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Wellness While Walking

Wellness While Walking

By: Carolyn Cohen
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Welcome! Each episode of Wellness While Walking addresses the real health concerns you're facing: • metabolism shifts and blood sugar spikes/weight gain • establishing sustainable habits despite crazy-busy schedules • adapting movement regimens (featuring walking!*) to work for you… in a fun way! • implementing doable nutrition approaches that work with your midlife body and life Hi, I'm Carolyn, a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach of almost 20 years. I was a health-rejectionist! I didn't think it mattered what our lifestyles were like – I even doubled down on this approach, working in the ultra-processed foods industry for a decade (and gained a lot of weight and was fatigued all the time, but I didn't connect the dots!) But then I got very sick. And my young children did, too. I started to open up to the idea that what we ate, how (if!) we moved, how we slept and more – how it did matter! I "walked back" my chronic disease diagnoses and my kids healed. After over a decade of health coaching people in their midlife years, I also noticed another trend – that of extremes! Folks rejected things like walking and eating largely whole foods for their more intense counterparts, like running and "eating clean." I knew that I needed to fight this, because there are lots of health-conferring points in between on the spectrum, and I'm all about capitalizing on the low hanging fruit by taking small steps that we'll actually do and enjoy! I do think we need to fight societal norms that leave us unhealthy – we call that "walking against traffic" – but this can be a moderate, doable, fun and effective path! Getting this word out to the wider audience beyond my clientele led me to introduce the Wellness While Walking Podcast in January of 2020, and we've been going strong since! I hope you'll join me, Health Coach Carolyn, for Wellness While Walking—your 30-minute movement companion that delivers research-backed strategies for weight management, metabolic health, healing chronic conditions and extending your healthspan in a motivating, compassionate format! Whether you're seeking accountability for consistent action, clarity on conflicting health advice, or gentle guidance for aging vibrantly, Wellness While Walking meets you where you are with understanding and actionable solutions. By the end of each episode, you'll feel physically energized, mentally renewed, and equipped with clear next steps—having moved, learned, laughed, and found the motivation to take the next meaningful step on your health journey! (*Did I mention that we play a beep halfway through so you know when to turn around if you're walking while listening?!) Today is a terrific day to start so press "Follow" and then "Play," and let's do this, together!2024 Exercise & Fitness Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • 340. Walking in Summer Heat: Your Skin, Your Eyes, Staying Cool + More Ways to Step Safely While Having Fun!

    340. Walking in Summer Heat: Your Skin, Your Eyes, Staying Cool + More Ways to Step Safely While Having Fun!
    Jul 15 2026
    39 mins
  • 339. How to Curb Sugar Cravings: All Things Blood Sugar, Body Composition, and Eating by the Plate

    339. How to Curb Sugar Cravings: All Things Blood Sugar, Body Composition, and Eating by the Plate
    Jul 8 2026
    Today, the practical half: how to actually loosen sugar's hold. You'll hear where sugar is hiding in foods you'd never think to check. Why cravings often trace back to something other than a lack of discipline — our sleep, our stress, even our gut. What "eating by the plate" looks like in real meals, so we're not counting anything. The two-week fructose reset — what it is and how to make the most of it. How to test a single food and read what it's actually doing to our energy, so we decide what's worth it. And some more useful metrics than what we get from the bathroom scale. This BEST OF episode will live up to that label -- join us! LET'S TALK THE WALK! Join here for support, motivation and fun! Wellness While Walking Facebook pageWalking to Wellness Together Facebook GROUPWellness While Walking on InstagramWellness While Walking on ThreadsWellness While Walking on TwitterWellness While Walking website for show notes and other informationwellnesswhilewalking@gmail.com RESOURCES AND SOURCES (some links may be affiliate links) JJ VIRGIN AND THE SUGAR IMPACT DIET WebsiteOn Instagram On Facebook On YouTube JJ Virgin's Sugar Impact Diet: Drop 7 Hidden Sugars, Lose Up To 10 Pounds in Just 2 Weeks, JJ VirginThe Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days, JJ VirginPodcast -- Well Beyond 40 RELATED INFORMATION Wellness While Walking Ep. 143 – TOFI: Thin on the Outside/Fat on the Inside – talks about liver and metabolic healthWellness While Walking Ep. 83: Back to Basics: The Motivation Behind Wellness While WalkingLevels Health Blog – Includes Insights from CGMsNon-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, mayoclinic.orgMASLD https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22437-non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease HOW TO RATE AND REVIEW WELLNESS WHILE WALKING How to Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts on Your iOS Device 1. Open Apple Podcast App (purple app icon that says Podcasts). 2. Go to the icons at the bottom of the screen and choose "search" 3. Search for "Wellness While Walking" 4. Click on the SHOW, not the episode. 5. Scroll all the way down to "Ratings and Reviews" section 6. Click on "Write a Review" (if you don't see that option, click on "See All" first) 7. Then you will be able to rate the show on a five-star scale (5 is highest rating) and write a review! 8. Thank you! I so appreciate this! How to Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts on a Computer 1. Visit Wellness While Walking page on Apple Podcasts in your web browser (search for Apple Podcasts or click here) https://www.apple.com/apple-podcasts/ 2. Click on "Listen on Apple Podcasts" or "Open the App" 3. This will open Apple Podcasts and put in search bar at top left "Wellness While Walking" 4. This should bring you to the show, not a particular episode – click on the show's artwork 5. Scroll down until you see "Rating and Reviews" 6. Click on "See All" all the way to the right, near the Ratings and Review Section and its bar chart 7. To leave a written review, please click on "Write a Review" 8. You'll be able to leave a review, along with a title for it, plus you'll be able to rate the show on the 5-star scale (with 5 being the highest rating) 9. Thank you so very much!! OTHER APPS WHERE RATINGS OR REVIEWS ARE POSSIBLE Spotify Goodpods Overcast (if you star certain episodes, or every one, that will help others find the show) Castbox Podcast Addict Podchaser Podbean HOW TO SHARE WELLNESS WHILE WALKING Tell a friend or family member about Wellness While Walking, maybe while you're walking together or lamenting not feeling 100%Follow up with a quick text with more info, as noted below! (My favorite is pod.link/walking because it works with all the apps!) Screenshot a favorite episode playing on your phone and share to social media or to a friend via text or email!Wellness While Walking on Apple – click the up arrow to share with a friend via text or email, or share to social mediaWellness While Walking on Spotify -- click the up arrow to share with a friend via text or email, or share to social mediaUse this universal link for any podcast app: pod.link/walking – give it to friends or share on social mediaTell your pal about the Wellness While Walking websiteThanks for listening and now for sharing! : ) DISCLAIMER Neither I nor many of my podcast guests are doctors or healthcare professionals of any kind, and nothing on this podcast or associated content should be considered medical advice. The information provided by Wellness While Walking Podcast and associated material, by Whole Life Workshop and by Bermuda Road Wellness LLC is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or ...
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    38 mins
  • 338. Does Nature Want Us to be Fat? JJ Virgin on Sugar and How to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth Without Harming Your Health or Being Hungry

