With laughter, lecture, and interactive exercises, this presentation will demonstrate how a sense of humor can help you face the changes and challenges in both the workplace and in your life. You will learn tools, tips and techniques for using humor to reduce stress and for dealing with not-so-funny stuff. You will also leave with a smile on your face and a fun-filled gift to help you remember to lighten up long after this program has ended.

This presentation demonstrates and documents the therapeutic benefits of humor. With laughter, lecture and playful exercises, you will learn tools, tips, and techniques to help you deal with changes, challenges and life's not-so-funny stuff.

With heartwarming, and often hilarious, stories from those who have had the courage to laugh in spite of their prognosis, this program validates George Bernard Shaw's statement that “Life does not cease to be funny when people die, any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
In addtion, this workshop will demonstrate how a sense of humor can help you deal with the changes and challenges of hospice work.. With laughter (yuk, yuk) lecture (yak, yak), and playful exercises (yahoo!), you will learn tools, tips and techniques for using humor to deal with not-so-funny stuff.

“We live in an ironic society where even play is turned into work,” says theologian Conrad Hyers. “But the highest existence is not work; the highest level of existence is play.” This program will demonstrate with audience-interactive exercises how play can help do three things: solve problems, foster creativity and reframe stress in new ways.