Morning Moments With Maia

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca             Cindy Miles, Family Caregiver Resource Coordinator for the Southwestern Commission Area Agency on Aging, is a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher (CLYT) with Laughter Yoga International.  Cindy was personally trained by the founder of Laughter Yoga, Dr. Madan Kataria, a medical doctor from Mumbai, India, who started the movement in 1995.   She has presented at national and regional conferences and has provided therapeutic laughter workshops and retreats to organizations, large and small across the nation.  Cindy recently conducted a multi-state research project, which was just published in the peer-reviewed scie

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Jacki Hartford is a Regional Director of The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization. Since 1947, CIEE has helped thousands of people gain the knowledge and skills necessary to live and work in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world by offering the most comprehensive, relevant, and valuable exchange programs available. Jacki is a mother, grandmother and has "mothered" over a dozen youth from overseas through the CIEE program. Today Jacki joins Maia for a Mother's Day conversation on motherhood

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Dr. Laura Sunn is a board certified psychiatrist, who is also board certified in Integrative Holistic Medicine by the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. She acts as a consulting psychiatrist for Cancer Treatment Centers of America-Zion, consultant for Kenosha Human Development Services and continues to maintain a private practice she founded in 1990. Dr. Sunn is a member of numerous organizations, including the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed and the Association for Applied

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., C.H.P., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Judith Henry is a writer, speaker and author of The Dutiful Daughter’s Guide to Caregiving, a part how-to, part humours account born of her own personal experience of caring for her elderly parents. In addition to article writing, Judith offers consultations, talks, and workshops on caring for older adults; dealing with grief and loss; the benefits of expressive writing. www.judithdhenry.com        

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca        Lori Shandle-Fox, author of Laughing Is Conceivable...one woman's extremely funny peek into the extremely unfunny world of infertility, is an essayist, humorist and columnist. Her work has been seen in The Washington Post, Newsday (New York), The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and her humor commentaries featured on National Public Radio. Lori's stand up has been performed in hundreds of comedy clubs accross the U.S. Today Lori joins Maia for a conversation about how humor can be a lifeline in the journey of coping with infertility. ?      

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca This week's guest is Barbara Miller D.Ed, founder and curriculum director of Educational Explorations™. Having provided professional development for school districts nationwide and drawing on her experiential and research knowledge, Barbara joins Maia for a conversation about strength-based education and neurodiversity.   www.educationalexplorations.org  

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca             Michael Fischette has been performing in various capacities for many years. He began his career in broadcasting where he worked as a news reporter and disk jockey. Following his career in broadcasing...he joined a company called Aniforms in New York and became a writer and voice for live animation video cartoon characters and puppets appearing at corporate events. He has performed at meetings, trade shows and employee events hosted by such companies as: Compaq Computer Corporation, BMW of North America, Nestle Food Company, Johnson & Johnson and many other Fortune 500 companies. Michael’s voice has also been he

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca             Deb Gauldin spent over 20 years as an obstetric nurse and educator before starting a professional speaking business specializing in healthcare morale, women’s well-being, and the art and science of humor.  She has delivered hundreds of programs across the United States and around the globe and has delighted hundreds of audiences from Fargo to New Zealand.  Deb’s signature story is part of an anthology called The Princess Principle: Women Helping Women Discover Their Royal Spirit. She is also a contributing author to the book, Humor Us: America’s Funniest Humorists on the Power of Laughter. Her recordings of “Hormone

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca                     Barbara Grapstein is the founder and CEO of Healing Headbands Project Inc. As a Global Laughter Ambassador, Certified Laughter Leader and Laughter Yoga Instructor, Barbara's passion is her never ending devotion to helping others through philanthropy complemented by her entrepreneurial spirit. Barbara is actively involved with several organizations including the Association of Applied Therapeutic Humor(AATH), Steve Wilson's World Laughter Tour and Comedy Cures. Barbara is a featured guest on WCWP 88.1 N-Joy show and is well traveled. Barbara has had the privilege of engaging with many influencers and leaders

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca             Sheva Carr, doctor of Oriental Medicine and licensed HeartMath speaks internationally on how to receive the benefits of the heart's impact on consciousness, health, performance and creativity. She is the executive director of the Fyera Foundation and director and founder of HeartMath's HeartMastery Program and a director for Pathways to Peace which has led her to be a representative to the UN Commission on The Status of Women. Today Sheva joins Maia for a conversation about human trafficking and the role humor can play in inspiring and empowering the collective to make social change. www.heartmastery.com www.crowdr

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca             Liliana De Leo is founder and president of Fitness Firm and Living Laughter™. Liliana has a strong background in the fitness and health field having worked as Fitness Program Director for the YMCA. She became a Laughter Yoga Leader in 2006, and due to a growing demand for her services, she established Living Laughter™ in 2008.  Living Laughter™ is a new form of healthy living that offers valid, sustainable and reliable tools to unlock the many healing benefits of laughter.  It can exponentially improve cooperation, creativity and overall wellbeing in body, mind and spirit.  She strongly encourages prevention before m

