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Overcoming the 100-Day Ordeal - with Jim Shoopack
This week's adventure is taken in the company of Jim Shoopack, a man who came through an extraordinary ordeal in 2001, when a severe period of depression left him clinging to life by the fingertips.
Jim came through on the other side, and he's here today to discuss the reasons why life is always worth living, and how fellow sufferers can begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'Just putting two feet on the ground was the biggest accomplishment of my entire day'
'Every second felt like an hour. Every hour felt like ten days. I hoped to just get to the night'
'There is a stigma. People ask why you can't just get over it? Why did you choose it?'
'If I don't take care of what I need, then I can't help other people'
'It's quite simple, but simple things can be very impactful'
'A lot of time in my marathon work, it's about looking up above, and admiring what is in front of me'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Adventures Of Self
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.adventures.of.self/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The.Adventures.of.Self
ABOUT THE GUEST
Jim Shoopack was born and raised in the Pocono Mountains of Eastern Pennsylvania of the United States. Located approximately 75 miles west from downtown Manhattan in New York City, Shoopack has lived in the Stroudsburg/East Stroudsburg area his entire life. For the past 14 years he has been a Middle School Spanish teacher and also a Soccer Coach at both the High School and Middle School level at the school district where he teaches. In 2020, he celebrated his 10-year wedding anniversary to his wife Shannah, with whom they have three dogs – Snitches, Sadie and Stewart, and a cat, Doody. In September of 2020 he earned his Doctorate in Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership and Management from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Shoopack’s story of looking to inspire began in February – May of 2001, when for approximately 100 days he suffered all of the symptoms of depression. It is miraculous that he didn't take his own life. Through prayer, an eventually an out-of-body experience and help from a friend who suffered from clinical depression and advised him to get help, Shoopack went to his Primary Care Physician (PCP) and through a collaborative plan, progress was made through talk therapy, medication, and then exercise. He started to walk short distances with his dog (it was really more him walking Shoopack than the other way around), until finally, he started to jog a mile. This slowly became 3-5 miles, which became training for a marathon.
ABOUT THE HOST
Taylor Roark is the founder of Galliant Trainings, which guides and facilitates individuals and organisations in Creative Purpose.
He has worked variously as a school bus driver, a blacksmith, a Wall Street lawyer and a developer of offshore wind farms. He has lived on 3 continents, travelled to more than 50 countries and currently resides in London, England.
Taylor is a keen cyclist, an amateur photographer, an alchemical writer, a weekend DJ and a Taoist at heart. He chooses to live life as a mythical adventure.
“The adventure you seek in life is yourself!”
CONTACT METHOD
Website: https://www.galliant.life/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-roark-a852169/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetaylorroark/
Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@galliant.life
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.adventures.of.self/
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By Taylor RoarkThis week's adventure is taken in the company of Jim Shoopack, a man who came through an extraordinary ordeal in 2001, when a severe period of depression left him clinging to life by the fingertips.
Jim came through on the other side, and he's here today to discuss the reasons why life is always worth living, and how fellow sufferers can begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
'Just putting two feet on the ground was the biggest accomplishment of my entire day'
'Every second felt like an hour. Every hour felt like ten days. I hoped to just get to the night'
'There is a stigma. People ask why you can't just get over it? Why did you choose it?'
'If I don't take care of what I need, then I can't help other people'
'It's quite simple, but simple things can be very impactful'
'A lot of time in my marathon work, it's about looking up above, and admiring what is in front of me'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
The Adventures Of Self
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.adventures.of.self/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The.Adventures.of.Self
ABOUT THE GUEST
Jim Shoopack was born and raised in the Pocono Mountains of Eastern Pennsylvania of the United States. Located approximately 75 miles west from downtown Manhattan in New York City, Shoopack has lived in the Stroudsburg/East Stroudsburg area his entire life. For the past 14 years he has been a Middle School Spanish teacher and also a Soccer Coach at both the High School and Middle School level at the school district where he teaches. In 2020, he celebrated his 10-year wedding anniversary to his wife Shannah, with whom they have three dogs – Snitches, Sadie and Stewart, and a cat, Doody. In September of 2020 he earned his Doctorate in Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership and Management from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Shoopack’s story of looking to inspire began in February – May of 2001, when for approximately 100 days he suffered all of the symptoms of depression. It is miraculous that he didn't take his own life. Through prayer, an eventually an out-of-body experience and help from a friend who suffered from clinical depression and advised him to get help, Shoopack went to his Primary Care Physician (PCP) and through a collaborative plan, progress was made through talk therapy, medication, and then exercise. He started to walk short distances with his dog (it was really more him walking Shoopack than the other way around), until finally, he started to jog a mile. This slowly became 3-5 miles, which became training for a marathon.
ABOUT THE HOST
Taylor Roark is the founder of Galliant Trainings, which guides and facilitates individuals and organisations in Creative Purpose.
He has worked variously as a school bus driver, a blacksmith, a Wall Street lawyer and a developer of offshore wind farms. He has lived on 3 continents, travelled to more than 50 countries and currently resides in London, England.
Taylor is a keen cyclist, an amateur photographer, an alchemical writer, a weekend DJ and a Taoist at heart. He chooses to live life as a mythical adventure.
“The adventure you seek in life is yourself!”
CONTACT METHOD
Website: https://www.galliant.life/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-roark-a852169/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetaylorroark/
Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@galliant.life
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.adventures.of.self/
This show was brought to you by Progressive Media