by Leigh Anne Jasheway. 1996 Whole Person Associates, Inc.
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Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant proves that comedy is accessible, necessary, and much too important to be left in the hands of "professionals." If the people who could most benefit from reading this book fail to see the necessity of doing so, then it's up to the rest of us to buy it. CAVEAT: Do not read this book after you stub your toe; read it beforehand. Frankly, Don't Get Mad, Get Funny! could make the world a safer place. — Brett Butler, star of the hit TV show "Grace Under Fire"
It's hard to teach people how to have a sense of humor, but Leigh Anne shows us that it is possible. Send a million copies to Bosnia, one to Idi Amin and a few to the poor old Queen. Quickly! — Jan Eliot, creator of the comic strip "Stone Soup"
This playful, practical, powerful book will help you to manage stress... before it
mismanages you. Don't get mad... get this book.
— Dr. Joel Goodman, Director,
The HUMOR Project, Inc.
Don't Get Mad, Get Funny! was great for relieving my stress. By the time I got to Chapter 2, I was so relaxed, I dropped it on my foot. Then I really needed it. I took Leigh Anne's suggestion and doodled ugly pictures of people who give me stress. Funny, they look exactly like the ones in my wedding album! — Paul Seaburn, comedy writer, humor consultant, co-author of "A Wife's Little Instruction Book"
Don't Get Mad, Get Funny: A light-hearted approach to stress management can help you find the funny in your life. You'll read chapters with titles such as: "Help! I'm under so much stress, my inner child wants to be adopted!," "Last time I went to the doctor, the blood pressure cuff exploded!" and "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk: What the three stooges knew about the benefits of humor."
You'll learn simple ways to find and use your funny bone, like making funny friends, remembering and retelling your own funny stories, and adopting an alias for the evil person you become when you're stressed-out. But, Don't Get Mad, Get Funny: A light-hearted approach to stress management doesn't stop there. You'll also learn how to turn your stresses into jokes, how to keep a humor diary, how to rewrite your autobiography with humor ("I had so many step- and half- siblings we had to wear name tags to the dinner table so we could know who to yell at for taking the last roll.")... and much more. You'll even learn how to have an emergency humor response plan.
Don't Get Mad, Get Funny! recently received an award of merit from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association.
So, why are you standing around sweating through your life when you could be laughing it off? Don't get mad — get this book!
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