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Speaking Presentations
Marion offers presentations and seminars for associations,
professional groups and guest programs in the fields of health,
education, business and industry. Presentations and programs include
(but are not limited to) those presented below.
Life in the Slow Lane
A comedy with musical accompaniment by Bruce
Hebert, about the life and times of Marion Wikholm (Marion performs
from her wheelchair). The performance focuses on the early years
of Marion’s life when she contracted polio, explores how the
experience “drove her bitter” until another soul wrenching
experience helped Marion “drive herself better.” The
story brings the past to the present with a message of hope for
everyone – facing life’s adversity.
Bitter or Better: It's
Up to You!
This insightful, uplifting and humorous program
is designed to ‘reframe’ life’s negative events.
In practical terms, Marion presents her Bitter to Better formula
which includes: methods to develop essential self-awareness, whole-brain
thinking, personal resourcefulness and resiliency. She invites paricipants
to transform life’s irritants into life’s finest pearls.
People can learn for themselves . . . from someone who has been
there, done that and is rolling on! (This basic program varies in
length from one hour to six hours and is high content seasoned with
humor.)
Life in the Slow Lane
– The Lite Side
Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and
you get all wet! A strictly humorous presentation intended to help
participants laugh in the face of adversity. Marion presents her
humorous perspective on being disabled, on being a wife and a mother
of two teenagers, on being a psychotherapist, and other paradoxical
aspects of life shared by everyone. (This program is 25 minutes
in length and is 100% humor.)
Turning Stress into Success
The intention to find the humor in life’s
challenges is the thrust of this delightful presentation. Life’s
adversities can leave us reeling or healing. Marion helps her audience
take the steam out of our modern day “pressure cooker”
experiences by learning ways to: prevent unnecessary stress; to
deal sensibly with current stressors and to learn ongoing ways to
deal creatively with unavoidable stress. (This program varies in
length from one to three hours and is high content with humor.)
Humor in the Workplace
Stress and feelings of burn out and extreme
fatigue are at an all time high for everyone in the workplace, for
a variety of reasons. The use of therapeutic humor is beneficial
to everyone in the workplace because it helps people cope and even
thrive. Many studies support the fact that healthy humor builds
rapport, enhances creativity, and supports problem solving skills.
In addition, laughter has many physical benefits. According to articles
published by the Association for Applied Therapeutic Humor, “Laughter
gives our heart and lungs a workout. After we stop laughing, our
pulse rate, blood pressure and muscle tension all go down to below
normal and stay there for up to forty-five minutes. Humor also boosts
the activity of our immune system, allowing us to fight off potential
infections better. Mentally, having a sense of humor about problems
gives us emotional distance from them, so that we are not stressed
out and can see things more objectively. Both physically and mentally,
humor is the opposite of stress.” (Humor Works by John Morreall,
Ph.D.)
See Marion Wikholm’s workshop
“Humor in the Workplace”. This workshop is designed
for people who want to feel better about their work environment
and who would like to have a good time in the process. The workshop
is three hours in length.
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