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Insights on laughter, leadership, and team culture direct from our founder

January 22, 2026

Laughter? Now? Seriously?

Let me start by saying, I understand the resistance.

January 15, 2026

More Laughter. Less Isolation. It's What We Do. You Can Help!

For the past 7 years, Laughter On Call has delivered comic relief, human connection, and meaningful cognitive engagement to thousands of people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. From intimate memory care rooms to national conferences, and through partnerships with the Milken Institute, Alzheimer’s Los Angeles, the Alzheimer’s Association, CaringKind, and the Museum of Modern Art, we’ve trained even more care partners and families in how to create moments of joy and connection, even as memory changes.

January 8, 2026

More Sh*t I Need to Learn in 2026

Nothing like taking stock of a year well lived to uncover what else would help my life! So here are this week’s ideas for a quality of life upgrade. Free for the taking.

December 30, 2025

Five Things I’m Going to Do Differently in 2026

I want to start by saying, I don’t have a five year plan. I should, I know. As a small business owner it’s a question that comes up a lot.

December 18, 2025

Finding Joy in Chaos

My son has been home for two days and our house looks completely different. Before I launch into what could sound like complaining, let me call out the obvious. Twenty five years ago I lived alone in Hollywood in a one b

December 11, 2025

5 Gifts That Cost You Nothing

The holiday season has officially launched so I feel justified in sharing a few corny-but-true facts about gift giving. Given the current financial stresses, notably in the Hollywood community, it definitely feels like time for a little “best things in life are free” reboot. Fortunately, they really are!

December 4, 2025

Holiday Reunions Don’t Have to Suck

I’ll be honest, New York City is mostly an emotional minefield for me. Oh look! Here’s where my mother started to forget what day it was! There’s where my father died of cancer! And, yes, that’s the doorway where that st

November 25, 2025

"Expressing Appreciation" - Thanksgiving All Year!

Thanksgiving has become more complicated in the last decade. Justifiably, its roots can be divisive - a topic I won’t get into here. Then there’s the transformation from breaking bread and sharing gratitude, to a binge-shopping kick off, also known eerily as Black Friday.

November 20, 2025

Creating a Sense of Belonging with Art!

A truly inspiring week at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC! Museum Leaders from around the U.S., Greece, Italy, Spain, Australia and Iceland met to drink coffee and share practices for bringing people in cognitive decline to museums.

November 18, 2025

Art & Science are HOT

I’m in NYC this week for the Art and Alzheimer’s Symposium at MoMa. Honored and excited to be one of a handful of speakers talking about using the creative arts to bring relief and connection facing the disease. Although my fine art talent peaked drawing “Sparky” in the back of a magazine, I have learned quite a bit about how to reach people with shared laughter.

November 13, 2025

The Surprising Impact of Laughter Over the Holidays

Sometimes LinkedIn surprises me! To get the obvious question out of the way, I’m not getting paid to report any of what I am about to say here.

November 6, 2025

Sisters Are Doing it For Themselves - And Each Other!

Some of you may not remember the Eurythmics classic “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves” but I do and every time I hear Mika Brezinski, Huma Abedin and Maggie McGrath give their opening remarks at the Forbes 50 over 50 lunches, I’m reminded of it. This week was no different.