Overview: The judicious use of humor is often cited as the reason a new relationship began. It is also frequently recognized as the reason it has lasted. People like to be with others who make them laugh and who, in turn, enjoy their own humorous comments.

Humor is an effective tool in nearly all settings, from formal interactions in the workplace to casual exchanges with strangers. How Humor Helps informs its readers how to determine what is funny and what is not.

Verdict: Complicating the picture is that the appropriate use of humor has recently changed drastically in terms of topics and language. This book emphasizes the positive values of humor in many areas of life and how to deliver it effectively.

Based on the scientific literature, the views of professional comedians, and our awareness of cultural changes, the author’s recommendations are all designed to affect major personal benefits to the reader.

Maybe greater longevity, too, as the latest evidence is that strong social connections, facilitated by clever humor, actually can make people happier, self-confident, and even physically healthier. This book stresses the value of using humor in most areas of your life and how to do it successfully to garner the greatest benefits.

As cited, humor is a common element of human interaction and as we all know, together with a giggle, and then laughter can almost assuredly trigger a cascade of beneficial physical, mental, and social changes in the human body, acting as a natural buffer against stress and improving overall well-being.

Also having an impact on work groups and organizations, let alone the obvious section of friends and family, it is common knowledge that often times people in all arenas often fail to take humor seriously or, more upsettingly, realize the numerous benefits that are attributed to it.

Thus, here in How Humor Helps: Enhancing Your Relationships, Health, and Happiness by author Louis R. Franzini, PhD, we get a profoundly well written prose that expertly showcases how humor and laughter are two of the best coping tools that we humans possess. For not only do they make life more enjoyable, but they help us deal more effectively with real-life difficulties we may face.

Blending research, practical advice, and a simply divine wryly-written observational bent, not only does this book expertly bring forth just how these attributes enhance our relationships, work life, health, happiness and more, but it also - through a broad range of documented research - highlights what we tend to forget at those times when laughter, joy and/or even a smile should be the first thing brought to mind: and that is if we can indeed muster some form of a humorous bent to break through into our needed; perhaps dark moment, it can also reduce levels of anger, anxiety, depression and sadness.

About the Author - Louis R. Franzini, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist Licensed in FL and CA, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University. He has been a practitioner, teacher, and researcher for 35+ years, and has published over 75 professional and trade articles, chapters, and two books on humor, and is an award-winning humorous speaker. He lives in Jacksonville Beach, FL.

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