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The Short Leap From Humor to Compassion; Dr. Ken Shonk on Healthcare and Humor
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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 A fellow Canadian and graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Ken Shonk practiced as a family physician for over 30 years before beginning a speaking career in which he shares with audiences from 50 to 2000 the truth that while there ain’t much fun in medicine, there is a lot of medicine in fun. Over the last 15 years he has given over 900 different audiences what he calls a “chuckles checkup,” in which he deconstructs the history, biochemistry and uses of humor in medicine, showing how a little humor can go a long way to making life more bearable even in the heaviest of life's moments. www.healthyhumor.ca
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