Mon = Marvel
Monday = Marvel
“Billy, you are like a Grow-Op!” Excuse me. “You turn people’s lights on; you are like one of those intense bulbs that produces rapid growth.” Okay, I was a little concerned about the association. “You help people grow outside of their comfort... [Read more...]
Tues = Take
Tuesday = Take new perspectives
“Our workplace was fragmented and each of us was locked into our own truth. In a very fun and lively way, Billy showed us how we are always living in a perspective.” Each day of the week we can focus on an alliterative attitude to lighten up and love life laughing:... [Read more...]
Wed = Welcome
Wednesday = Welcome kindness and compassion
“The journey out of your head begins with a single laugh” (Strean, 2009). Once we occupy our hearts and full selves, we open up to each other and our natural kindness and compassion emerge. Each day of the week we can focus on an alliterative attitude to lighten... [Read more...]
Thurs = Thanks
Thursday = Thank you
One pathway to living in gratitude is getting more connected to your whole self. As we use laughter and playful movement to become more present, engaged, and connected to ourselves and what we care about, we easily come to appreciate the beauty of ourselves and our lives. There... [Read more...]
Fri = Forgive
Friday = Forgiveness
Imagine that forgiving could be fun. When we realize that we will be lighter, happier, and more joyful as we let go of our grudges, we begin to experience the surprising idea that it is fun to forgive. When I first started playing with these daily attitude practices, I found... [Read more...]
Weekend = Chocolate
Weekends are for Chocolate
Aren’t we a celebration-challenged culture? When we enjoy ourselves we talk about things like “guilty pleasures.” Take time to step away from work and feel joy and passion on the weekend. Chocolate can be a literal thing. If it’s all right for you, eat some... [Read more...]
Workshops
Exhilarated Learning!
Play. Laugh. Learn…Not just for pre-school anymore.
You’ve heard that children have short attention spans. We all do. We just don’t whine and complain when forced to sit still and listen for extended periods.
We also spend too much of our lives in our heads, so my workshops address the whole person (thinking, feeling, and action). You can count on an experience and not a lecture. Laughter, music, moving, interacting. FUN [Read more...]
Books & Articles
The Hoho Dojo
The place where we come together to learn, to practice, and to wake up to the full joy of possibility and where we begin to feel the rapture of being alive through laughter and humor is the HoHo Dojo. The HoHo Dojo then becomes a place where people practice the humor and laughter ideas that are being taught. Over time, through practices, you will embody what is being taught. [Read more...]
Speaking
Billy Strean on Speaking
You may have heard that the number-one rated human fear is public speaking. Number two is death. If at a funeral, I am one of those who would rather be giving the eulogy than in the casket. When you hear me speak to your group, you can tell I consider it a joy, honor, and privilege. Nothing makes me feel more alive.
Speaking is a relationship and an energy exchange where you get to share that aliveness. [Read more...]
Everything Laughter
The Magic Of Laughter / The Laughter Of Magic
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog,” author E.B. White once wrote. “Few people are interested, and the frog dies of it.” Although there is a place for study, we can kill off some of the beauty and joy of laughter and humor when we get too investigative. Various other quotations illuminate why a heavily left-brain approach may miss out: Einstein commented [Read more...]