How to Use Comedy as a Life Skill with Melanie Curtis
05/24/22 • 47 min
As someone who has experienced a significant amount of pain in her life, I know how hard it can be to find something to make you smile, let alone laugh.
Laughter is a free tool that we all have available at any time, but when you hurt all the time, it can be tough to find joy and laughter in life.
That’s why I wanted to have my friend, mentor, and coach, Melanie Curtis, come join us today to talk about cultivating comedy as a life skill.
In today's episode you will learn:
- Why something is funny...and why something similar is offensive/minimalizing instead of funny
- Why and how comedy and laughter help pain
- An eye-rolling joke
- How you can make the darker moments a lot less dark by seeing the comedy in life
Resources:
Where to find Melanie:
Leaf blower videoTED talk referencedKatie's Comedy Routine
If you loved this episode and you got a lot out of it, leave a review and share your biggest takeaway with me. And while you've got your phone out, make sure to follow me on Instagram for more quick tips and tricks on how to change your experience with pain.
Resources
Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder
Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com
Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.
As someone who has experienced a significant amount of pain in her life, I know how hard it can be to find something to make you smile, let alone laugh.
Laughter is a free tool that we all have available at any time, but when you hurt all the time, it can be tough to find joy and laughter in life.
That’s why I wanted to have my friend, mentor, and coach, Melanie Curtis, come join us today to talk about cultivating comedy as a life skill.
In today's episode you will learn:
- Why something is funny...and why something similar is offensive/minimalizing instead of funny
- Why and how comedy and laughter help pain
- An eye-rolling joke
- How you can make the darker moments a lot less dark by seeing the comedy in life
Resources:
Where to find Melanie:
Leaf blower videoTED talk referencedKatie's Comedy Routine
If you loved this episode and you got a lot out of it, leave a review and share your biggest takeaway with me. And while you've got your phone out, make sure to follow me on Instagram for more quick tips and tricks on how to change your experience with pain.
Resources
Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder
Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com
Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.
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Resources
Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder
Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com
Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.
Next Episode
Feel it to Heal it
Life can be quite traumatic, and a lot of that will be unavoidable.
There were so many ways I could take this episode, but I wanted to keep it simple and just introduce the concept for now. In a later episode, we will take a closer look.
Thankfully, not every traumatic incident results in PTSD though and there are a lot of steps you can take if you have experienced trauma.
Whether your trauma was in the recent past, early on in life, or even ongoing right now, in this episode you will learn:
- What defines trauma and how it affects the brain
- The difference between emotional trauma and PTSD
- Actions you can take to help heal the trauma and release it from your physical body
If you loved this episode and you got a lot out of it, leave a review and share your biggest takeaway with me. And while you've got your phone out, make sure to follow me on Instagram for more quick tips and tricks on how to change your experience with pain.
Resources
Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder
Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com
Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.
The Catapult Effect - How to Use Comedy as a Life Skill with Melanie Curtis
Transcript
INTRO
Katie Wrigley
Mel, welcome to the Pain Changer Podcast Episode 10
Melanie Curtis
Thank you so much. I'm fired up to be here.
Katie Wrigley
You too. Thank you again for joining me today, you know, and even though I know you every time I read your bio, I get impressed all over again. Like, I get cool enough to know people like you. Like, the first time I ever heard my mom use the word badass in a sentence was in reference to you.
Melanie Curtis
Oh my gosh, I love t
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