Finding Joy Even When Life Hurts [138]

If your life is already a tough pill to swallow, taking more medicine is the last thing you want to do. Gross. But what if it's the "best medicine"? The type that makes you laugh-cry, hold your sides, and snort with glee. Laughter and joy and humor can transform the darkest days, the bleakest seasons, and the hardest nights. And no matter what you've been through, you really can experience their life-giving power. I talk with prolific laugher, Sara Richmond, about how. The surprising highlights of this prescription: -Think you can't laugh and be honest about your pain? Codswallop! -Learn how to steal (okay, borrow) laughter on the worst days -Why surviving a buttload of baloney in your marriage makes you an ideal patient for supreme joy -Completely overwhelmed? Our suggestions: Sing badly, run away, or shriek "Balderdash!" (and what we really mean by self-care during the worst times) -How being quirky and weird (or just exactly who you are) is the way to score free joy for life -A bunch more (because I always overdeliver, from pizza to malarkey to a gaggle of children to my support group) Listen or download the transcript at flyingfreenow.com/138 FREE: I'll send you the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage. Just hop on my mailing list at flyingfreesisterhood.com/free-download. (I will NEVER spam you or sell your information.) Desperate for real help and safe people who understand what you're going through? Find out about my online education and support program for women of faith at joinflyingfree.com And, if you are an already divorced Christian woman who wants to take back her life and get healthy, have amazing relationships, build a business or career, or even find a good man - check out joinflyinghigher.com