by Jamie Holloway | Oct 1, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Sexual Wellness
September 4, 2020 was World Sexual Health Day, in fact September is Sexual Health Awareness Month. Sexual health is a very important part of our overall health and more and more people are seeing this. Sexual Wellness is equally about prevention, treatment and care...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 29, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
Confusion, loss of memory, paranoia, and mood swings are often associated with older people. Alzheimer’s Disease affects 5.5 million Americans, aged 65-years-old or older. It is the third largest cause of death among Americans. Alzheimers is an irreversible...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 24, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Sexual Wellness
Healthy aging: One thing we all have in common no matter what gender, race, sex, or size we are is that we all get older. In the article I am going to talk about learning how to age well. As we age our body changes: Our blood vessels begin to stiffen Our arteries...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 22, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway
September is Cholesterol Education Awareness Month. There is so much misinformation about cholesterol floating around. The truth is cholesterol has an important role in the body. Cholesterol is needed for three main things in the body. These are: Production for of sex...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 17, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Women's Health
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Ovarian Cancer is called the silent killer because the symptoms are so similar to other symptoms that women experience while they are aging. 80 percent of women first get diagnosed with ovarian cancer in stages 3 or 4. This...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 15, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
September is Pain Awareness and Drug-Free Pain Management Month. Since both of these awareness campaigns are advocating the same thing: making people aware of what pain is and that there are alternative ways of living well with pain than opioid use I decided to...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 8, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway
September is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month. PCOS is a group of symptoms that affect the ovaries and ovulation. In one study, up to 70 percent of women with PCOS hadn’t been diagnosed so it may be more common than we think. I was diagnosed with...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 3, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway
Cancer sucks! Lung Cancer especially sucks because it takes your ability to breathe well away. I know how that feels despite not having lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer worldwide. In 2020 so far, 228,820 new cases of lung cancer has been...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 1, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News, Product Reviews
Every so often I want a sweet treat but when you are trying to eat well it becomes hard to find treats that meet your wellness goals. Sometimes you find products that claim to be healthy but they taste awful. Then there are products that you find that are healthy and...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 27, 2020 | Book Reviews, Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
This article was originally posted at JamieChasesButterflies.com on August 20, 2020. As one who lives with several chronic illnesses, and has for the last eleven years, I have been on a long seek and find mission to find wonderful women and men who have lived well...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 25, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
The skin is the biggest organ we have in our body so it is vital we take care of our skin. What happens when your body decides to attack the skin thinking it is the enemy? Many of those who have Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) which is a combination of having Psoriasis and...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 20, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Fitness, Food News, Mental Health
When I was growing up in the late seventies and early eighties I wanted to be Wonder Woman with her awesome strength, invisible plane (I used to make believe my big wheel was my invisible plane), and her smarts. I know many little girls who wanted to be just as strong...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 19, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Food News
Six years ago I first heard about the Paleo Diet because one of my sisters was following this diet and she still is. It helps her with her autoimmune disease and makes her feel more energized and it helped me lose fifty pounds. Personally, I follow my own version of...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 14, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Children's Health, Chronic Illness
Everyone knows someone in their life who has a form of arthritis, but we never think about children getting it. We associate arthritis with a part of growing old. However, that is a wrong way to think. Juveniles can get arthritis too. Juvenile arthritis is caused by...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 7, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News, Product Reviews
Eating well can be a big challenge when you suffer from a chronic condition that leaves you feeling fatigued and unable to cook from scratch sometimes. You might want to turn to a TV dinner type of meal. Thankfully, now there are some healthier options that...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 3, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Mental Health
Trauma happens in many different forms and situations.: veterans, child abuse, domestic violence, rape survivors, and those with stressful job experiences like the police, firemen, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and other first responders. Sometimes the...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 31, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News, Product Reviews
At Wellness Works NW we know the importance of having a wellness plan that includes eating well. In this article I am going to share my personal review of Grancestors Cottage Pie Frozen Dinner. Previously, I wrote a review for Grandcestors Paleo Colorado Hash Meal and...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 30, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
Our skin is one of our most important organs of the body. It protects us from so many things. What would you do if you had an autoimmune illness that affects the skin by hardening it and making it tighter? That is exactly what the autoimmune disease Scleroderma does....
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 28, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Sexual Wellness
Hepatitis is an inflammation disease that affects the liver and can cause a lot of damage to the liver. The liver is the largest internal organ in the body. The job of the liver is to convert the nutrients we feed it into substances that our body can use to live well....
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 22, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Product Reviews
Eating well can sometimes be a challenging problem, especially when you are suffering from a chronic condition that leaves you with extreme fatigue. For me, when I am extremely fatigued the last thing I want to do is to chop vegetables and cook a meal. That is why I...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 17, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
At Wellness Works NW we help many of our clients with eating plans to maintain many types of health conditions and goals that they may have. The Mediterranean Diet is one of the healthiest eating plans in the world because it is packed full of anti-inflammatory foods...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 14, 2020 | Book Reviews, Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
In February of this year I received an Instant Pot to replace my 20-year-old slow cooker. Since then I have been researching recipes to try. So far, I have made Borscht, broth, and chicken. Since eating well is 80 percent of my wellness plan, eating real and...
