Yearly Archives: 2025

Fighting Parkinson’s, and reviewing 2025…the year of self-acceptance!

On January 1st, I posted that 2025 is the year of self-acceptance. Also, as we moved forward together in 2025, I posted blogs to help you elevate the “self-acceptance” aspect of your recovery so that you could relax into accepting … Continue reading

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Fighting Parkinson’s, and being grateful every day, part 2

When I wrote “Fighting Parkinson’s, and being grateful every day” last week, I was not anticipating a part 2. However, in coaching sessions this week, the conversations of increasing gratitude brought me to today’s blog post.

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Fighting Parkinson’s, and being grateful every day

Toward the end of my recovery, I realized that had anybody ever told me when I was younger that the Howard Shifke body could end up in such disarray, then early in life I would have started giving gratitude for … Continue reading

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Fighting Parkinson’s, and being in the December 2025 present moment

In November, we had the 30-day challenge to do a modified version of the Parkinson’s Recipe for Recovery for 30 days. The 30 days ended yesterday, November 30, 2025. What’s next? Where do you go from here?

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Fighting Parkinson’s, and the final 3 days of the 30-day challenge 2025

As we enter the final 3 days of my November 30-day Challenge 2025, I am happy to have heard that many of you had very positive experiences doing the challenge. This is quite wonderful. You wonder, what’s next?

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Fighting Parkinson’s, and serving compassion for Thanksgiving

Congratulations — you are 20 days into the November 30-day Challenge 2025 to do the scaled-down version of the Parkinson’s Recipe for Recovery®.  

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Fighting Parkinson’s, and living life in the moment

Today is near the half-way point of my 30-day November Challenge 2025! Click here to review the challenge. At this point in time sixteen years ago, I was not doing very well physically. Here is an excerpt from my Parkinson’s daily journal, … Continue reading

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Fighting Parkinson’s, and inspiration for the 30-day challenge

It is November 6th. We are ending the first week of my November 30-day challenge. Congratulations to those of you who made the commitment to yourselves to embrace the challenge. If you have not gotten started, here is some inspiration … Continue reading

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Fighting Parkinson’s, and my 30-day challenge 2025

Welcome to the fifteenth annual 30-day November Challenge. November begins on Saturday. The challenge is presented today to help you get ready to make this your best November ever in your recovery!

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Fighting Parkinson’s, and the symptoms are not the problem

Okay everybody, here we go! For the last two weeks, you have been fighting the mind regarding the symptoms and many people’s minds have fought them back vigorously.

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