Considering the Options

By Kate A. Griffith

Things are looking a little different at Freshlife these days. By now, you may have already seen the new layout in the front of the store. I am so pleased to announce the opening of the newly remodeled Freshlife Wellness Department.

We are now offering expanded wellness services in an effort to meet increasing customer demands for accurate, trustworthy information and individualized services.

The newly remodeled Wellness Department features a private consultation room, where customers are invited to talk with any of Freshlife’s trained wellness coaches in private without an appointment. This feature allows both the wellness coach and the customer to briefly discuss health concerns that may be of a sensitive nature.

Nutritional consultations

If you prefer to set up a one-hour individual nutritional consultation with a wellness coach, we would be happy to provide you with a comprehensive health and lifestyle plan that is uniquely tailored to your needs and concerns. The Freshlife Wellness Team offers this service as a part of our mission of equipping you to “embrace your best health.”

When you schedule a consultation, you will be asked to complete a detailed health history form, a constitution questionnaire and diet journal. Upon return of that paperwork to Freshlife, your information will be studied and discussed by all of the Wellness Coaches in a weekly session facilitated by Barb Jarmoska. The synergy of the Wellness Team’s ideas and combined insights will assure you the best possible outcome. During that staffing, your consultation will be assigned to the Freshlife Wellness Coach who we believe is most suited to your needs. Your coach will partner with you in examining your goals and concerns and in developing a holistic and comprehensive plan that includes lifestyle choices, diet, exercise and nutritional supplements. Our team of Wellness Coaches includes: Freshlife Founder Barb Jarmoska, who has 27 years of experience in the fields of health and nutrition; Freshlife’s Registered Nurse, Linda Wilcox; Erin Roush, the Wellness Team leader and a student of Clayton College’s natural health program; Jennifer Hornberger, certified massage therapist; and Melian McKee, sports nutrition and exercise specialist.

Our goal is to help you to understand how the choices you are making in all areas of your life are either promoting or depleting your health. Our purpose is not to tell you what you “have to do” to be healthier. We will help you to see that the choices you make are always with consequence and that new choices and changed outcomes are always possible. Our role is to share our knowledge and to enlighten you on the many ways to create vitality, long life, joy and freedom from disease.

A one-hour consultation is $40. Copies of the intake forms are available at the store and online at Barb Jarmoska’s website, www.road-2-health.com. Telephone consultations are available for out-of-town clients.

The expanded wellness department at Freshlife also features an expanded book department, an entire wall of free literature, a reference library from which you can rent books, audios, DVDs, and a place to sit and enjoy a cup of hot, organic, fair trade coffee and a snack while you browse books. You’re even welcome to sit and copy info, recipes, etc.

We cordially invite you to stop by Freshlife and embrace your best health by taking full advantage of the array of wellness services we offer.

Attention FreshMail subscribers

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Next month in Options

If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of people who suffers from gluten intolerance, celiac disease, Crohn’s disease or one of the myriad of other digestive health challenges, be sure to pick up a May edition of Options, where Freshlife staff and owners will shed some light on these common health challenges and offer some hope for those in need.