Patty Wooten, RN BSN

Email: pwooten@jesthealth.com
Web: http://www.jesthealth.com

Jest for the Health of It!
Keynotes and Workshops about Therapeutic Humor
P.O. Box 8484
Santa Cruz CA 95061-8484
 
831-425-8436 (voice)
831-425-8437 (fax)


AATH offices:
  • Former AATH President - 1995

  • 1995 - 2003 Conference Co-Chair
    (with Ed Dunkelblau)
2004 Conference:
  • Featured hero in "Lunch and Learn with your Humor Heros"
2004 Pre-Conference on Humor in Hospitals:
  • Conference Moderator
2003 Pre-Conference:
  • "Compassionate Laughter - the Heart of Humor"
2002 Conference:
  • Opening - "Laughter, Tragedy and Survival of the Spirit"
    (with Ed Dunkleblau)
2001 Conference:
  • "Psychoneuroimmunology for Dummies: A Fun and Simple Explanation"
    (with Dr. Lee Berk)
Biography:
    Patty Wooten RN is a successful nurse, a renowned international speaker, and an hilarious clown. With an extensive background in critical care, hospice, and home health, Patty set forth to express her love of nursing through the development of two fascinating clown characters; bold and bawdy Nancy Nurse and her whimsical, compassionate counterpart, Nurse Kindheart. From Miami to Madrid, from Alaska to Australia, Patty's audiences have laughed, learned and experienced the incredible power of humor in healing.

    Founder of Jest for the Health of It, a company dedicated to the promotion and development of therapeutic humor, Patty teaches and consults with health care professionals, patients, caregivers, educators and business executives. Her lecture topics focus on the utilization of humor to reduce stress, cope with change, recover from illness and improve the work environment. She assists in the development of humor programs, laughter libraries, comedy carts and clown visitation programs. Patty is the past president of the American Association for Therapeutic Humor and a featured columnist for the Journal of Nursing Jocularity. She is the author of more than 25 professional articles about humor and health and has been featured in countless articles in leading magazines and newspapers such as Psychology Today and USA Today.

    Patty's successful first book, Heart, Humor and Healing, is a light-hearted collection of quotes, quips and stories that promote health and healing in patients and caregivers. Her second book, Compassionate Laughter, provides convincing evidence that laughter is powerful medicine for our body, mind, and spirit.

    Certain to serve as the "guiding light" for anyone interested in promoting well being with humor, Patty's approach is jest what the doctor ordered!


WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT PATTY WOOTEN
 
  "No one has to make the case for the importance of laughter in this world, but Patty Wooten proves this point in her teaching. She not only believes deeply in the need to take the solemnity out of serious illness, but is able to demonstrate through her skits how this can be done."
Norman Cousins - author of Head First
  
  "Patty Wooten has illuminated the crucial role of a light heart in healing. The world of medicine owes her a great debt."
Larry Dossey, MD - author of Healing Words

  
 
  "Through her unforgettable comical delivery of the true essence of humor's healing potential, Patty Wooten is changing the face of conventional medicine, introducing the "whole person" approach into the health care setting."
Lee S. Berk, Dr. PH - Loma Linda University School of Medicine

  
 
  "Wooten shares her brand of compassionate humor - while wearing a clown outfit - with hospital patients, cancer survivors and support groups. She is making practical use of what the research shows: Laughter makes us healthier."
USA Today Newspaper - October 31, 1996

  

Conf co-chairs.

 
Ed Dunkelblau & Patty Wooten were Conference Co-Chairs for more years than either wants to admit!

 

SOME TOPICS FOR PRESENTATIONS

  • Heart Humor and Healing — Health Benefits of Humor
    Using humor to accelerate healing for the body, mind and spirit. Target audience is patients and their families
     
  • Finding Comedy in Chaos? — You've Got to be Kidding.
    Humor skills for coping with change.
     
  • Putting Fun to Work — Adding Humor into the Workplace
    Humor skills to improve quality, cooperation and customer satisfaction.
     
  • Can You Manage to Laugh? How Can You Manage Without It?
    Humor techniques for leaders to manage, motivate and build morale with their staff.
     
  • Professional Survival — You Can Laugh or You Can Cry
    Humor skills to cope with job stress and improve health
     
  • Choosing the Amusing — Creating a Therapeutic Humor Program
    How to design and implement a humor program for hospital, home or workplace.
     
  • Laughter's the Best Medicine — Scientific Research Proves It!
    Psychoneuroimmunology and the Mind Body connection - Review of current scientific research
     
  • Compassionate Laughter — The Heart of Healing
    Using humor for hope and courage during difficult times.
Pensive Patty.