Healing Isolation With Laughter

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Four and a half years ago I had a woman on the podcast who was just starting a business And although she believed she had something big on her hands she had no idea what was ahead of her including becoming a global company and being named one of Forbes 50 over 50 On this episode of the Grown Ass Woman apos s Guide You apos ll hear directly from Dani Klein Modisett We apos ll talk about where she was where she is now and all the lessons that she has learned along the way About Dani Klein Modisett is a comedian author entrepreneur and author of the book Take My Spouse How to Keep Your Marriage Happy Healthy and Thriving by Following the Rules of Comedy Shambhala Press 2015 Part memoir part instruction the book draws from the course she taught in Stand-up at UCLA for ten years Her first book Afterbirth stories you won t read in Parents magazine St Martin s Press 2009 was based on a sold out show she created In 2018 after her mother became depressed facing an Alzheimer s diagnosis she had the idea to hire a comedian to cheer her up It worked She wrote an article about it for AARP After receiving 100 s of requests for comedians she launched Laughter On Call LOC LOC started sending comedians around the country when senior communities asked for training for staff Dani then created a curriculum for self-care and creating connection at all stages of cognition for caregivers When COVID hit LOC services went virtual servicing the broader business community struggling with depression and anxiety To date LOC has worked with over 500 companies including Meta Capital One Bristol Myers and more Dani has been a speaker amp facilitator at Stanford Business School Harvard Business School Fuqua at Duke Columbia UCLA Andersen and Dartmouth College She has also coached keynote speakers business leaders and Congressional candidates to use more humor in their communication Her writing has appeared in AARP NY Times LA Times Parents Magazine and many websites She is a frequent speaker at conferences including Milken Global Conference CALA ICAA and others COCONU Get 15 off with promo code GROWNASS at grownasswoman guide coconu nbsp Support the showLet apos s Connect The Grown-Ass Woman apos s Guide is on Facebook and Instagram If you like what you hear consider buying me a coffee Click here to visit this podcast episode