When life feels difficult, humor can be a coping mechanism that relieves stress and offers the breathing room to keep going, ...

Thank them, because miraculously it has worked. Your stress is now completely gone and a blind rage has taken its place. You can’t even remember a time when you didn’t feel this much anger.

A third book, “Relax: Using the Power of Humor to Overcome Stress in Your Life and Work” by Loretta LaRoche, also offers ways to add more joie de vivre to our lives. The book reads like a ...