The Laughter Clinic
The Laughter Clinic Podcast brings a refreshingly different approach to mental health education. Your host Mark McConville, is an Australian professional Comedian of 25+ years who also has a Masters Degree In Suicidology from Griffith University. Mark delivers you evidence-based self-care strategies, curated research insights, and meaningful conversations that inspire, educate and entertain.
The Laughter Clinic
Latest Episodes
TLC PULSE on Mental Health: 10 news worthy stories from around the world.
CONTENT WARNIING:Stories 8 & 9 discuss the topics of suicide and suicide prevention, listener discretion is advised. In this PULSE episode I run through ten timely mental health stories, pulling out the practical bits you can u...
A look back at the first year of The Laughter Clinic Podcast
On this day a year ago, I hit publish on the first ever Laughter Clinic Podcast episode. This anniversary wrap-up is me being honest about the wins, the numbers, the standout conversations, and the parts of producing these first 40 episodes tha...
Chatting with Dane Hiser. How family love and a great sense of humour make a life worth living.
This week I chat grief, humour, and family love as Dane Hiser shares the story of his brother Trent and the decades of care that helped him live a full life with Prader-Willi syndrome. We also get honest about anxiety, OCD, medication, loneline...
Chatting with Craig Heslop, CEO of BUDDYUP Australia about supporting our first responders and defence personnel.
CONTENT WARNIING:This episode does discuss the topics of suicide and suicide prevention, listener discretion is advised. This week host Mark McConville chats with Buddy Up Australia CEO Craig Heslop, about how laughter, communit...
Chatting with Comedian Danny McGinlay. Weird Comedy Gigs, The Art of TV Audience Warm Up, and Sport as a Practical Antidote to Loneliness.
This week I catch up with Australian comedian Danny McGinlay. We unpack Danny's comedy career, acting gigs, his behind the scenes work as a TV audience warm-up guy, along with his role writing the banners for his beloved Western Bulldogs. We al...
