together right before going to sleep.
- Have a laughter match to see who can laugh loudest and longest.
- Surround yourself with flowers. "The earth laughs in flowers." Emerson.
- Echo each other's laugh. Laugh each time your partner laughs.
- Count the number of times you laugh each day. Compete and share them.
- Tell each other how much you enjoy the other's laughter and sense of humor.
- List the positive things in your day each day and read them to each other.
- Play together one hour a week. Examples: Sing, dance, race each other, give exaggerated hugs, count smiling faces when driving together.
- Have mindless toys on your desk and take short breaks to play with them.
- Wear a funny hat to express or change your attitude.
- Use cartoons to help with communication.
- Play with the idea of stress--learn to celebrate it.
- Laugh with your co-workers for a few minutes for no real reason at all.
- Under your clothes, wear a T-Shirt with a saying that lightens you up.
- Find playful ways to lighten up conflict with co-workers.
- Exaggerate and play with the issues that annoy you most.
- Incorporate elements of a game into your work. For example, give yourself a prize for completing a project; divide the project into a football field and see each stage of completion as a first down; give yourself a cheer; develop a ritualized, playful way of turning on your computer.
- Laugh for 5 min. in your car on the way to work.
ÓEnda Junkins, PO Box 684, Ouray, CO 81427, http://www.blogger.com/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/laughtertherapy/. 970-325-0050
