Bobbie Staten bases her presentations on a paradoxical foundation: graduate health degrees combined with a healthy and sometimes irreverent sense of humor about people and the lives they lead. In her witty way, she manages to have audiences laugh through topics of wellness, happiness, life and stress management, customer service, and people skills.
Bobbie’s topics are a result of her personal battle with life, health, and finding happiness. For years Bobbie felt unfulfilled, working in positions that didn’t especially match her talents or natural tendencies. She was unhappy and it showed. She talks of turning life around; having the courage to take responsibility for finding one’s own happiness.
Once a chronic dieter (the rhythm method of girth control), and an ex-two-pack-a-day smoker, she understands how hard it is to make lifestyle changes. However, first-hand knowledge provides her with a special insight that helps audiences find the courage to take the plunge! Bobbie’s health philosophy is based on each individual’s responsibility for self-care, guided by -but not controlled by -health care professionals.
Bobbie began her career as a nurse and has held positions of head nurse, nursing supervisor, and psychiatric nursing instructor. She opened a nursing practice in 1988 to help others caught up in the “I can’t” mode, where she helped thousands reach their personal health goals. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Public Health from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Bobbie’s natural humor emerged while speaking before groups and as a result, more and more groups began asking Bobbie to appear as an after-dinner humorist. Bobbie has a message … one of finding balance in life. The message is simple and as old as time…If you have your health and your family, you just about have it all. So lighten up. Take your work, but not yourself, so seriously!
Bobbie has been speaking professionally since 1986 and now pursues this full time. She has earned the coveted Certified Speaking Professional credential of the National Speakers Association. During her nursing career, Bobbie joined in Sigma Theta Tau (the National Scholastic Nursing Honor Society), and the American Nurses Association. She lives in the beautiful South in a 117 year old farmhouse with her family, 3 spoiled-rotten dogs and an occasional mouse.
A motivational presentation designed to give you the “jump-start” you’ve been missing. Charge your battery while you laugh and learn to work smart, work together, and most importantly fall in love with your job again. This program delivers clean, original material that will leave you laughing, thinking, reflecting, and growing. When you have your health, family, and priorities balanced, life just seems to fall into place. For the few times when it doesn’t – laugh! Learn to use laughter to let out little puffs of pain.
“Bobbie delivered a great presentation—she was funny, energetic and had a great message—definitely a nice start to our program.”
“Bobbie was absolutely fabulous. She did an outstanding job keeping the audience engaged; she is extremely funny and had even upper management laughing. I had a few minutes with her prior to the event and found her delightful. Thanks for recommending her and I and Sinai team will definitely recommend her.”
