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Steve
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| Greetings! |
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Thank you for stopping
by our web site! We are a unique company in that
we offer therapeutic laughter programs and
products that are sponsored by area businesses.
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| We publish a free
monthly clean humor paper called, The
Funny Paper, and distribute it at
locations where customers and patients can enjoy
a laugh while waiting for services.
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We also offer thereapeutic laughter programs
that equip the workforce, empower the caregiver,
and encourage the patient to enjoy stress relief
and improve their well being in a fun way!
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| My name is
Steve Durkac and I am the
principal of Merry
Medicine Productions . Before
launching this company in March 2008, I served
as a hospital chaplain with Providence Hospital
in Mobile, Alabama.
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| While working with Hurricane
Katrina victims, as a hospital chaplain, I
was struck by the guick turn-around one patient
took, when he suddenly found something to laugh
about. He lost everything he owned and after a
week of reflection he was reminded of an old
George Carlin comedy bit on "Stuff." We both
laughed in his hospital room as we recounted the
comedy bit. |
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I was amazed by the emotional and physical
healing that took place for him after that
unscheduled session of comedy, humor, and
laughter. |
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encounter set me off on a two year study of the
dynamics of humor and laughter and its place in
our emotional, physical, and spiritual well
being.
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| In that process, I
discovered medical research and
therapeutic practices of laughter that go
beyound entertainment. I learned that
laughter helps us break down communication
barriers, it fosters teamwork, it builds
employee morale, it increases mental
attentiveness, promotes open interaction, it
decreases stress hormones, improves the immune
system, it boosts good endorphins, it aids
in better breathing and it just plain old makes
us feel good! |
| In September
2007 I became a Certified Laughter
Leader and began leading
therapeutic laughter programs for businesses,
healthcare, and organizations searching for fun
stress relief skills! |
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same time, I was struck by the want of positive
uplifting reading material lacking in the
waiting rooms where family and patients
gathered, often under stress
and impatience. So it was under these
circumstances that Merry Medicine Productions
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born! | |
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The paper and the laughter programs became
the ideal blend of my background in both
ministry and advertising, allowing us to help
our advertising sponsors reach their community
while promoting the benefits of laughter!
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Please surf around and let me know how we can
help you stress less and succeed
more! |
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| Steve
Durkac |
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