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AHeart4Clowning Celebrates 5 Years of FAB FUN!

You’re invited! Next Year: 2012 — Marks the 5th anniversary of AHeart4Clowning.com and our inaugural book that started all this  lol

Events are planned throughout the year for EveryBuddy to enjoy — watch our site (right here!) for breaking details. For those who purchased our books, courses and products, a heartfelt thank you for your support!

This Celebration is going to recognize injecting Humor in the Healthcare Setting, and will focus on *your* work that looks like play in the healthcare setting. Let us take a moment to see how far we’ve come in the last 5 years, and make plans, efforts and take steps to encourage others to establish a Humor Program in the healthcare setting!

As a special “Thank you!” to everyone who has ever purchased AHeart4Clowning book, CD, DVD (audio-or-video), a digital product or online course, we have a Special Online Event planned — details to be announced — be sure to register to receive the details and your complimentary ticket to attend!

Anyone purchasing AHeart4Clowning book, product, or course in the months ahead, up to the date of our Special Online Event is also invited to attend — register to receive event details…

Please NOTE: Because “Healing Humor” buttons are a fundraising campaign for the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH), we cannot track their sales. For this reason, buying them cannot be applied toward a complimentary ticket, and unfortunately does not make purchasers eligible to receive a ticket to our special online Celebration. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience regarding this, but heartfelt thanks for your kind contribution supporting AATH!

Restriction: One complimentary event ticket issued per person.

 

After viewing the above video, Register to Receive Celebration Details (all registrations will be verified):

Visit AHeart4Clowning.com for more info, articles, and resources…

 AHeart4Clowning Books: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/beckycortino

AHeart4Clowning On-demand Training/Mentorship  Programs Online: http://www.podclass.com/beckycortino

 

NEW: Funny Smile Makerz Kit + MORE

NEW Funny Smile Makerz Kit + MORE for MORE Smiles!

Recently, I shared with you that due to a change in services provided, our publisher informed some of our products will no longer be available for purchase after July 18th.

In addition to our audio and video products, our Funny Smile Makerz Kit is no longer available for download from our publisher site. Earlier this summer, we relocated the Kit there for ease of purchase and delivery, from the previously-established email delivery system.

Keeping in mind the purpose of this very popular kit, and the kind of work you do, we reviewed possible ways to continue to make the Funny Smile Makerz Kit available. Over these years, it has grown!

We’ve also heard your feedback, thoughts and ideas. You’ve told us how much you’ve enjoyed using the Funny Smile Makerz Kit, and we know the folks who get the Smiles get so much more from the experience.

Based on all this, we determined a redesign was in order, and the best way to offer the Funny Smile Makerz Kit + MORE was on our established Podclass platform. Podclass is the awesome place on the web where we’ve offered our AHeart4Clowning and Healing Humor webinars and audio programs since 2008. It’s a very user-friendly platform you can visit as often as you like, and enjoy our classes, webinars and products ongoing, indefinitely!

Over the years we have offered the Funny Smile Makerz Kit, it has grown, but so has the need! Keeping all of this in mind, we have expanded this product to much more than just an art file for you to print out…

Funny Smile Makerz have always been able to:

Easily share Smiles everywhere

Print as many Smiles as desired, often as needed

Produce quantities of Smiles in batches

 

 

We’ve repackaged and renamed it: Funny Smile Makerz Kit + MORE — and also included:

  • 37 Totally FUN “Bright Ideas” eBook, filled with experienced presentation and production pointers to create more FUN and Smiles
  • FUN Printable Label Templates, to share smiles more creatively
  • Video Tips
  • Easy Printing Tips eBooklet

 

The Tips and Performance Pointers are designed to help your create a presentation or performance segment built around and using Funny Smiles for all types of audiences and venues. These ideas are based on my tried-and-true experience as a Family Entertainer since 1997. We believe this repackaging offers much more value, service and product, presented in an all-in-one user-friendly environment, organized and easy for you to find, use and enjoy!

 

NEW Funny Smile Makerz Kit + MORE

 

 

This all-NEW version of Funny Smile Makerz Kit is better than ever, with added features, NO waiting, NO email hassles.

Easy! Download and use right now, and when you need them!

Fast! Or fast as your internet connection (can’t help you there lol)…

No placing orders for ‘another kit’ or ‘supply,’ hoping to get them in in time!

No more hoping the order arrives as your ordered, risking disappointment!

NO shipping charges! NO sales tax!!

THE most inexpensive way to create Miles of Smiles!

Our Promise: If the Funny Smile Makerz Kit + MORE fee increases — you will pay no additional charges. When new materials are added to this program, you will receive the value at NO additional charge!

