42 pages • 1 hour read
How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously
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Discussion Questions
General Impressions
Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.
1. What were your overall impressions of How to Giggle? Was it what you expected? Why or why not?
2. How does How to Giggle compare to other self-help titles you’ve read, such as Stassi Schroeder’s You Can’t Have It All: The Basic B*tch Guide to Taking the Pressure Off, Sophia Benoit’s Well, This Is Exhausting, or Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle’s We Can Do Hard Things?
3. Have you listened to the authors’ podcast? If so, how did your experience reading How to Giggle compare to your experience listening to Giggly Squad? If not, are you more or less interested in the podcast after reading the book?
Personal Reflection and Connection
Encourage readers to reflect on how the book relates to their own life or work and how its lessons could help them.
1. How did you respond to the authors’ advice about romantic and sexual relationships? Which of their red and green flags did you agree and/or disagree with, and why?
2. Which aspects of Berner and DeSorbo’s light-hearted approach to life resonate most with your own experience? What sorts of experiences might you apply the authors’ outlook to, and how do you imagine laughing more will change your experience?
