After a busy season, Carrie is back—and kicking off November with a powerful reset: gratitude. Not the fluffy kind, but the kind that rewires your stress response and supports real, measurable health gains. In this episode, Carrie explains how practicing gratitude can shift your brain out of negativity bias, boost serotonin and dopamine, raise heart-rate variability (hello, parasympathetic “rest-and-digest”), improve sleep quality, ease anxiety, lower blood pressure, and even calm inflammatio...
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After a busy season, Carrie is back—and kicking off November with a powerful reset: gratitude. Not the fluffy kind, but the kind that rewires your stress response and supports real, measurable health gains. In this episode, Carrie explains how practicing gratitude can shift your brain out of negativity bias, boost serotonin and dopamine, raise heart-rate variability (hello, parasympathetic “rest-and-digest”), improve sleep quality, ease anxiety, lower blood pressure, and even calm inflammatio...
Clean Eating, Reframed: It’s Not About Cutting Carbs—It’s About Cutting the Crap (Episode 52)
Thrive with Carrie
28 minutes
5 months ago
Clean Eating, Reframed: It’s Not About Cutting Carbs—It’s About Cutting the Crap (Episode 52)
We’ve been sold the idea that “eating clean” means cutting carbs, tracking every bite, and living in a constant state of food guilt. But what if clean eating wasn’t about restriction at all? In this episode, we’re throwing out the rulebook and redefining what clean eating really looks like—especially in midlife. It’s not about giving things up. It’s about upgrading what’s on your plate so you can feel your best without the overwhelm. We’ll cover: – How to focus on food quality over quantity –...
Thrive with Carrie
After a busy season, Carrie is back—and kicking off November with a powerful reset: gratitude. Not the fluffy kind, but the kind that rewires your stress response and supports real, measurable health gains. In this episode, Carrie explains how practicing gratitude can shift your brain out of negativity bias, boost serotonin and dopamine, raise heart-rate variability (hello, parasympathetic “rest-and-digest”), improve sleep quality, ease anxiety, lower blood pressure, and even calm inflammatio...
