Laughter is the Beginning of Healing with Joey Dumont

JOEY DUMONT

In This Episode

• Life-long battle with insecurity and anxiety
• A father’s betrayal
• Sibling loss
• Looking inward when there was nowhere else to turn
• Forgiveness and recovery

Quotations From This Episode

“If you’re trying to mask your insecurities with things, it doesn’t work.” — Joey Dumont

“Forgiveness is not for the other person, it’s for you.” — Joey Dumont

“Fear motivated me to understand the questions I needed to ask.” — Joey Dumont

“If you love yourself, you can indeed love somebody else.” — Joey Dumont

“If you can start to laugh at yourself… then we as a culture can start to laugh with one another as opposed to at one another.” — Joey Dumont

In 2017, Joey took a break from his career to write a book called, Joey Somebody, The Life and TImes of a Recovering Douchebag. His book explores the very heavy topics of parental neglect, arrogance, insecurity, anxiety, and episodic depression through the lens of dark humor and self-deprecation. He also launched a podcast called, Laugh Your Cry Out, where he invites his weekly guests to share their own stories of a less than optimal childhood – where nothing is off limits – and laughing at oneself is recommended.

Joey believes that laughter is the beginning of healing. And is now on a mission to prove just that.

Resources

Joey’s Website Links

• Business website: https://www.joeydumont.com/

Joey’s Social Media Links

• Instagram: @joeydumont33
• Facebook: @joeydumont33

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Transcript

Summary Keywords

insecurity, anxiety, parental neglect, arrogance, laughter, forgiveness, healing

Speakers

Joey Dumont, Bryan Kramer