We, women, are known for taking care of everyone else and forgetting about ourselves. I believe it is important to have a balance of taking care of ourselves and taking care of our families. If you think about it, if we don’t take care of our own mental health, spiritual health, emotional health, and physical health how can we take care of our family and friends. This week is Women Health Week! This is a week set aside for women to consider making their health a priority in their schedules. Here are some things women need to be aware of:
- Hypertension: a silent killer and many women don’t know they have it
- Obesity: one out of every three women are obese
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes
- Respiratory conditions: such as COPD, lung disease, and asthma
- Now Covid-19: Now that this virus is going around we want to protect our families, but we forget to protect ourselves.
Here are some tips:
- Talk to your health provider often. Get your blood work done, blood pressure checked, and an examination.
- Maintain a healthy weight
- Stay active
- Eat heart healthy
- Take care of your mental health
- Find healthy ways to manage stress
- Practice good sleep habits
- Monitor alcohol intake
- Look out for your lungs by doing diaphragmatic breathing, deep breathing, or meditation.
- Find what works for you
- Focus on you
- Put yourself on your schedule
- Instead of making changes, create habits
- Change your environment to meet your wellness goals
- Set attainable goals
- Realize you only have one body
- Read food labels
- Keep track of your numbers, blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, inflammation rate
- Eat healthy
We at Wellness Works NW want to be a support system to help women in all shapes, sizes, and health conditions to reach their goals and be the best they can be. Karen Clemenson is willing to work with you and even make you laugh in the process. The rest of the team is willing to research and give you the information you need to be aware and get to where you would like to be. Let’s get moving.
#KeepMoving #WellnessWorks #WootWoot
Here are some links I would like to share with you:
- 9 Simple Ways To Make Your Health A Priority In The New Year by Westchester Health Staff
- 2020 – Make Your Health a Priority by Physical Therapy Institute Staff
- About National Women’s Health Week by Office On Women’s Health Staff
- How to do belly (diaphragmatic) breathing by Massachusetts General Hospital on YouTube
- National Women’s Health Week by American Medical Women’s Association Staff
- National Women’s Health Week 2020 May 10 – May 16 by Society for Women’s Health Research Staff
- National Women’s Health Week May 12-18, 2019 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staff
- Women’s Health Month May by Society for Public Health Education Staff
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Jamie Holloway is co-owner of Wellness Works NW and she is also our Research Manager and writes our Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway and Dear Jamie columns. Jamie is also an Independent Wellness Advocate at dōTERRA. She lives in the Portland, Oregon area. Since October 2011 she has been sharing her Journey Toward Health and Wellness with Vasculitis through her blog at JamieChasesButterflies.com. We hope you are as inspired as we are with the raw candor Jamie uses in her writing. If you would like to help support Jamie’s writing efforts please Donate now.
