Falling

In 2010, Noreen Braman was reeling from a corporate downsizing, dealing with an economic recession of historic proportions, and facing her own midlife issues. Soon her skills as an award-winning strategic communications professional, humorist, and performer would send her in a new direction. By the end of that year, she became a certified Laughter Yoga Leader, had her mind blown at a conference called “Can Humor Save the World” and studied the Psychology of Laughter at Rutgers University. She added certification in Laughter Wellness, studied the Science of Happiness through The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, joined the Association for Applied & Therapeutic Humor (AATH), and has been presenting laughter for the health of it through her Smile Side of Life Laughter & Happiness Club presentations ever since. Noreen is also an instructor at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Rutgers University, A writer since she could hold a crayon, Noreen is the author of “Treading Water – the Pandemic Edition” and “A Bouquet of Roses.” She tends to write funny articles and dark poetry reflecting life experience through a learned technique to find today’s humor in yesterday’s drama. Noreen has 3 grown children and 6 (with another due shortly!)grandchildren who have stood by her, even when life was not so funny. Since 2010, she has lived with the love of her life, Dale Ford, and they got committed for life at the top of the. Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas in 2021. She lives by her personal motto: “Don’t Go Gently, Go Laughing!” in Jamesburg, New Jersey.