Reset the room.
Reconnect the people.
When your people are carrying pressure, change or too many meetings, another talk rarely shifts the room. Human Reset brings laughter, play, movement and connection into a practical team experience, and nobody has to be funny or perform.
since 2009
For 17 years Shareen Richter has worked in real rooms through laughter, positive psychology and experiential facilitation. Human Reset is the system she built from what those rooms taught her, with laughter still at its heart alongside play, movement, breath and connection. Explore Human Reset at Work or read Shareen's story.
Organisations Shareen has worked with include
- PwC
- Vodacom
- Reuters
- MultiChoice
- Primedia
- Cadbury
- beIN Media Group
What does Laughter Coaching do?
Laughter Coaching is a South African facilitation business run by Shareen Richter. It delivers professionally facilitated laughter, team-building, workplace-wellbeing and stress-reset sessions, plus conference keynotes and energisers, for organisations in Johannesburg, across South Africa and online. Shareen has been facilitating since 2009, for more than 50,000 people, with organisations including PwC, Vodacom, Reuters, MultiChoice, Primedia, Cadbury and beIN Media Group.
The flagship team experience is Human Reset at Work, created by Shareen Richter. Nobody has to tell a joke, perform or share anything personal, and people can take part seated or standing. If anyone has access needs, let us know and we plan around them.
One approach. Every kind of room.
Team building, wellness days, conference keynotes and year-end functions, shaped for your group and your goal.
Hear it from organisations who have experienced the work.
Short client testimonials from delivered sessions. Speakers are intentionally identified by organisation only.
Choose the amount of room you have.
Check a date or tell us what is happening and Shareen will recommend the best fit.
What the research does, and does not, say.
Laughter is more than entertainment. Research suggests that laughter-based activities can support stress relief, mood and social connection. Human Reset applies those ideas as a facilitated workplace wellbeing experience, not as medical treatment.
Lower cortisol in research
A 2023 systematic review found that laughter interventions were associated with lower cortisol compared with control conditions.
Mood and stress support
Studies in specific populations suggest that structured laughter activities may support mood and stress. Results depend on the group, format and duration and should not be treated as a guarantee for a workplace session.
Shared laughter and bonding
Research has linked shared laughter with higher pain thresholds, used by researchers as an indirect marker associated with endorphin activity and social bonding.
Laughter may support stress relief, mood, connection and wellbeing. It is not medical or psychological treatment and does not replace professional care.
See it in a real room.
Watch Human Reset in actionReal session footage
From how your people arrive to what they take back.
No single session can promise a fixed result. This is what the experience is designed to make room for.
People may arrive
- Tired, stretched or under sustained pressure
- Disconnected after change, restructuring or too many meetings
- Unsure about a laughter session, or quietly overloaded
What happens in the room
- Laughter, play, movement and breath, all offered by invitation
- Shared moments that reconnect colleagues without forced sharing
- A real pause, and a little perspective
They may leave
- Lighter, more energised and more connected
- With a changed atmosphere in the room and a shared positive reference point
- With simple reset tools they can practise again
Participation is always a choice. This is a facilitated wellbeing and learning experience, not therapy or clinical treatment.
Team building, workplace wellness and conference experiences.
Organisations come to Laughter Coaching when they need more than a conventional talk or activity. Shareen facilitates corporate team-building and team-connection sessions, employee wellness and workplace wellbeing experiences, conference energisers and interactive keynotes, as well as Human Reset at Work for teams navigating pressure, change or disconnection. Based in Johannesburg, sessions are delivered across South Africa and online.
Human Reset at Work
Practical, participative experiences for teams navigating pressure, change or disconnection. Created by Shareen Richter and delivered through Laughter Coaching, Human Reset draws on laughter, play, movement, breath, awareness and connection. The experience is shaped to your people, with participation by choice and practical ways to reset beyond the room.
Tell us what's happening in your team.
Share a little about your people, your date and what you would like the session to help them explore. Shareen reads every enquiry herself.
Practical resets, now and then
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