Lana Dvorkin Camiel On the Importance of Laughter & Community

23 Dec 2018 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker highlights two powerful practices for enhancing well‑being: (1) actively incorporating laughter—through jokes, funny videos, and a light‑hearted mindset—to boost happiness, increase resilience, and lower stress, aligning actions with personal purpose; and (2) cultivating a supportive community of loved ones, emphasizing that strong social bonds are the most significant factor in extending human longevity. The speaker frames both practices as high‑impact, low‑cost strategies that together foster a fulfilling, healthy life.

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The last two are probably my favorite and probably give you the most bang for your buck. So one of them is laugh, laughing, laughing, laughing, and incorporating jokes and laughter and funny videos and whatever it is that you can, because this is what makes us happy. This is what makes us more resilient. This is what makes us less stressed and brings it back to that idea of I am doing what I am, where I am, where I want to be and I'm doing the right thing. And then the very, very last one is having a community around you. And so there is nothing, absolutely nothing that is out there that shows, that increases the longevity of human life more than having people that you love and adore that support you, that you are able to support and to give.