When was the last time you laughed your head off?
How about a chuckle?
A giggle?
Ha, ha?

When I worked on creating the brand, Xena: Warrior Princess, my editor-creative partner and I had a schedule: 30 minutes of laughing a day. Minimum. (Actually, we kept that schedule whether we were working on Xena or not—singing songs from Beauty and the Beast helped a lot). Not only was Xena a great, great source of happiness for us, but working together, letting our minds play—many days, we laughed for far more minutes than thirty.

Talk about self-medicating. In a good way. They say laughter remains good medicine, and I agree. Those years of laughter schedules were ones of great satisfaction—and healing for me.

Isn’t it fabulous how something as simple as laughter can help with your health?

Now, I use the telephone and instant messaging for laughter breaks. My editor-creative partner is also a computer pioneer, so he finds me online and we connect virtually. When I need to laugh, I also call my friend Natasha. There’s bound to be giggles then, sometimes for no reason at all.

It’s the release that heals.

Janet Muniz

Photo Credit: craigallyn