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Former principal, Sue Stephenson, writes and speaks on the topics of trust and teamwork, mental health and happiness for educational, community and corporate clients. Author of four books, including Kidding Around; Connecting Kids to Happiness, Laughter and Humour, Sue is the founder of The Happiness-School-Project, a program that uses stand-up comedy skills to promote well-being through mental health literacy, positive psychology and laughter.  Today Sue joins Maia for a conversation about how comedy can be a curriculum tool to teach kids how to move from problems to punchlines. www.SueStephenson.ca

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Kelly Epperson and Jim Simmons found their soul mate in each other, and they believe such love is available for everyone. Kelly, an author, speaker, and coach, and Jim, an artist, poet and writer, inspire others to believe, receive and achieve their dream life. They know love and laughter, joy and romance, dancing in the kitchen, and the power of deep communication. Finding true love is a “skill” that anyone can learn! www.kellyepperson.com   Featuring the spoken word of award-winning poets, Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. www.kaysarahsera.com www.philkaye.com

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Coach Gunn, a former collegiate track coach who trained 136 All Americans and eight NJCAA national championship teams,and has coached hundreds of chronologically enhanced adults to succeed with completing a  marathon. In addition to running the Extreme Sports program at Southwestern Michigan College, through Cairn Stone Adventure Tours, Coach Gunn organizes adventure tours in which he trains people from all walks of life to reach their best physical potential and then accompanies them through some of the most interesting and wonderful experiences of a lifetime.    www.cairnstoneadventuretours.com

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca                             Jeffrey Briar, or Swami Hasya Ananda, is a Master Trainer for The Dr. Kataria School of Laughter Yoga and Director of The Laughter Yoga Institute. He is probably the most experienced Laughter Exercise Leader in the world outside Asia. Jeffrey's work has been widely featured in international media from CNN, to The Megan Mullaly Show to Geraldo at Large and Oprah. His laughter yoga mastery was even credited as bringing a stiff Harry Hamlin out of his shell to quick step his way through Dancing With the Stars. Today Jeffrey joins Maia for a conversation about the spiritual underpinnings of the laughter

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Sue Z. Hart was born on a small farm in Vail, Washington. At the age of three her family home burnt to the ground. Her family moved into the logging camp, where her father worked. For six years they lived in a two bedroom camp house while her family built a new home, with the help of many family friends. Sue believes the experiences of her childhood played a big part in her belief that we all need to help our neighbors and be actively engage in our community. Passionately involved in her community, Sue served two consecutive terms as President, NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction) Puget Sound Chapter 60 and

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     David Granirer is a counselor, stand-up comic, mental health keynote speaker and author of the Happy Neurotic, How Fear and Angst Can Lead To Happiness and Success. He performs, maintains a counseling practice and teaches Stand-Up Comedy Clinic at Langara College in Vancouver, where he takes people from all walks of life who have had a secret desire to do stand-up comedy and after eight weeks has them on stage performing at a comedy club. Many of his students have gone on to become professional comics, performing at festivals such as Just For Laughs, and on TV shows like Jay Leno and Craig Ferguson. David founded Stand

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Debra Joy Hart, RN is a Nationally Certified Bereavement Facilitator who has experience in home care, alcohol/drug rehabilitation, hospice, and public health. Deb, AKA “Daisy the Clown”, is part of a team working with FCAN to bring therapeutic, fun-filled programming to the families affected and infected with HIV/ AIDS. Deb also gives workshops for the adults on how to welcome and include more humor and joy in their lives. Her programs include: Parenting, Grief and Loss, Disease Stress Management, Spirituality and Faith. This morning Deb joins Maia for a conversation about the role humor can play in bereavement. www.debrajo

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Krista Nicole Thompson was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario and epitomizes intricate mosaic of the millennial generation. A preschool teacher by day with aspirations of international development, Krista takes a pause from adventurous world travels and the urban social scene to share a conversation with Maia about seizing the Why of Generation Y Not.

Maia Aziz P.S.W., C.L.Y.L., writes and speaks on living a life of love and laughter. President-Elect of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Maia is joined each week on Morning Moments With Maia...Conversations of Love and Laughter by an eclectic lineup of guests who live their lives with love and laughter and work to help others do the same. www.withloveandlaughter.ca     Currently, the Senior Pastor of the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City,Susan is also a professional comedian. She tours nationally with Rabbi Bob Alper and Muslim Comedian Azhar Usman in the Laugh in Peace Tour and has been featured in O Magazine, the New York Times, on CBS, CNN and ABC.  A blogger for Good Morning America, Huffington Post, Psychology Today and Day 1, Susan's book, Laugh Your Way to Grace: Reclaiming the Spiritual Power of Humor was named one of the best spiritual books of 2010. Today, in recognition of the new year, Susan joins Maia for a conversation about fresh starts and new beginni