by Jamie Holloway | Jan 14, 2021 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
January is popcorn month and Karen at Wellness Works NW’s favorite snack is popcorn. It is crunchy and meets the snack needs she has. Popcorn is a healthy snack. It is high in fiber. It is also high in phenolic acid which is an antioxidant. Popcorn also has a...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 7, 2021 | Chronic Illness, Fuel Your Wellness
Hashimoto’s Disease is an autoimmune disorder where your immune system creates antibodies that damage your thyroid gland. The inflammation that is caused is called chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and often leads to a person having an under-active thyroid gland. Often...
by Karen G Clemenson | Dec 4, 2020 | Fitness, Videos
Hey Guys! It’s Karen with Wellness Works NW. Normally I say, Howdy! I can get away with that because I am from North Carolina. Another person who is from the south is Dolly Parton. Some people laugh when they hear her name but she is wonderful. She has written songs...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 13, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
When living with a chronic illness you start collecting medical experts to help you through the chaotic roller coaster of your illness and in making a wellness plan. I am going to talk about one of the important team members that I rely on when it comes to my...
by Karen G Clemenson | Aug 21, 2020 | Fitness, Videos
Hey Everybody! Its Karen from Wellness Works NW I want to ask you a question: How tall can a tree grow? What a silly question. What do you mean? As tall as its supposed to be. This is kind of like what you are trying to do by making weight loss goals or exercise goals...
by Karen G Clemenson | Aug 20, 2020 | Fitness, Videos
Hi there Everybody! This is Karen with Wellness Works NW and I was just sitting here thinking about the word “Driven.” You think of very successful people being very driven. In order to be driven, you gotta have the right fuel, right? You definitely need to eat right...
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 Summer D Clemenson | Jun 4, 2019 | Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Product Reviews, Women's Health
Several months ago our insurance company sent us a flyer telling us about the Mango Health App. I like apps and I think they can be very helpful. I have used a few wellness apps but hadn’t really fell in love with them. But I like this one. The Mango Health app is a...
by Summer D Clemenson | Nov 28, 2017 | Fitness, Food News, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Mental Health
Fads come and go but we all need our diet to be a Trusted Wellness Tool. Instead of relying on any Fad Diet, I think we can all say that Healthy Eating should be a goal we all work towards. I have a beef with diets. It is personal. I don’t mean to color your Wellness...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 21, 2016 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
In a million years I never thought I would be writing about eating disorders. You see, this affects me personally. As I was reading my research I discovered two things about myself. I have been affected by all the ads, commercials, and the desire to be this beauty...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 4, 2015 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Men's Health, Mental Health
Wellness Works NW has asked me write a series of articles for their website on men’s health and on living with a chronic condition. My first article will be on Men Living with Depression. I chose depression, because it is something that happens to men. Whether they...
