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Why a Sense of Humor Makes You Stronger — Alyson and Tripp Lanier
Can you laugh at your embarrassing moments?
What’s the hidden cost of taking yourself too seriously?
And can a bit of playfulness make us better at what we do?
Whether it’s urinating yourself in public, surviving horrendous gas during a date, or just having spinach in your teeth during a zoom call, today Alyson and I share some true, embarrassing stories. We explore the importance of laughing at ourselves, how humor is a love language, and why our sense of humor tells us how tough we really are.
In this conversation:
- From embarrassment to shame
- When humor builds connection — and when it weaponizes
- Gallows humor and why we need it
- Using humor to avoid what we’re actually feeling
- What kills our ability to laugh at ourselves?
Plus:
- Laughing at our patterns instead of being trapped by them
- Why losing your sense of humor is a warning sign
- How a sense of humor makes you tougher
- Humor, play, and why they’re a love language
- What does humor have to do with self-acceptance?
About Tripp Lanier
Tripp Lanier is a professional coach, author of This Book Will Make You Dangerous, and host of The New Man Podcast: Beyond the Macho Jerk and the New Age Wimp which — for over a decade — has been downloaded millions of times.
Since 2005, he has spent thousands of hours coaching people all around the world to get out of the rat race, become an authority in their field, and make a great living doing the work they were put on this earth to do. Over the years he’s designed several businesses to support a simple lifestyle focused on freedom, ease, meaning, and fun.
If you’d like to learn more about coaching with Tripp Lanier visit TrippLanier.com.
About Alyson Lanier
Alyson Lanier is a multifaceted expert at the intersection of psychological and spiritual healing. With a 30 year career in Psychotherapy that includes a BA, MA, and LPC in psychology, Alyson supplemented her education with extensive training and certifications in attachment work, Gestalt therapy, Transpersonal psychology, Shambhala Buddhism, internal family systems, and Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy. Her professional journey encompasses over 50,000 hours of therapeutic experience working with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents across clinical and private settings.
If you’d like to learn more about working with Alyson Lanier visit AlysonLanier.co