 

Check out our NEW Funny Smile Makerz Kit + MORE (click this link)

Celebrate International Mirth Month!
Celebrate International Mirth Month!

Celebrate International Mirth Month!

International Mirth Month is upon us — how will you celebrate?!

“International Mirth Month” is a humor-based celebration developed by the world’s ONLY “Jollytologist” Allen Klein, “to help people turn their Maalox Moments into more mirthful ones.”

In my interview last month with THE “Jollytologist” himself, for the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, Allen shared ways to use humor in coping.

It’s an established fact that the simple act of laughter has powerful physiological and psychological results. We feel better when we “lighten up,” don’t we?

The effect is not really just “in our heads,” as there are physiological reasons for this phenomenon…

Ongoing research continues, and points out the incredible positive effects humor has on the body. Humor and laughter do offer documented health benefits:

  • Physiologically, laughter causes a similar exhilarating effect of strenuous exercise.
  • Laughing increases oxygen intake and in the process, replenishes and invigorates cells.
  • Through the action of laughter, the body’s threshold to withstand pain is increased, immunity is boosted, while relieving stress.

Research shows humor provides physical health benefits including:
Stronger immune system
Improved cardiovascular health
Reduced stress hormones
Reduced pain Muscle relaxation
…and more!

Mental health benefits, resulting in:
Less stress
Reduced anger and anxiety
Increased joy
More positive, optimistic mood
Sense of control
Increased emotional intelligence
…and more!

Humor in the Healthcare Setting

Growing evidence points out that most patients welcome the opportunity for humor and laughter during their hospital stay. This might seem to defy common sense — after all, if someone is sick enough to be in the hospital, would they actually feel like laughing? Absolutely!

One of the most effective ways of making therapeutic benefits of humor available in an ongoing and regular basis to patients is through daily interaction with the hospital staff. This can be accomplished by a Humor Program in the facility, supported by the staff and volunteers.

Humor offered and applied in this venue, helps reduce patient anxiety and tension, while promoting healing and coping with life circumstance. The affect of therapeutic humor is to provide a positive balance to a negatively-perceived or actual situation or condition.

Throughout the ages, man has recognized a correlation between mirth or humor and healing.

The earliest reliably recorded source is the Bible. About the effects of the presence of humor in our lives, Scripture says:

“A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.” ~ Proverbs 15:30
“but the cheerful heart, has a continual feast” ~ Proverbs 15:15
“A cheerful heart is good medicine.” ~ Proverbs 17:22

So — from all of us here at AHeart4Clowning: “Happy International Mirth Month”! How will you celebrate? Each-and-every-day, and well — we hope!

An added treat to help you celebrate: Jollytolgist Allen Klein was quoted, along with other notables in Psychology Today’s “25 Quotes on Humor” (to read, click this link here)

Are you interested in learning more about Healing Humor…

Healing Humor: Live Happy – Be Healthy (2 formats — your choice of:  Audio CD (physical product) — OR — online Home Study with Audio and Printablesclick on text links of choice)

Learn more about Applied Humor Therapy: Injecting Healing Humor in the Healthcare Setting…

From the Heart: Injecting Healing Humor in the Healthcare Setting (book – click link here)

Applied Humor Mentorship/Training Program (online Home Study MultiMedia + 30-minute private coaching session with Becky Cortino - click link here)


Are you always ready to share Smiles? Here’s a great E-A-S-Y way…

Share More Smiles: Join our Miles of Smiles Campaign! Snag your own Funny Smile Makerz Kit (click on link here)

Hospital Clown, Caring Clown, Healthcare Family Entertainer, SmileMaker Give a Gift: Work of Heart
A Work of Heart

A Work of Heart

This is my favorite time of year to share the heartfelt sentiments I often hear so many of you in this realm speak of, and those I have experienced as well, in this ‘work’ we do that looks like play.

On the topic of the True Heart of a Hospital Clown and the Work of Heart we do, here is a link to a list of popular articles I thought you might enjoy:

http://www.aheart4clowning.com/2010/02/

…including a special Valentine especially for you from CoCo Loco!


Are you looking for a fabulously FUN and s-i-m-p-l-e leave-behind gift?

A great Gift of Heart leave-behind that has been wildly popular for years: Funny Smiles! Our Funny Smile Makerz Kit allows you to print endless Smiles as often as you want, for a much-appreciated gift. In a hurry? It’s immediately downloadable and ready for you to use, too! Click on this link (here) to see what they look like, and for more information…

Establishing, Care and Feeding a Hospital Clown or Healthcare Family Entertainer Group — and YOU

AHeart4Clowning.com is all about supporting, encouraging and inspiring those in the trenches providing Humor Relief in the way of Applied Humor Therapy in the healthcare setting!

