{"id":33523,"date":"2020-05-18T15:51:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T19:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/tbh-quiet-the-mind-series-take-time-to-laugh\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T15:30:35","slug":"tbh-quiet-the-mind-series-take-time-to-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/tbh-quiet-the-mind-series-take-time-to-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"TBH Quiet the Mind Series | Take Time to Laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s April 1st, traditionally known as &#8220;April Fools Day.&#8221; While the unofficial prankster holiday dates back to the Middle Ages, this may be a year where many of us are just not in the mood to pull pranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about using today to find some ways to laugh? Laughter is great medicine! It has been found to boost endorphins, our &#8220;feel good&#8221; hormones, and also can help us feel more connected to others by activating our &#8220;mirror&#8221; neurons. Finally, often comedy provides a cognitive challenge, as we need to use our thinking skills to &#8220;get&#8221; the joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So take time to laugh (even if its not April 1st!) &#8211; Watch or listen to a favorite comedian, or tune into a lighthearted comedy show or movie. And let your laughter lift your spirits and soul!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s April 1st, traditionally known as &#8220;April Fools Day.&#8221; While the unofficial prankster holiday dates back to the Middle Ages, this may be a year where many of us are just not in the mood to pull pranks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":33524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quiet-the-mind"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalbrainhealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}