Tribute to Veterans on D-Day 70th Anniversary
Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
Release Date: 06/06/2014
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.
info_outline Pull the Help Chain | Elder Care or Self CareHeartsong 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.
info_outline Audio Index of Stories Told by a Bride During World War 2Heartsong 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).
info_outline Unplugged Life at Minnesota Fishing ResortHeartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
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.
info_outline Pearl Harbor | Learning of the News of the Bombing on Dec. 7thHeartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
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.
info_outline Scott Greeson & Vickie Maris Talk About MusicHeartsong 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.
info_outline Walk a Llama While You ExerciseHeartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
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.
info_outline Managing Caregiver Stress During a Loved One's Hospital TripHeartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
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.
info_outline Relax & Learn About Animals on a Walk Through Wolf ParkHeartsong Fit With Vickie Maris | Healthy Ways to Address Stress
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.
info_outline Heartsong Fit is Starting Season 2Heartsong 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_outlineEpisode 6 of Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris is a special tribute on the 70th anniversary of D-Day (WWII) to Lt. Col. James R. Maris and the men and women who fought for freedom in WWII. Lt. Col. Maris flew 30 missions in a B-24 bomber. His second mission was D-Day. You will hear his recounting of that day as read by his daughter Vickie.
In this episode, she also reads the story of Mission 23 which she wrote in conjunction with her dad for a posting on the website for the 392nd bomb group. Vickie is now working on the completion of her dad's memoirs. She is interviewing her mom, Lucille Maris, in order to add the perspective of a stateside bride during WWII. You can hear some of Lucille's stories at the end of several of the episodes of Heartsong Fit.