Insight, instruction and presentations on the benefits of Laughter

Welcome to Laughter Therapy Enterprises

Please explore our site for its impressive amount of information about laughter. Enda Junkins is a national expert on laughter who shares her knowledge in speeches, publications, DVDs and humor gleaned from everyday life. We think you will enjoy your journey into our laughter world and will finish with a lighter heart and the tools to help it last.

We need to laugh more and seek stress reducing humor in our everyday lives. Laughter is the human gift for coping and for survival. Laughter ringing, laughter pealing, laughter roaring, laughter bubbling. Chuckling. Giggling. Snickering. Snorting. These are the sounds of soul saving laughter which springs from our emotional core and helps us feel better, see things more clearly, and creatively weigh and use our options. Laughter helps us roll with the punches that inevitably come our way. The power of laughter is unleashed every time we laugh. In today's stressful world, we need to laugh much more.

"Enda Junkins teaches us to use laughter as a very powerful tool. Her style is fun, witty, and direct."
Laura Murphy, Director-Executive Meetings/Events, Verizon Corporation

What is Laughter Therapy?

(hint: it's more than just "LOL")

While there are many definitions for laughter therapy since the term generalizes to include laughter related programs in the lay community, it refers to a more substantive form of laughter in therapy in the mental health community. Laughter releases three major feelings—anxiety, anger, and boredom. When triggered appropriately with a trained laughter therapist, it enables a person to resolve issues fairly rapidly and effectively.

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Professional Speeches

Enda Junkins, MSW, LCSW is a rare commodity. Known as the Laughing Psychotherapist, she stimulates audiences to laugh more both nationally and internationally. She shares her unique, practical, memorable tools for creating laughter to enthusiastic audience response. A national expert on laughter, she speaks with wit and wisdom regarding the use of laughter in countless different settings.

Her presentations are effective for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Enda’s laughter expertise developed over more than 30 years as a practicing psychotherapist using laughter to heal serious issues. Her presentations on laughter are entertaining, uplifting and informative. She is the author of two books and three videos on laughter. Enda is a member of the National Speakers Association.

One Sheet of Enda Junkins

The professional speakers “one sheet” for Enda Junkins is available for download here. For her presentation kit, call 970-325-0050.

Enda Junkins speaking about the benefits of Laughter Therapy

Professional Speeches

Importance of Laughter

Let's face it, we need to laugh more. As Oscar Wilde said, "Life's too important to be taken seriously." Laughter is appropriate for and important to:

People who want to regain their laughter and balance.
Executives who want a different perspective.
Managers wanting to encourage performance without increasing stress.

Employees who want to enjoy their work.
Companies interested in the human touch in making the bottom line.
Anyone who wants to make the bottom line without hitting bottom.

3 Things you can do right now for more laughter

Occasionally we bog down in the seriousness of everyday life and while we want to laugh, we have trouble lightening things up. The tips offered below can be just the thing to jump start one’s laughter once again.

Share your embarrassing moments with other people.
Wear a smile. It puts you closer to laughing.
Do at least one silly, non-conforming thing a day.

Shop for laughter!

The Laughter Therapy products available in this web site store are full of information and full of fun. These videos and books provide more specific information about Laughter Therapy than one can find anywhere else and they keep you laughing while you learn.

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Popular Laughter Products

Belly Laughter for Couples (DVD)

Price: $14.95

Here's a funny and serious presentation with a valuable positive message on practical ways to integrate laughter into relationships everyday. Using graphics and real-life examples as illustrations, Enda encourages couples to laugh together by using laughter-inviting techniques in such issues as: getting the love you need, handling criticism, avoiding power struggles, communicating more effectively, and dealing with the four major conflict areas for couples (sex, money, children, housework). It is impossible to watch this playful, positive, educational 77 minute video without laughing and feeling good about your relationship. You'll rediscover the key to happy relationships: couples who laugh together, last together.

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Power of Laughter (Download)

Price: $39.95

Here is a fantastic resource for all mental health professionals...and for anyone interested in their own mental health. This two hour video provides important information on laughter and its healing power (both emotionally and physically). Clinical social worker Enda Junkins demonstrates very specific and practical laughter techniques in an entertaining way while sharing the secrets to help you reconnect with your own laughter more spontaneously! She also focuses on : 4 myths about laughter, the difference between laughter and humor, the therapeutic power of laughter as cathartic release, and laughter as a tool to move from resisting pain to resolving and playing with pain. You'll have a twinkle in your eye as you learn exciting, powerful techniques which can stimulate healing like nothing else on earth.

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Belly Laughter in Relationships (Book)

Price: $14.95

The secret ingredient in love is laughter. In this informative and sensible book, Enda Junkins helps us look at the love-laughter link while learning ways to transform "serious relationships" into relationships that last with laughter. Filled with insights and playful/powerful laughter exercises for couples, this book will help you learn how to: keep laughing and having fun with your partner; utilize laughter and humor to achieve effective communication; call on laughter to ease, enrich, and revitalize the four big relationship issues of sex, money, children, and housework. You'll also learn how to use laughter in a relationship with a "serious" partner. Discover the power of laughter in creating a lifetime of love that lasts.

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Enda is recognized for her work in stress management and with individuals and couples in therapy.

Enda is a national expert on laughter in therapy which is a highly effective treatment modality in helping clients move through many painful issues. Since laughter is not normally associated with therapy, see Enda’s explanation below on the uses of laughter for healing issues in therapy.

Enda Junkins, LCSW, LMFT, BCD

PO Box 684, Ouray, CO 81427
Telephone: 970.325-0050

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