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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.

October 30, 2025

As If It's Impossible to Fail

Anthony Hopkins of “Silence of The Lambs,” and close to a hundred other movies, has written a memoir that is just out, “We Did Okay, Kid,” At eighty eight he has many stories and wisdom to share. Since I’m a fan of both, I dove into an interview with him from last Sunday in the NY Times. Nestled in with show biz tales and personal revelations there was one line that stopped me.

October 23, 2025

H2H to the Big H - Holidays!

Call me old school, but I like a nice handwritten thank you note. Preferably with a fancy pen that makes me feel like Ben Franklin holding a quill. Given this quirk, after running a few laughter skills workshops for business school students at TUCK, I dashed off a few notes to the people who brought me in. In an update about the impact of the classes, Larissa Pyer, Director of Tuck’s Compass Program, thanked me for my note,”... so thoughtful and personal!! You know I love the H2H connection.”

October 16, 2025

You Too Can be a Super Ager!

Earlier this week I was invited to speak at the International Conference for Active Aging. Emphasis on active! The fabulous comic/actor Nikki Ghisel and I were here a few years ago but this week we were both struck by the change in focus of the conference. The agenda has clearly shifted from managing the ravages of aging to being proactive, pun intended, in keeping our bodies and minds healthy! When we spoke here last, in Halloween costumes, we recalled lots of other presenters in estate planning, break-through drug research and no-button pajamas.

October 9, 2025

Embracing Imperfection - Just Do It!

“Wasn’t that just great when Dani was talking about embracing imperfection and then completely lost her script? Wasn’t that just perfect? When our theme is being human?”

September 25, 2025

Failing Publicly & Other Thoughts About Stand-Up

A while back I was hired to do a roast for a West Los Angeles law firm. I was tasked with poking fun at their summer associates. Some ribbing to make them feel part of a team - since I’d be razzing everyone. At my request, the partner sent me brief descriptions of each summer hire. I got to work writing my roast material.

September 18, 2025

When Comedy Writes Itself

One of the reasons I left comedy clubs was because I didn't want to follow what felt like an inexhaustible supply of d*ck jokes. This week I was invited to close a conference in New Jersey where, I kid you not, I followed a "burial expert." Turns out, also not easy!