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LORETTA LAROCHE
Subjects
humor
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Loretta is an international stress management and
humor consultant whose wit, and irreverent humor, has, for over 30 years raised
the humor potential in all of us.
She is on the Mass General advisory council for anxiety and depression and was
recently awarded the National Humor Treasure Award. Loretta writes a weekly
newspaper column called, 'Get a Life'. She is a contributing writer for Diane
Magazine (Rodale Press). She is also featured as a stress management expert on
www.LLuminari.com, a community wellness website, and www.Eons.com, a website
celebrating life on the flipside of age 50.
Loretta is founder and president of The Humor
Potential, Inc, a company offering programs and products for life style
management. Her special brand of optimistic psychology has an incontestable
positive effect on the health of all that are exposed to her. Organizations
worldwide use Loretta's prescription for laughter to manage stress in the
workplace and improve morale.
Loretta's energetic meeting openings, trainings
and keynotes serve to improve learning skills and put a room in an enthusiastic
frame of mind. Clients such as IBM, The New York Times, Fidelity Investments,
Microsoft, the U.S. Dept. of Labor, and NASA, just to name a few, have used her
material to defeat stress in the workplace. She is also a well-recognized TV
personality on PBS and best selling author. She has had six one-woman television
specials air on 80 PBS stations across the country. She has been nominated for
local and prime time Emmy Awards, has appeared on CNN, ABC and NBC affiliates.
She has authored several books: The Joy Journal, Happy Talk, Relax: You May Only
Have a Few Minutes Left, Life is Not a Stress Rehearsal, Life Is Short- Wear
Your Party Pants, Squeeze the Day and her latest book Kick Up Heels Before
You're Too Short to Wear Them is now available in a store near you.
Yes, you can actually use stress as an
opportunity for growth, resiliency and humor. In a phrase, “stressed
is desserts spelled backwards.” You can learn to use humor to
reframe a stressful situation - that is, to think about it in a
different way. This new perspective will enable you to learn to see
humor in some of the difficult parts of life.
How
Humor Can Benefit the Health of Your Organization & Your Employees:
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More Resilience
• Less
Stress
• Better Perspective
• Positive Mood
• Higher Creativity
• Less Anxiety
• Sense of Control
• Higher Productivity
• Team Spirit
• Better Communication
• Higher Morale
• Problem Solving
• Less Sick Days
• Effective Management
TOPICS OVERVIEW
Kick Up Your Heels Before: You're Too Short to Wear
Them
With her trademark humor and practical wisdom,
Loretta LaRoche shows you how to live a long, healthy, and juicy
life by mastering your body and mind—before you lose them! This
event is filled with useful advice, spirituality, and (of course)
loads of laughter. Live a life centered on learning, loving, and
laughing. Create soul-stretching attitudes and trade old behaviors
for bold behaviors—adding years to your life and “juice” to your
years! Loretta provides an evening of exploration, creativity and
fun. Come prepared to see a show filled with fun and discover the
possibilities of a more powerful you. You’ll leave revitalized,
inspired, and with renewed passion for living a juicy life!
Life Is Short-Wear Your Party Pants: 10 Simple Truths
That Lead To An Amazing Life
Loretta will give you the tools you need to not only
reduce feelings of tension, but also bring joy, passion and gusto to
your life She gives you dozens or proven techniques for recognizing
the ten simple truths that will lead you to an intense, happy
successful life: resilience, living in the moment, optimism,
acceptance, humor, creativity, moderation, responsibility, meaning
and connection. As Loretta says;” Yesterday is history, tomorrow is
a mystery, and today is a gift- that’s why they call it the
present.”
The Joy of Stress: Finding the Bless in this Mess
Join Loretta in discovering that “stressed spelled
backwards is desserts.” Explore the possibilities that can help us
use stress as an ally rather than the enemy. Learn to become more
resilient, creative and joyful.
How to Prevent Hardening of the Attitude: Reducing
Stress in the Workplace
Our work literally takes up most of our lives.
Therefore, it would make sense for us to choose to enjoy it. Find
out how to look forward to Monday instead of enduring until Friday!
Discover how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can affect work
performance, relationships and our own selfworth.
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