When we're stressed out, burned out, or checked out, people often say, "You need to laugh it off" or "Have a sense of humor about it". That's great, but nobody ever tells us HOW to do that. In this course, you'll learn evidence-based strategies for developing your sense of humor into an intentional mindfulness tool to reduce stress and boost your well-being and productivity. If you're thinking, "That sounds great, but I'm not that funny," then you're either humble or self-aware, which are both more important than being funny. You don't have to be funny — we'll teach you. Using a combination of proven strategies & research from positive psychology, neuroscience, improv, and stand-up comedy, you'll leave with numerous actionable ways to start using your own sense of humor as a mindfulness tool.
6 Interactive Modules
Over 90-minutes of video lessons where Paul shares actionable strategies for reducing stress and boosting morale through humor.
Module 1: Welcome & Roadmap, 7:32 min video
Module 2: The Science: Why Humor Helps Decrease Stress & Boost Performance, 12:46 min video
Module 3: Curing Chronic Seriousness, 17:42 min, video
Module 4: Humor Habits Part 1: Cultivate & Consume, 13:05 min video
Module 5: Humor Habits Part 2: Develop a Funny Focus, 20:37 min video
Module 6: Resilience: Take Your Pain & Play With It, 28:11 min video
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Paul Osincup is a Humor Strategist, teaching people how to use humor to enhance health & human performance for over 10 years. He’s worked with organizations including Cisco, Nasdaq, the U.S. Airforce, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Leadership. Paul is a certified Stress Mastery Educator with the American Institute of Stress, and President of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. His TEDx Talk on humor in leadership has been viewed more than 400,000 times and Paul’s work has been highlighted in The New York Times, Forbes, and on his mom’s refrigerator.
“Paul’s workshop was such a source of encouragement and empowerment to our coaches and the team at large. I truly cannot express how grateful we are. Thank you, Paul!” -Tiahna Hays Coach Experience CLM Noom
“Paul’s presentation on burnout had the exact right amount of levity and humor, balanced with reality and skill. Our audience was immediately hooked.” - Mellisa Wheeler, Director, Disparities & Outreach
“Paul immediately captivated our audience of 2,000 at the HR Inside Summit at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna." -Lisa Jeglitsch Project Management ÜBERALL scene development
“Paul’s keynote presentation was the highlight of our 3-day conference — and that’s not just my opinion, but also the actual results from attendee evaluations!” -Timothy Reid Regional Operations Director VCA Animal Hospitals
“Paul was an incredible addition to our annual Leadership Summit! He showed our leaders how easy it was to add fun to the work we do, even in challenging times.”-Dan Dietz, President & CEO CHI Health at Home
“Paul helps people drop their normal barriers and get down to being human and honest with each other. In a work environment, that’s not easy.” -George Dondero Executive Director Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission
