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...
The Healing Power of Color in Midlife with Dr. Deanna Minich (Episode 56)
Thrive with Carrie
58 minutes
4 months ago
The Healing Power of Color in Midlife with Dr. Deanna Minich (Episode 56)
Have you ever felt like midlife has lost a little of its color—emotionally, physically, or even on your plate? In this vibrant conversation, Carrie is joined by Dr. Deanna Minich—nutrition scientist, author of The Rainbow Diet, and a pioneer in connecting food, mood, and color. Together, they explore how eating a colorful, phytonutrient-rich diet can deeply support hormone balance, brain health, and emotional well-being—especially during perimenopause and menopause. They talk about the undera...
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...
