S24-05 Optimism for Dummies

S24-05 Optimism for Dummies

Class | FULL (Membership Required)

Jewish Community Center 360 Amity Road Woodbridge, CT 06525 United States

Legion Ave. Room

6/10/2024 (one day)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM on Mon

$10.00

According to a 2006 article, a 23-year study by Yale and Miami Universities demonstrated that people over the age of 50 who exhibited a more positive perspective on life and took a more proactive approach to living also lived 7.5 years longer than those who were pessimists. Recent studies have found that an optimist lives 12 years longer than a pessimist. In addition, those with a more positive outlook also have incidences of heart disease and heart attacks, and some studies have even suggested that optimists experience less pain, recover faster from surgeries, and have more energy. Regardless of the exact details of their longevity, there is no question that optimists have more fun!

Joyce M. Saltman, Ed.D. has been given the title Guru Of Laughter by one of America's foremost Insurance Companies. She is a Professor Emeritus of Special Education at Southern Connecticut State University where she taught graduate courses on Special Education since 1975, and The Enhancement of Learning through Humor, as well as directed a summer Institute on Healing, Education, Laughter and Play (H.E.L.P.) for 29 summers. She lectures all over the country plus in Japan, Norway, Australia, England, Italy  and Belgium, on Laughter, Rx for Survival, Dealing with Difficult People, Sex and Aging, and Learning Styles. She has shared her insights into laughter with hospitals, corporations, school systems, and other organizations throughout the world. She has spoken extensively on such topics as Learning Styles for At-Risk Students and Counseling Skills for Special Educators throughout the country, most notably for the US Department of Education in Washington, DC. In addition, two of her books - Sing A Celebration and I'm Changing the Locks and Cementing the Windows –What To Do When Your Kid Leaves Home have been published.