Episodes

Eating healthily does not necessarily mean turning over great and delicious foods. Today’s special guest proves that healthy eating could just be as flavorful as the day to day processed foods we eat. What is more, it is life-changing.

With the dramatic growth in the elder population and the staggering number of people with dementia, now more than ever, there is a need to find ways to enhance the quality of life for both the patients and caregivers. On today’s show, Carrie Miller is joined by Rachelle Baum, the Founder and owner of CASA Healthcare to talk about caring for aging individuals. A physical therapist with over 23 years of experience in hospital care, rehab sports, orthopedic, skilled nursing, and home healthcare, Ra...

We can all embrace the idea that many of us are taking too many medications to the point that it is doing more harm than good. The term that best describes this is polypharmacy, and in this episode, Carrie Miller speaks with Dr. Holly Holmes to give us a great view of it. Dr. Holmes is the Director of the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at McGovern Medical School. A former Geriatrician and Pharmacist, Dr. Holmes, shares her expertise about polypharmacy and how it has been affecting...

It is heartbreaking to see your loved one suffering from dementia. That is why an amazing program could really make a difference in their day to day lives. In this episode, host, Carrie Miller, takes us to a place like no other—the one and only Amazing Place. It is the only Day Program in Houston, Texas, exclusively for adults with mild to moderate forms of dementia. Here with Carrie is its Executive Director, Tracey Brown. Tracey shares with us how they are providing the best in health, family,...

The body has a lifelong power to heal and regenerate with natural methods. However, that sometimes raises a few eyebrows because some people simply don’t believe in holistic approaches. On today’s show, Carrie Miller interviews Dr.

Prescription drugs may have helped millions live illness-free lives, but they have also destroyed many families. This episode opens our eyes to the reality of how misprescription or over-prescription of medication can deplete years of supposedly good family time. Today, Carrie Miller interviews Cheryl Anthony Alexander, the owner of ROAM Yoga Retreats, about her own mother’s suffering from stress and opioid addiction. Cheryl notes how pharmaceutical companies should be held reliable for many sim...

There are scenarios when conventional medicine is necessary especially when a quick fix is called for. Nonetheless, going natural or using alternative medicine can be equally as efficient and is much safer to our overall gut health. Today, Carrie Miller is joined by Dr. Amber Horsley, a Chiropractor, Acupuncturist, and Clinical Nutritionist at The Hayden Institute, to talk about conventional medicine and why people are relying on it for their quick health fixes. Dr. Horsley explains how food aff...

Do you know that gut health can equal to brain health? Carrie Miller sits down with renowned chef Elizabeth Johnson to talk about how your brain and gut are directly related. Referred as “the medicine guru” by the James Beard Foundation and the chef and mastermind behind the most anti-inflammatory restaurant of its kind called Pharm Table, Elizabeth shares how she surfaced into the industry and why she has such a unique advocacy towards gut health and anti-inflammatory diet. Don’t miss this epis...

With all the food choices surrounding us, how can we keep a healthy brain and body? In this episode, Carrie Miller interviews Dr. Serge Grégoire, a doctor in nutrition who is certified in clinical herbology and the author of Fats, Cholesterol and You. Being healthy and healing is as simple as taking in the right herbs and vitamins for your body. With this as the foundation of health, Dr. Grégoire shares his prescription for optimizing brain health. With excessive sugar as a major factor for ill ...

Dementia is a hard battle to fight, not just for the patients but for the family and health care providers, too. However, this becomes harder when misdiagnosis enters the scene, and time, money, and resources have been wasted. Today, in the first episode of the Healthy Brain Podcast, Carrie Miller gets down to the essentials about how you can find the right choices in terms of treating dementia and similar brain diseases. Sharing her own mother’s dementia journey, she validates the importance of...