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Banking on your mental health

HeatherJoy Campbell — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 08:45:55 +0000

Bank on your mental health and build your mental wealth. HeatherJoy tells her story.

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Clawing my way back over the humour cliff

HeatherJoy Campbell — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:30:37 +0000

Laughter Yoga helped me rediscover levity and joy: now I help others who've lost that connection. Here's how and why.

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5 reasons to put the hohoho into your life

HeatherJoy Campbell — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 20:32:16 +0000

Certified laughter yoga teacher Heather Joy presents 5 ways laughter yoga can help you get through the Christmas season stresses even when you're as busy as Santa writing lists and checking them twice!

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Laughter yoga as a social prescription for better mental health

HeatherJoy Campbell — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 21:30:47 +0000

Queensland Mental Health Week kicks off today yet there's a year-round social prescription supporting positive mental health: laughter yoga’s laughter clubs.

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Depression and exercise: could laughter yoga help?

HeatherJoy Campbell — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 05:34:22 +0000

Newly-published research that exercise ought to be part of core treatment for depression has laughter yoga practitioners celebrating. Find out why.

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How laughter clubs and comedy clubs differ

HeatherJoy Campbell — Sun, 28 May 2023 01:34:05 +0000

Laughter clubs practising laughter yoga are happy hours with significant differences to comedy clubs: no joke!

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Why workplaces need playfulness

HeatherJoy Campbell — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:48:37 +0000

Laughter yoga helps create more productive workplaces with happier, connected staff.

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Laughter yoga reduces stress response, research shows

HeatherJoy Campbell — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:09:00 +0000

New research confirms laughter yoga reduces the cortisol response, making it an ideal stress management tool for all.

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Laughter Yoga included in Workplace Mental Health Symposium

HeatherJoy Campbell — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 04:03:25 +0000

Laughter yoga plays a part at the upcoming Workplace Mental Health Symposium, a gathering of HR professionals, business leaders and mental health workers from across Australia, in Brisbane in September.

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Laughter yoga addresses workplace loneliness

HeatherJoy Campbell — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:03:06 +0000

With laughter yoga proven to improve morale and create connections in the workplace, it could be a cost-effective and simple solution to workplace loneliness, reported as rife in Australia.

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Teachers reminded play and laughter defuse stress, boost learning

HeatherJoy Campbell — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:44:54 +0000

No play, no learning. Know play, know learning. There's a place for playfulness and laughter in classrooms and school staffrooms notes The Happydemic's HeatherJoy.

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Laughter yoga in schools: reteaching children to laugh and play

HeatherJoy Campbell — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 06:50:29 +0000

Is it time for Australia's jam-packed school curriculum to include laughter yoga, teaching children and adolescents to face tough challenges, handle emotions and survive this competitive world, in a happier more content state of mind. Heather Joy thinks so.

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