by Karen G Clemenson | Sep 18, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fitness, Videos, Women's Health
Hey Everybody! This is Karen with Wellness Works NW. You know, when we were first starting we were really thinking about the people we really wanted to help, kind of our target group of people, and we want to help everybody because we love everybody but we decided on...
by Karen G Clemenson | Sep 16, 2020 | Fitness, Videos
Hey Everybody! How are you doing? This is Karen from Wellness Works NW. Do you feel that burst of energy? They tell me that a lot of times, when your energy level is low, you wonder how to bring this back up again. They say that Yoga is very good for this. September...
by Karen G Clemenson | Sep 14, 2020 | Fitness, Food News, Men's Health, Videos
There you are! This is Karen with Wellness Works NW and today we are going to talk about Low T…Back in the 70’s there was this great soul singer named, Barry White, and he could get his voice very low and he had this very seductive voice, like, “Hello Baby.” He could...
by Karen G Clemenson | Sep 10, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fitness, Videos
Hey Guys! Its Karen from Wellness Works NW. It has been very hot but we are getting through it. I do a lot of talk but I am sure that you would never guess that, but I also try to do a lot of listening and every now and then you hear something that you haven’t heard...
by Karen G Clemenson | Sep 7, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fitness, Videos
Hi Guys! It’s Karen from Wellness Works NW! I was just thinking the other day about when I came to Washington State in September of 1988. Isn’t that amazing! I remember getting off the plane and breathing in the air and thinking it smelled right, it looked right…You...
by Karen G Clemenson | Sep 4, 2020 | Fitness, Videos
Hey Everybody! It’s Karen from Wellness Works NW! You have done it! You have decided it is time to feel better. Maybe you just went up the stairs and it wasn’t as easy as it used to be. You used to be able to do it fine, but today, half way up, you began to struggle...
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 Karen G Clemenson | Sep 2, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fitness, Food News, Videos
Hi Folks! I am Karen from Wellness Works NW and I am going to talk about the Paleo Diet. You’ve probably heard of it before. There are so many kinds of diets out there and it may make you confused. There is the Mediterranean Diet, Paleo, the Switch, the Military...
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 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 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 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 Wellness Works NW | 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 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 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 | Jul 31, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fitness, Videos
Hey Guys! This is Karen with Wellness Works NW and I am so glad you are here. Thank you so much. When you have skin problems can be very frustrating. I remember in high school I would buy Oxy-10 and spreading it on my face to try to help my skin. It would never...
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....
