Relax on a Hike With Vickie and Her Llama, Heartsong
Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
Release Date: 04/14/2014
Mike Jackson Talks Field Trial Dogs and Horses
Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
Mike Jackson is a retired electric lineman and supervisor who has trained English Pointer dogs for horseback field trials for many years. I interview him in his barn as he is preparing for a trip from Indiana to North Dakota and Montana for training his dogs and younger horses.
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Pull the Help Chain | Elder Care or Self Care
Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
"Pulling the help chain" is a phrase I describe in this episode. The phrase is ued in the Toyota Way (book) and is related to Andon. The help chain, help cord, or yellow stop button, is a mechanism that line workers can use to stop production and call for help. It's also used to notify the line that something has gone wrong in manufacturing.
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Audio Index of Stories Told by a Bride During World War 2
Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
At the end of several episodes of Heartsong Fit are short stories by my mom, Lucille Maris, about life in the US during the 1940s when World War 2 was underway. I have been interviewing her about how she dealt with the stresses of those times from finding housing, to scarcity of food and supplies to dealing with the deployment of her young husband (my dad).
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Unplugged Life at Minnesota Fishing Resort
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Podcast host, Vickie Maris, and her husband, Scott Greeson, share their takeaways from living unplugged for a few days at Fox Lake Resort in Marcell, MN. Planning and preparing meals; fishing; exercising; following a morning routine; and living without digital devices for a few days were all aspects of the week that contributed to relaxation and rejuvenation.
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Pearl Harbor | Learning of the News of the Bombing on Dec. 7th
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Margaret Williamson and Lucille Maris recount details of their memories of learning the news from President Theodore Roosevelt on Dec. 7, 1941 that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States was entering the war.
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Scott Greeson & Vickie Maris Talk About Music
Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
This episode is a conversation in the studio between podcast host, Vickie Maris, and Scott Greeson, right after the two had played a music gig with the band, Scott Greeson and Trouble With Monday, at the Indiana Bacon Festival in Delphi, Indiana.
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Walk a Llama While You Exercise
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You'll hear the sounds of nature in this episode of Heartsong Fit. I recorded it in the woods while walking for exercise. I have my llama, Heartsong, with me.
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Managing Caregiver Stress During a Loved One's Hospital Trip
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I share methods for managing stress that I use while in the caregiver role with my mom. These are ideas you can adopt if you are in a caregiver role and helping your loved one as they take a trip to the emergency room or hospital.
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Relax & Learn About Animals on a Walk Through Wolf Park
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Take a walk with podcast host, Vickie Maris, and guest, Dana Drenzek, on the trail around the main wolf enclosure at Wolf Park in Battle Ground, Indiana.
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Heartsong Fit is Starting Season 2
Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
In this start of the new season, I talk about the reasons why I had stopped producing the show for a while and what it was like to get it back online for you.
info_outlineHiking along the trails on the farm is one way that Vickie finds relief from stress after a busy day. She often takes one of the llamas with her for walking on the trails. They both benefit from walking for exercise, and at the same time enjoy each other’s company on the trail.
Vickie teaches you about llamas along the journey and describes the elements of nature that they encounter during the walk. Listen to the llama hum, the creek rushing by, the Sycamore leaves crunching under foot and other sounds from the walk.
Frog Chorus
The frog chorus you hear in this episode is the real deal. Vickie and Scott were returning from a Friday evening dinner out when they passed through Prophetstown State Park and heard the frogs singing in the lowlands of the park. They stopped the vehicle on a service road and hiked over to the swampy area with recorder in hand to capture the frog chorus for you. This location is about one mile from the farm, and the frogs can be heard all around the farm during the spring.
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