References from “Burnout, Resilience, and the Health Benefits of Laughter.”

These are the articles and books that helped me build my presentation.

Burnout, Resilience, and the Health Benefits of Laughter, a Presentation by Gonzo Schexnayder

The takeaways and resources from the presentation are in another post.

Laughter

• “The science of laughter and why it’s good for us,” CNN
• “Humor, Seriously,” Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagonas
• “Neuroendocrine and stress hormone changes during mirthful laughter,” National Institutes of Health
• “Fight memory loss with a smile (or chuckle),” Science Daily
• “Laughter,” Psychology Today
• “The effect of mirthful laughter on stress and natural killer cell activity,” National Institutes of Health
• “The Effect of Mirthful Laughter on Stress and Natural Killer Cell Activity,” Bennet, WKU
• “The Healing Power of Laughter,” Heart MD Institute
• “Psychoneuroimmunology: laugh and be well,” Medical News Today
• “How Laughter Yoga Heals,” Yoga Journal
• “A PNI Perspective on AIDS Research,” Journal of Applied School Psychology
• “The power of the placebo effect,” Harvard Health
• “Why is laughter contagious,” NPR/Ted Talk
• “Study: Laughter Really Is Contagious,” Live Science
• “Optimism and your health,” Harvard Health
• “Why Laughter Is Good For The Immune System, Opens Inner Cellular Pharmacy,” Laughter Online University
• “Endorphins: The brain’s natural pain reliever,” Harvard Health
• “Stress relief from laughter? It’s no joke,” Mayo Clinic
• “Humor and pain tolerance,” Nevo O, Keinan G, Teshimovsky-Arditi M.
• “Effects of laughter and relaxation on discomfort thresholds,” R Cogan, D Cogan, W Waltz, M McCue
• “Music and Laughter May Help Lower Blood Pressure,” WebMD
• “Healing Through Humor,” Northwestern Medicine
• “How Laughter Benefits Your Heart Health,” Henry Ford Health
• “Laughter: Muscle relaxer … and much more,” Arizona Daily News
• “Laughter therapy: A humor-induced hormonal intervention to reduce stress and anxiety,” Nuraly S Akimbekov, Mohammed S Razzaque
• “Therapeutic Benefits of Laughter in Mental Health: A Theoretical Review,” JongEun Yim
• “How Laughter Can Help Your Heart,” Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• “Laughter therapy in diabetes,” Venkata Rama Kumar, M V Rama Mohan, G Vijaya Kumar, Sanjay Kalra
• “Laughter regulates gene expression in patients with type 2 diabetes,” Takashi Hayashi, Osamu Urayama, Koichi Kawai, Keiko Hayashi, Shizuko Iwanaga, Masayuki Ohta, Toshiro Saito, Kazuo Murakami
• “Laughter Lowered the Increase in Postprandial Blood Glucose,” DiabetesJournal.com
• “Effects of laughter therapy on quality of life in patients with cancer,” Toshitaka Morishima, Isao Miyashiro, Norimitsu Inoue, and more
• “Cancer is no laughing matter — or is it?,” Fred Hutch Cancer Center
• “Laughter and Stress Relief in Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study,” S. H. Kim,vY. H. Kim,vand H. J. Kim
• “Humor,” Paul McGhee, PhD
• “Laughter therapy may improve quality of life in patients with cancer,” PsyPost.org
• “The 23 Best ‘Walks Into a Bar’ Jokes,” Thrillist

Resilience

• “Man’s Search for Meaning,” Victor Frankl
• “What is Gratitude and Why Is It So Important?,” PositivePsychology.com
• “How Resilience Helps you Cope with Life’s Challenges,” VeryWellMind.com
• “What Is Resilience, and Why Is It Important to Bounce Back?” PositivePsychology.com
• “How Negative Emotions Affect Health,” FHERehab.com

Burnout

• “Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People,” Harvard Business Review (HBR)
• “Rethinking Burnout,” Jennifer Moss, HBR
• “Don’t Get Surprised by Burnout, Steven D’Souza, HBR
• “Six Causes of Burnout, and How to Avoid Them,” Elizabeth Grace Saunders
• “How to Get Through an Extremely Busy Time at Work,” Alice Boyes, HBR
• “How to Avoid Burnout While Working from Home,” Laura M. Giurge and Vanessa K. Bohns, HBR
• “Making Compassion a Habit,” Annie McKee and Kandi Wiens, HBR
• “Collaboration Without Burnout,” Rob Cross, Scott Taylor, and Deb Zehner, HBR
• “Beating Burnout,” Monique Valcour, HBR
• “Five Steps for Women to Combat Burnout, “Ellen Keithline Byrne, HBR
• “Even If You Love Your Job, You May Need to Recharge,” Rebecca Knight, HBR
• “To Recover from Burnout, Regain Your Sense of Control,” Elizabeth Grace Saunders, HBR
• “Instead of Pushing Yourself Too Hard, Help Others Around You Perform,” Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg, HBR
• “Carve a New Path at Work,” Jennifer Moss, HBR
• “When Burnout is a Sign You Should Leave Your Job,” Monique Valcor, HBR
• “Reawakening Your Passion for Work,” Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee, and Daniel Goleman, HBR
• “Making Work Less Stressful and More Engaging for Your Employees,” Natalia Peart, HBR
• “How Are You Protecting Your High Performers?” Matt Plummer, HBR
• “How to Help Your Team with Burnout When You’re Burned Out Yourself,” Rebecca Knight, HBR
• “Three Ways to Break Your Employees Out of the Busyness Paradox,” Brigid Shulte, HBR
• “Helping Remote Workers Avoid Loneliness and Burnout,” Jennifer Moss, HBR
• “Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People,” Jennifer Moss, HBR
• “Just Hire Better Bosses,” Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, HBR
• “The Best Ways Your Organization Can Support Working Parents,” Daisy Dowling, HBR
• “Employee Burnout Is a Leadership Problem,” Eric Garton, HBR
• “Burnout: What It Is and How to Measure It,” Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter, HBR
• “Work-related resilience, engagement and wellbeing among music industry workers during the Covid-19 pandemic: A multiwave model of mindfulness and hope,” Kristin Scott, et al
• “Employee Wellbeing Hinges on Management, Not Work Mode,” Gallup
• “RAS in the Brain: Function, Location, and Importance of the Reticular Activating System,” Neurolaunch.com
• “Job burnout: How to spot it and take action,” Mayo Clinic
• “How to Practice Self-Compassion: 8 Techniques and Tips,” Positive Psychology
• “36% Of Managers Report Alarming Levels Of Stress And Burnout In 2024,” Forbes
• “U.S. workers adjust to the changing nature of employment,” American Psychological Association
• “Here’s How Bad Burnout Has Become at Work,” SHRM
• “Indeed Study Shows That Worker Burnout Is At Frighteningly High Levels: Here Is What You Need To Do Now,” Forbes
• “Racism Is Literally Bad For Your Health,” NPR
• “Blacks’ Death Rate Due to Circulatory Diseases Is Positively Related to Whites’ Explicit Racial Bias,” Psychological Science

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