Finding Joy Through Laughter and Life with Cathy Nesbitt

Welcome to Compassiviste Dialogues. I'm Ali, your host, and my mission with this podcast is to shed light on critical social and environmental issues worldwide, exploring avenues for positive change.

ABOUT GUEST:

Cathy Nesbitt is a Health and Wellness Advocate and Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters (est. 2002), Cathy’s Sprouters, and Cathy’s Laughter Club. A multi-award-winning visionary who inspires individuals to live a more joyfilled, sustainable life.

Cathy is a certified Laughter Yoga Teacher appointed Laughter Ambassador in 2017 by Dr. Madan Kataria, the pioneer of Laughter Yoga. Tapping, brain gym and other healing modalities are incorporated. She helps people get out of stress and into joy. When we feel good, we do good.

An enthusiastic cyclist and gardener, Cathy has been leading transformative Laughter Yoga sessions since 2015 in diverse settings such as corporations, assisted living facilities, and schools. Her sessions harness her boundless energy, passion and generosity.

KEY NOTES:

Breaking the Mold: What Childhood Creates the Visionaries?
Living to Work vs. Working to Live: The Art of Making Your Passion Your Life
Economic Terrorism vs. Freedom: Why You Should Live Today, Not Someday
From Worms to Workshops: Turning Eco-Frustration into Action
The Cost of a Joyless Society: How Laughter Can Heal

TIMESTAMPS:

01:40 - Intro
04:59 - Breaking the Mold: What Childhood Creates the Visionaries?
15:13 - From Watches to Entrepreneurship: The Journey of Willing Transformation
25:10 - Living to Work vs. Working to Live: The Art of Making Your Passion Your Life
28:09 - Economic Terrorism vs. Freedom: Why You Should Live Today, Not Someday
31:22 - From Memories to Reality: How Climate Change is Transforming the World
38:37 - Lawyer? Economist? No, Worm Advocate: The Journey to Composting
45:45 - Daring to Follow the Signs: How the Universe Guided Cathy to the Worm Business
59:28 - Education vs. Activism: The Missing Link in Environmental Leadership
01:05:26 - From Worms to Workshops: Turning Eco-Frustration into Action
01:19:04 - The Cost of a Joyless Society: How Laughter Can Heal
01:25:17 - Laughter is Medicine: Why Science Says It's Not Just a Saying
01:32:17 - The Power of Laughter: Transforming Interactions and Relationships
01:44:34 - Smiling Your Way to Compassion and Connection
01:49:40 - Planting Seeds of Success: Transitioning from Business to Sprouts
01:54:31 - Kathy’s Connection to Down’s Syndrome
02:00:21 - How Can People Reach Kathy?
02:00:44 - One Powerful Message Kathy Wants to Leave for Listeners
02:04:42 - Outro

THINGS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

https://www.cathyscomposters.com/
https://www.cathysclub.com/
https://www.cathyssprouters.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt/
https://www.youtube.com/@CathyLaughter

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