by Karen G Clemenson | Aug 31, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fitness, Videos
Hey Everybody! Its Karen from Wellness Works NW! How are you doing out there? Can you believe that September is here! This has been a very quick month! I was sitting here thinking about what happens to people. We like to specialize in people who are chronically ill....
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 Karen G Clemenson | Aug 24, 2020 | Fitness, Videos
Hey Everybody! This is Karen from Wellness Works NW. We are moving through the summer and things are getting better. It has been 100 years since women got the right to vote. Can you imagine that? A woman named Susan B. Anthony and her friend, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,...
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 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 Karen G Clemenson | Aug 18, 2020 | Fitness, Mental Health, Videos
Hey Everybody! It’s Karen from Wellness Works NW! Boy was it hot today! That’s ok. We are enjoying our summertime! I hope you are having a really good summer! That blast of joy. When you think about different things in life, when you were about 18 to 26 years old,...
by Karen G Clemenson | Aug 17, 2020 | Fitness, Videos
Ha Ha! Those Glorious, Glorious Glutes…doo doo doodoo! That wasn’t the name of that song! How did that go? It’s all about that base, bout the base…Ha! Ha! Anyway I am talking about the glutes. That’s right; the hind parts as we used to say in North Cackalacky. Now...
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 Karen G Clemenson | Aug 14, 2020 | Children's Health, Chronic Illness, Fitness, Videos
Hey Everybody! It’s Karen from Wellness Works NW. Its ok when you’re not feeling ok, I mean we are getting older, but when your kids don’t feel ok, you’ve got a problem. You can almost feel their pain. When you think of arthritis, we usually think of an old person’s...
by Summer D Clemenson | Aug 11, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News, Fuel Your Wellness, Recipes
This article was co-written by Jamie Holloway and Summer D Clemenson. By popular demand we were tasked with coming up with a one day sample of how to eat Mediterranean. We provided recipes for the one day of meals listed here. Jamie has never made a meal plan before...
by Karen G Clemenson | Aug 10, 2020 | Fitness, Mental Health, Videos
Woo Hoo! It’s Karen and I am back again; just when you thought it was safe to go outside…dun dun dun…You know how you feel when you’ve done something, and you didn’t know it was wrong, but you did it? Oops! Yes it is called a mistake and we all make them. So last...
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 Karen G Clemenson | Aug 6, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fitness, Videos
Hey! It is Karen with Wellness Works NW and I am happy to see you! It has happened. All this talk about exercise and now you are ready to try to begin exercise. You are chronically ill and you pushed yourself until you could hear the “Rocky” theme in your head...
by Nancy Cho-Auvil | Aug 5, 2020 | Food News, From the Heart with Nancy Cho-Auvil
Greetings to all! Here is to a very happy August.Here we are and it is already August. Time flies so fast, it is easy for me to get busy with life, such as anxiously waiting the arrival of my fifth grand baby. I love each and every one of my grandsons to eternity and...
by Karen G Clemenson | Aug 4, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fitness, Videos
Super heroes, aren’t they awesome. Hi this Karen from Wellness Works NW and today I feel like a super hero! I have been know for wearing super hero shirts and socks because sometimes I just feel like a super hero. When I was a kid I used to make myself a cape out of...
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 Karen G Clemenson | Aug 1, 2020 | Fitness, Mental Health, Videos
Hi Guys! It’s Karen from Wellness Works NW. I hope you are having a great summer! I have had such a good time meeting new people and reconnecting with old friendships because of Challenge 22. It was amazing. So many people were ready to help. The goal of...
