{"product_id":"the-healing-laugh-9781988557656","title":"The Healing Laugh","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe treat laughter as time off from the serious business of living. The science says we have it backwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Healing Laugh\u003c\/em\u003e draws on neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and clinical psychology to reveal what actually happens when you laugh - the cascade in the brain, the rebound in the nervous system, the invisible line that pulls tight between two people who lose it at the same moment. Laughter isn't a luxury; it's one of the oldest tools we have for interrupting fear, loosening depression's grip, and rebuilding connection when words run out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is no book of easy promises - laughter won't cure your illness, and no one here pretends it will. It's the honest, surprising story of a behavior everyone shares and almost no one understands. Rigorous enough for the skeptic, warm enough for anyone who has ever needed to laugh and couldn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRodgir Cohen, PhD, PsyD, is an interdisciplinary scholar and professor, a combat veteran, and the author of more than thirty books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PRAXIS and Pneuma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988557656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Rodgir Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934226346165,"sku":"9781988557656","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-healing-laugh-9781988557656","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}