Bobbie Staten

Teaches that laughter releases pain through clean, original material that will make you think, reflect and grow.

SPEECH TOPICS

I'm Going to be Happy When...

Batteries Not Included

Why They Make You Crazy

ABOUT Bobbie Staten

Bobbie Staten is a funny lady with a message that reflects a universal theme as old as time: When you have your health, family, and priorities balanced, life just seems to fall into place. For the few times when it doesn't - laugh!

Staten bases her presentations on a paradoxical foundation: graduate health degrees combined with a healthy and sometimes irreverent sense of humor about people and the lives they lead. In her witty way, she manages to have audiences laugh through topics of wellness, happiness, life and stress management, customer service, and people skills.

Staten's topics are a results of her own personal battles with life, health, and finding happiness. For years she felt unfulfilled, working in positions that didn't especially match her talents or natural tendencies. She was unhappy and it showed. Once a chronic dieter (the rhythm method of girth control), and an ex-two-pack-a-day smoker, she understands how hard it is to make lifestyle changes. Staten now talks of turning life around, having the courage to take responsibility for finding one's own happiness. Firsthand knowledge provides her with a special insight that helps audiences find the courage to take the plunge. Her health philosophy is based on each individual's responsibility for self-care that is guided by -- not controlled by -- health care professionals.

Beginning her career as a nurse, Staten has held positions of head nurse, nursing supervisor, and psychiatric nursing instructor. She opened a nursing practice in 1988 to help others caught up in the "I can't" mode, helping thousands reach their personal health goals. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Public Health from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Staten's natural humor emerged while speaking before groups and as a result, more and more groups began asking her to appear as an after-dinner humorist. She has been speaking professionally since 1986, eventually earning the coveted Certified Speaking Professional credential of the National Speakers Association. During her nursing career, Staten joined Sigma Theta Tau (the National Scholastic Nursing Honor Society), and the American Nurses Association.

TESTIMONIALS

"You made us laugh until we cried and motivated us to not let unimportant and little things into our circle." — Tempus Software

"Your program allowed us to laugh out loud and without restraint at the situations we find ourselves in." — Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute

"I have not heard of one person who was disappointed or was not amused by your smile, personality, delivery and stage presence." — First Franklin Financial

"We are over a month post event and I'm still receiving phone calls and personal notes idicating how much the attendees enjoyed the heartfelt laughter that you inspired." — Center for Women & Families