Stacey Shipman | Feel Good Living
Yoga | Stress Management | Massachusetts
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I recently watched this compelling and touching TED talk by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor a brain researcher and author of My Stroke Of Insight, (which I just started reading) the story of her stroke and recovery, told and experienced by a brain expert. Her insight goes far beyond stroke and healing. She talks about the [...]
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I’ve read that people with pets have lower stress levels. Maybe it’s because pets (in my case, my cats, affectionately known as “the boys”) seem to know a thing or two about living a good life. I thought I’d share a thing or two about how my boys experience Feel Good Living. Make time for [...]
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My husband is involved with the Gestalt International Study Center (GISC) based in Welfleet Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Taken from their website GISC is an educational nonprofit organization offering advanced professional training worldwide for leaders, consultants, coaches, therapists. As I walked past our fridge the other day I noticed a magnet from GISC and I wanted [...]
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Walking is simple, cost and time effective. Walking doesn’t require special equipment or clothing and it’s easily accessible to the average healthy person. For years experts have been talking about the benefits of walking: Weight loss and maintenance, Heart health, Low-impact and easy on the joints, Lower blood pressure, Improve your mood. According to an [...]
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Have you heard about Jessica Watson? She’s a 16 year old (she turns 17 Tuesday) Australian girl who just returned home after spending 210 days at sea in a 34 foot yacht, traveling 23,000 nautical miles non-stop and unassisted. Jessica now holds the (unofficial) record of world’s youngest to sail around the world. She began [...]
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Do you have a “super power”? When I was little I wanted to be like the wonder twins, hit fists with my sister and turn into something that could save the world. Alas, I do not have that power, though I have developed my strengths in other areas. Do you know what your “superpower” might [...]
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Passion. Do you have it? How passionate are you about the activities you engage in whether at work or your personal life? Are you bored and frustrated, or so passionate that you verge on obsession? From Dictionary.com: Passion is defined as any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate. Obsession is defined [...]
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Are you a dreamer? Someone who envisions great things for yourself and how you’ll make a difference in the world? As a little girl I dreamed of becoming an entertainer and dancing on stage professionally with Madonna and Janet Jackson. Then I wanted to be a Grammy winning artist. I’ve given up the Grammy dream [...]
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It’s Marathon Monday in Boston and I wish only the best for all of the runners! (and for those who couldn’t make it from across the pond – my heart goes out to you!) Nostalgia always sets in on this day. Ten years ago I ran the Boston Marathon, 6 months prior to that I [...]
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Have you ever participated in a food or other type of “cleanse”? I’m halfway through my first food cleanse (note: this is not a fast. We are eating food!) and it’s more challenging than I expected. Day 1 and 2 – raw fruits and vegetables; Days 3, 4, 5 – add in whole grains; Days [...]
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