Joy Is Your Birth Right

About this episode

Samantha shares updates about her pets and discusses laughter yoga and vermicomposting with guest Cathy Nesbitt.

So much love today! Samantha shares updates about her pets, including a new 3-year-old sulcata tortoise named Tag and Linus the unusually calm and giant “dream puppy.” Melissa gets a hair fixed by stylist, Caroline, at Salon Pure in Flowery Branch after a big hair dye mistake. (You must see the before and after. GOLD) Melissa was unable to make the recording for this episode so Samantha drops hits about what's to come. Come to find out it sparks a fun core memory between Melissa and her brothers growing up! Laughter Yoga! Cathy Nesbitt from Canada, a worm advocate and laughter ambassador, joins the show, explaining how Toronto’s 2002 landfill closure motivated her to promote indoor vermicomposting for people in condos and small spaces. Kathy describes worm-bin setups (stacked trays or totes), how aerobic composting avoids odor, how worms and microbes process scraps and paper into nutrient-rich “black gold,” and how classrooms can use worm bins as hands-on science projects. She also explains laughter yoga—started in 1995 by an Indian medical doctor—as laughter and deep breathing for health and stress relief, discusses online laughter clubs begun during COVID, and invites listeners…

People in this episode

Hosts: Samantha Mandell, Melissa Matthews

Guest: Cathy Nesbitt

Topics covered

• pets
• laughter yoga
• vermicomposting
• hair styling
• childhood memories
• health and wellness

Keywords

• laughter yoga
• vermicomposting
• pets
• hair styling
• health
• Toronto
• Flowery Branch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Salon Pure, kathysclub.com

Places: Toronto, Flowery Branch

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