happiness https://thehappydemic.com.au Spreading wellbeing through laughter, seriously! Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:53:15 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://thehappydemic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-logo-32x32.png happiness https://thehappydemic.com.au 32 32 World Laughter Day: The Science Behind Contagious Laughter and Wellbeing https://thehappydemic.com.au/world-laughter-day-the-science-behind-contagious-laughter-and-wellbeing/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:20:50 +0000 https://thehappydemic.com.au/?p=6413 Have you ever wondered why you smile back unconsciously when someone smiles at you? Or how you start laughing with friends, even when you’ve missed the punchline? Mirror neurons are at play. In a world still sensitive to the thought of contagions after COVID lockdowns, here we have two human behaviours—laughter and smiling— that are […]

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The post Help yourself to a slice of Happiness Pie first appeared on The Happydemic.]]> I’m not in the mood to laugh https://thehappydemic.com.au/im-not-in-the-mood-to-laugh/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:50:36 +0000 https://thehappydemic.com.au/?p=5717 Find out how Laughter Yoga can help lift your mood even when you're NOT in the mood to laugh.

The post I’m not in the mood to laugh first appeared on The Happydemic.]]> Happier Hour – a book the most time poor need to read https://thehappydemic.com.au/happier-hour-a-book-the-most-time-poor-need-to-read/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 03:02:33 +0000 https://thehappydemic.com.au/?p=4024 Happier Hour by Cassie Holmes is a must-read for time poor and dissatisfied, whether laughter yoga is time crafted into your schedule or not.

The post Happier Hour – a book the most time poor need to read first appeared on The Happydemic.]]> Why the helper’s high is good for Australia https://thehappydemic.com.au/why-the-helpers-high-is-good-for-australia/ https://thehappydemic.com.au/why-the-helpers-high-is-good-for-australia/#comments Mon, 09 May 2016 23:56:20 +0000 https://thehappydemic.com.au/?p=613 For National Volunteers Week, The Happydemic's Heather Joy reflects on her reasons for volunteering and ponders an addiction to the 'helper's high'.

The post Why the helper’s high is good for Australia first appeared on The Happydemic.]]> https://thehappydemic.com.au/why-the-helpers-high-is-good-for-australia/feed/ 1 Happy? Yeah right… That’s for others. https://thehappydemic.com.au/happy-yeah-right-that-s-for-others/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:12:04 +0000 https://thehappydemic.com.au/?p=303 Laughter yoga is not the silver bullet for depression and anxiety but it does cultivate a positive outlook, it does get your mind and body thinking ‘happy’ and it does help restore balance and peace.

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