The Shift: Parkinson's, Communication, Health & Living Well

A collection of practical insights, clinical expertise, and real-life perspective to help you communicate more confidently, navigate Parkinson's disease, support loved ones, and live with greater resilience.

Written by Jessica Ackerman, MS, CCC-SLP, RYT, Speech-Language Pathologist and Yoga Teacher, these articles explore Parkinson's communication, voice, swallowing, cognition, caregiving, health, mindset, and the everyday moments that shape quality of life.

Because how you think, communicate, and connect shapes how you live.

Learn. Grow. Stay connected. Live with greater clarity and confidence.

On One Leg.
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On One Leg.

You are only as good on two legs as you are on one.

We have all developed strategies for movement patterns. Many of these are compensatory strategies to make up for some minor asymmetry in strength or range of motion. We become habituated to movement patterns, just as we are habituated to our repetitive thoughts. This is not specific to athletes, or people who train in a physical craft, but anyone who walks, gets up from a chair, empties a dishwasher, gets into a car...your movements are mostly automatic...and sometimes at a high cost to your function.

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Epic habits to make your routine flow.

Epic habits to make your routine flow.