Biography
Loretta is an international stress management and humor consultant whose wit,
and irreverent humor, has, for over 30 years raised the humor potential in all
of us. She is on the Mass General advisory council for anxiety and depression
and was recently awarded the National Humor Treasure Award. Loretta writes a
weekly newspaper column called, 'Get a Life'…She is a contributing writer for
Diane Magazine (Rodale Press)... She is also featured as a stress management
expert on www.LLuminari.com, a community wellness website, and www.Eons.com, a
website celebrating life on the flipside of age 50. Loretta is founder and
president of The Humor Potential, Inc, a company offering programs and products
for life style management. Her special brand of optimistic psychology has an
incontestable positive effect on the health of all that are exposed to her.
Organizations worldwide use Loretta's prescription for laughter to manage stress
in the workplace and improve morale.
Loretta's energetic meeting openings, trainings and keynotes serve to improve
learning skills and put a room 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 in
the workplace. She is also a well-recognized TV personality on PBS and best
selling author. She has had six one-woman television specials air on 80 PBS
stations across the country. She has been nominated for local and prime time
Emmy Awards, has appeared on CNN, ABC and NBC affiliates. She has authored 6
books, 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,
Squeeze the Day and her latest book Kick Up Heels Before You're Too Short to
Wear Them.
