The acclaimed speaker, author and international stress management and humor consultant, Loretta LaRoche, has evoked wit and irreverent humor on her audience for over 30 years. Using humor to reframe a stressful situation, Loretta captures a new perspective on the difficult parts of life. Her teaching style, credibility and incontestable humor are integral parts to her compelling presence. She is on the Mass General advisory council for anxiety and depression and is founder and president of The Humor Potential, Inc, a company offering programs and products for life style management. Loretta’s special brand of optimistic psychology has an undeniable positive effect on the health of all that are exposed to her. Loretta writes a weekly newspaper column titled, 'Get a Life' and is featured as a stress management expert on a community wellness website. Organizations worldwide use Loretta LaRoche's prescription for laughter to manage stress in the workplace and improve morale. Her energetic conferences and keynotes serve to improve learning skills and leave her audiences 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. She is a well-recognized TV personality on PBS with seven one-woman television specials airing on 80 PBS stations across the country.Loretta is a bestselling author of 8 books such as, "The Joy Journal," "Happy Talk," "Relax: You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left," "Life is Not a Stress Rehearsal," and, "Life Is Short-Wear Your Party Pants." She has been nominated for local and prime time Emmy Awards, and has appeared on CNN, ABC, NBC and FOX affiliates. Titles The Positive Side of Stress: (Finding the Bless in this Mess) How to Prevent Hardening of the Attitude (Reducing Stress in the Workplace) How Humor Can Benefit the Health of Your Organization and Your Employees How to be a Wild, Wise and Witty Woman: (The Wit and Wisdom of Womanhood) Parenting with Humor and Optimism: (Is It Possible?) Life Is Not A Stress Rehearsal (Bringing Yesterday’s Sane Lifestyle Into Today’s Insane World) Life Is Short - Wear Your Party Pants (10 Simple Truths That Lead to an Amazing Life) Authentic Happiness: It Takes Courage to be Happy The Power of Humor and Optimism The WOW Factor Topics Humor, Stress, Women Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $15,000 or more Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State MA Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.