You don't have to have a brain injury to feel stressed out, overwhelmed, frustrated, and tired. The pressures and demands of work and home can weigh you down with seriousness, and leave you feeling worn-out and hopeless.

Humor is the "magic wand" that:

• distances you from life's happenings 
• cushions you from disappointment and hurt
• helps you to "hang on" when your situation feels hopeless 
• presents an opportunity for you to look at your situation from a different angle 
• opens the door to help you find the "treasures in your trials"
• stimulates laughter.

Emotional and mental stress cripple your ability to accurately assess or logically reason. Life is full of unexpected and uncontrollable situations. When you are in the midst of an exasperating moment, your instinct takes over and you automatically react with a fight or flight response. Next, you turn "dead serious" trying to figure things out. When you can't solve your dilemma, overwhelm or fear paralyzes your creativity, hopelessness sets in and shuts you down.

It doesn't naturally occur to you to call on your sense of humor when you are in distress, and you surely do not feel like laughing. 

Developing your humor habit takes time and requires a 3-D Process: 

1. Discipline to STOP - breath, take a step back and distance yourself from the emotion of a difficult situation.
2. Deliberation to shift your focus from your troubles to LOOK - for the absurdity or the irony... or LOOK - for a treasure in that trial.
3. Desire to LAUGH - at the ironies and enjoy the amusement that life provides.

Humor triggers the laughter you need to release stressful emotions so you can think clearly and rationally and respond with the best version of who you are.

Humor expands your perspective and stimulates your creativity so you can explore possibilities, discover solutions, and enjoy life more.

Program Outcomes and Benefits -

Participants learn how they can protect themselves from the harmful effects of stress by using Lois' "Secret Weapon" Survival Strategies every day. They learn how to apply Lois' 3-D Hangin' On with Humor Process "when life looks ugly" so they can:

• activate their sense of humor at will 
• distance themselves from their troubles
• manage stress
• cope with frustrations
• take the sting out of disappointment
• regain emotional stability
• restore mental clarity
• gain a new perspective 
• rebound quickly from setbacks 
• refuse to give up
• keep trying to improve their circumstances
• maintain a positive attitude
• see the funny side of a stressful situation
• laugh
• feel happy and
• believe that tomorrow will be better.

Program Length: 30-60 minute keynote