Episode 325: Rewire for High Performance: Science-Based Self-Healing with Carrie Drinkwine

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In this Workday Playdate, Erin sits down with Carrie Drinkwine to explore a counterintuitive idea that feels both relieving and radical: healing comes from listening deeper more than it comes from pushing harder. 

Carrie shares her powerful journey through chronic illness, emotional healing, and life-threatening health challenges, revealing how true wellness emerges when emotional and physical health are treated as one system. Together, Erin and Carrie unpack why ignoring our bodies keeps us stuck, how flow restores vitality, and why self-love is foundational. 

Why Forcing Wellness Isn’t Working 

Carrie breaks down how “powering through” pain, stress, and symptoms disconnects us from our bodies. When healing becomes another achievement to chase, we miss the signals that actually lead to recovery. 

Flow restores what force breaks. 

Emotional Healing = Physical Healing 

“Emotional issues are in the tissues.” Carrie explains how repressed emotions live in the body and manifest as physical illness and why releasing them is essential for long-term health and vitality. 

Flow Over Control 

Flow isn’t passive; it’s responsive. Carrie shares how embracing flow helps us move through obstacles, regulate the nervous system, and create conditions for regenerative health. 

Self-Love Is the Strategy 

Real healing requires self-acceptance, compassion, and safety. Carrie reframes self-love as a practical, embodied tool for emotional wellness. 

Holistic Practices That Actually Heal 

From listening to intuition to integrating holistic, regenerative practices, Carrie outlines what supported her transformation and why sustainable healing is never one-dimensional. 

Joy Over Survival Mode 

When you stop fighting your body, energy returns. This conversation shows how emotional wellness unlocks vitality, and why presence is the gateway to feeling alive again. 

Your Play Challenge 

This week, pause and ask your body one question: “What are you trying to tell me right now?” Then listen without fixing, forcing, or judging. 

Your Freebie 

You’ve tried the planners, the color-coded calendars, and the “this is the week I finally get my life together” pep talks… and somehow it still falls apart by Thursday. You are not the only one! 

It's mainly because consistency is a clarity problem. 

The 4-Step Consistency Planner helps you uncover the real reasons routines don’t stick and walks you through four simple fixes to take back control of your week like you would. You won’t become a robot, promise. 

Download it here and start keeping your word to yourself. 

No, You Hang Up First (Let’s Keep Connecting) 

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