How did I get started in this FunnyBiz?! The featured video (above) tells all. My story is your story, if you are a Hospital Clown or Healthcare Family Entertainer… and I’m sure we agree on the many positive benefits of a healthcare Humor Program!

Information, inspiration and support is offered to you in a number of ways:

Subscribe to AHeart4Clowning.com FREE Newsletter to receive Articles and Resources from the largest FREE Hospital Clown Newsletter for Healthcare Family Entertainers, Applied Humor Therapists, and SmileMakers:

http://www.aheart4clowning.com/sign-up/

Tune-In to AHeart4Clowning TalkRadio Show — ANY time:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/AHeart4ClowningTalkRadio

Read AHeart4Clowning Book Series:

http://www.budurl.com/HowToEstGuide

http://www.budurl.com/FromtheHeartBook

Work of Heart: Establishing a Hospital Clown Healthcare Family Entertain Group: Train/Prepare/Equip MultiMedia/EBook Webinar:

http://budurl.com/WorkofHeartWebinar

Learn More about Healing Humor:

http://www.budurl.com/HealingHumorAudio

Share a Funny Smile — or why-not a whole big bunch of them?!

Funny Smile Makerz Kit+MORE

Show Your Support for Healing Humor with a cool button, and Donate to Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor Association (AATH):

http://www.budurl.com/HealingHumorButtons

Got Mentor?! Want Training on Your Own Schedule — at Home?

Mentorship Training Program for Hospital Clowns & Healthcare Entertainers: http://www.budurl.com/AppHumorMentorTrain

Please Note: Mentorship and Training Programs are available, however neither personal email/phone consultations, nor Skype coaching services/conversations are offered.

Happy International Share Your Smile Day!
Share Your Smile Everyday - Make the World More Beautiful!

Share Your Smile Everyday - Make the World More Beautiful!

Join this worthwhile-wonder-full worldwide celebration, won’t you?!

On 10-10-10 Wherever in the World you are!

Begun by my friend Bronwyn Roberts in Australia.

More infohttp://letslaugh.com.au/smileproject

About: My friend Certified Laughter Leader Pam Wener’s Smile Project Event in Montreal

http://www.budurl.com/FunnySmileMakerzKit/

World Smile Day October 1st

The theme for World Smile Day is “Do an act of kindness.  Help one person smile.”

In 1963, Worcester, Massachusetts commercial artist Harvey Ball created the “smiley face.” The image went on to become iconic, serving as the most widely-recognized symbol of good will and good cheer.

Harvey became concerned about the eventual over-commercialization of his symbol, and loss of the originally-intended meaning, through widespread use in the global marketplace. World Smile Day® grew out of his concern and based on Harvey’s thought that everyone should devote one day each year to smiles and kind acts worldwide. The “smiley face” knows no politics, no geography and no religion. His original idea was for at least one day each year, neither should we.

Beginning in 1997, Harvey declared the first Friday in October World Smile Day®, and is observed every year in Smiley’s hometown of Worcester, MA and around the world.

What are your plans to celebrate this special day?

Share Smiles with Funny Smiles…

Funny Smile Makerz Kit available immediately: http://www.aheart4clowning.com/funny-smile-makerz

About: World Smile Day

Smile Project Montreal

Here is a great video on Smile Project Montreal, featuring Pam Wener, Certified Laughter Leader:

Total coolness!

Isn’t this a great-fun video?! Seeing Pam share our Funny Smiles at The Smile Project Montreal makes us smile! How totally FUN and completely wonderful to see her sharing Smiles and laughter, as she does! Crowd reactions are absolutely priceless and precious.

The colored craft sticks Pam uses are way cool FUN, too — great idea!

It’s heartwarming to see Miles of Smiles appearing all over the world YaY

What a thrill to have our Funny Smiles touching so many hearts!

Miles of Smiles — it’s a simple idea really, isn’t it?! It’s all about the idea — a simple-simple concept. Let’s hope this becomes a true epidemic!

Join the Miles of Smiles Campaign — Smile project — share a Funny Smile!

Get your own Funny Smile Makerz Kit here: Funny Smile Makerz Kit+MORE

Funny Smiles

The Funny Smile Makerz Kit is for those who want to spread laughter and cheer, while making happy memories for others!

These Funny Smiles are wildly popular leave-behinds. We have been using them for years and years, and just realized they could be enlarged from the art in the kit for some B-I-G FUN!

Several friends have joined the Miles of Smiles Global Quest and have kits, so I wanted to share my surprise discovery!

Join our Global Quest to spread Smiles around the World!

It’s for everyone, and you’re invited :D

You can get your own kit and make unlimited Smiles: budurl.com/FunnySmileMakerzKit