    338. Does Nature Want Us to be Fat? JJ Virgin on Sugar and How to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth Without Harming Your Health or Being Hungry
    Jul 1 2026
    We've hit the year's halfway mark this week — which makes it the perfect time to revisit the New Year mindset, minus the pressure. In this BEST OF conversation, fitness hall of famer and four-time NYT bestseller JJ Virgin joins us to unpack the real roadblocks between us and better health: the difference between glucose and fructose, why "a calorie is a calorie" falls apart outside a lab, how satiety and a little muscle do the heavy lifting, and the food-marketing "health halos" Carolyn knows firsthand from her advertising days. It's the episode that predicted the current satiety-and-muscle conversation everyone's having! LET'S TALK THE WALK! Join here for support, motivation and fun! Wellness While Walking Facebook pageWalking to Wellness Together Facebook GROUPWellness While Walking on InstagramWellness While Walking on ThreadsWellness While Walking on TwitterWellness While Walking website for show notes and other informationwellnesswhilewalking@gmail.com RESOURCES AND SOURCES (some links may be affiliate links) JJ VIRGIN AND THE SUGAR IMPACT DIET WebsiteOn Instagram On Facebook On YouTube JJ Virgin's Sugar Impact Diet: Drop 7 Hidden Sugars, Lose Up To 10 Pounds in Just 2 Weeks, JJ VirginThe Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days, JJ VirginPodcast -- Well Beyond 40 RELATED INFORMATION Wellness While Walking Ep. 143 – TOFI: Thin on the Outside/Fat on the Inside – talks about liver and metabolic healthWellness While Walking Ep. 83: Back to Basics: The Motivation Behind Wellness While WalkingLevels Health Blog – Includes Insights from CGMsNon-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, mayoclinic.orgMASLD https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22437-non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease HOW TO RATE AND REVIEW WELLNESS WHILE WALKING How to Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts on Your iOS Device 1. Open Apple Podcast App (purple app icon that says Podcasts). 2. Go to the icons at the bottom of the screen and choose "search" 3. Search for "Wellness While Walking" 4. Click on the SHOW, not the episode. 5. Scroll all the way down to "Ratings and Reviews" section 6. Click on "Write a Review" (if you don't see that option, click on "See All" first) 7. Then you will be able to rate the show on a five-star scale (5 is highest rating) and write a review! 8. Thank you! I so appreciate this! How to Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts on a Computer 1. Visit Wellness While Walking page on Apple Podcasts in your web browser (search for Apple Podcasts or click here) https://www.apple.com/apple-podcasts/ 2. Click on "Listen on Apple Podcasts" or "Open the App" 3. This will open Apple Podcasts and put in search bar at top left "Wellness While Walking" 4. This should bring you to the show, not a particular episode – click on the show's artwork 5. Scroll down until you see "Rating and Reviews" 6. Click on "See All" all the way to the right, near the Ratings and Review Section and its bar chart 7. To leave a written review, please click on "Write a Review" 8. You'll be able to leave a review, along with a title for it, plus you'll be able to rate the show on the 5-star scale (with 5 being the highest rating) 9. Thank you so very much!! OTHER APPS WHERE RATINGS OR REVIEWS ARE POSSIBLE Spotify Goodpods Overcast (if you star certain episodes, or every one, that will help others find the show) Castbox Podcast Addict Podchaser Podbean HOW TO SHARE WELLNESS WHILE WALKING Tell a friend or family member about Wellness While Walking, maybe while you're walking together or lamenting not feeling 100%Follow up with a quick text with more info, as noted below! (My favorite is pod.link/walking because it works with all the apps!) Screenshot a favorite episode playing on your phone and share to social media or to a friend via text or email!Wellness While Walking on Apple – click the up arrow to share with a friend via text or email, or share to social mediaWellness While Walking on Spotify -- click the up arrow to share with a friend via text or email, or share to social mediaUse this universal link for any podcast app: pod.link/walking – give it to friends or share on social mediaTell your pal about the Wellness While Walking websiteThanks for listening and now for sharing! : ) DISCLAIMER Neither I nor many of my podcast guests are doctors or healthcare professionals of any kind, and nothing on this podcast or associated content should be considered medical advice. The information provided by Wellness While Walking Podcast and associated material, by Whole Life Workshop and by Bermuda Road Wellness LLC is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment, and before ...
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    37 mins
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