Mind What Matters
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Mind What Matters
Mind What Matters is a podcast about memory disease such as Alzheimer's and Dementia and how we can best care for the longterm health of our minds. Hosted by public speaker and advocate Elizabeth Humphreys.
Recent Episodes
75 episodes
The Dementia Caregiver's Guide: What Every Family Needs to Know with Dr. Macie Smith
This week on Mind What Matters, Nikki DeLoach sits down with nationally recognized gerontologist, social worker, and dementia care expert Dr. Macie Sm...
Walking in Her World: Ty Lewis on Faith, Dementia Care, and Sacred Advocacy
Walking in Her World: Ty Lewis on Faith, Dementia Care, and Sacred Advocacy week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down...
You Don't Have to Hold It Together: Caregiving, Grief, and Learning to Feel Again
What if the thing that's keeping you stuck is the very thing you've been taught to do your whole life: hold it together?
In this deeply personal...
Finding Peace When Life Doesn't Go According to Plan with Erik Ireland
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with mindfulness teacher, author, and host of the Listen to Sleep podca...
A 20-Year-Old Caregiver on Huntington’s Disease, Genetic Testing, and Showing Up with Love
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys sits down with Mariana, a 20-year-old nursing student and caregiver whose story is both heartbreak...
What Frontotemporal Dementia Really Looks Like with Beth Jones
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with caregiver, advocate, and podcast host Beth Jones for an honest con...
How One Caregiver Is Rethinking ALS, Alzheimer’s & Healthcare with Indu Navar
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with entrepreneur, technologist, and healthcare innovator Indu Navar fo...
The Caregiving Crisis No One Can Ignore Anymore
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach have a deeply personal and urgent conversation about why caregiving can no longe...
Raising Resilient Kids Through Adversity with Leland Vittert
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with journalist and author Leland Vittert for a powerful conversation a...
Everything We Wish We Knew About Senior Living Sooner (Part 2) with Christen Bergeron
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach continue their conversation with senior living expert Christen Bergeron, this ti...
Fixing Caregiving: What Needs to Change (Part 2) with Neal K. Shah
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach are back together with Neal K. Shah to continue a conversation that’s bigger tha...
Why Caregiving Feels Impossible And What Neal K. Shah Says Needs to Change
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys sits down with entrepreneur and caregiver Neal K. Shah to talk about the reality so many families...
Everything We Wish We Knew About Senior Living Sooner with Christen Bergeron
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys sits down with senior living expert Christen Bergeron to talk about what so many families wish the...
Understanding Autism, ADHD, and Family Dynamics with Dr. Sarah Richie
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys sits down with clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Sarah Richie to explore a form of caregiving that of...
Ultra Endurance, Alzheimer’s, and the Power of Showing Up: Travis & Mark Macy
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys reaches into the archives for a powerful conversation with ultra endurance athlete Travis Macy, ho...
A Caregiver’s Alzheimer’s Journey: Edward O’Day on Family Decisions, Grief, and Advocacy
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys revisits a powerful conversation from the archives with Edward O’Day, whose family faced the devas...
Barbie Boules: Memory Care Decisions, Cognitive Fitness, and Cutting Through Wellness Noise
Caregiving doesn’t end when placement happens, it simply changes shape.
In this episode of Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys sits down with...
Lauren Dykovitrz on Early-Onset Alzheimer’s, Caregiver Guilt, and Learning to Accept the Journey
This week on Mind What Matters, Liz Humphreys reaches into the archives to revisit a conversation that still feels as relevant and raw as the day it w...
Ashley Stevens on Dementia Caregiving, Breaking Stigma, and Building Real Support
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with gerontologist and licensed clinical social worker Ashley Stevens,...
When Care Changes: Memory Care, Advocacy, and Staying Present
This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach reflect on what happens when caregiving moves beyond the home and into memory ca...
Community, Advocacy, and Learning to Speak Up
In this episode of Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach reflect on caregiving, advocacy, and the moments that force us to find our...
What Caregiving Teaches You: Tools, Boundaries, and Trusting Yourself
In this episode of Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach continue their deeply personal conversation about caregiving, shifting fro...
UPDATED: All Episodes Mind What Matters Nonprofit The Long Goodbye: Caregiving, Grief, and Becoming Who You Are Along the Way
Welcome back to Mind What Matters! In this episode of Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach turn the microphones inward to explore the raw, unfiltered...
The Long Goodbye: Caregiving, Grief, and Becoming Who You Are Along the Way
Welcome back to Mind What Matters! In this episode of Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach turn the microphones inward to explore the raw, unfiltered...
Healing the Mind with Heart: Dr. Dani Cabral on Caring for the Brain with Intention
This week on Mind What Matters we are sharing a crossover episode from the Travis Macy Show.
Liz Humphreys and Travis Macy, host of The Travis...
Grace in the Goodbye: Sharon Lawrence on Caregiving, Music, and the Sacredness of Letting Go
On this episode of Mind What Matters Liz and Nikki sit down with acclaimed actor and advocate Sharon Lawrence to talk about caregiving, compassion, an...
The Power of Self-Remembrance: Aimee Parker on Human Design, Healing, and Living by Your Own Blueprint
This week Liz Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with Aimee Parker, intuitive guide and Human Design reader, to explore what it truly means to live...
From Surviving to Thriving: Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky on Women’s Health, Hormones, and Rewriting the Narrative Around Aging
In this episode of Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys sits down with Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky, board-certified oncologist and host of the Interlude...
Stronger at Every Stage: Pamelyn Rocco on Redefining Women’s Health and Longevity
In this episode of Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with health and wellness coach Pamelyn Rocco to cut through the n...
Finding Agency in the Unimaginable: Sandra Abrevaya on Caregiving, Advocacy, and Hope
In this episode of Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with Sandra Abrevaya—caregiver, advocate, and co-founder of I AM...
Holding It All Together: Grief, Caregiving, and the Fight to Be Heard with Jillian Reeves
What happens when you’re the only one left to care for everyone else? In this episode of Mind What Matters, Jillian Reeves joins Elizabeth Humphreys a...
Soak, Reset, Repeat: Greg Macdonald on Self-Care, Caregiving, and the Power of Bathorium
What started as a single soak in Italy changed everything. In this episode, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with Greg Macdonald, founde...
The Millennial Caregiver: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Better Support with Rachel Loeb
When Rachel Loeb’s father was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s at 58, she became a caregiver overnight—and realized just how little support exis...
Creating Joy in the Hard: Small Steps Toward a Personal Revolution
In this episode, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach get real about what it means to find joy when life feels impossibly hard. Through stories of ca...
When the Smoke Clears: What the LA Wildfires Taught Us About Trauma and Resilience
What do you do when the world feels like it’s burning—literally and figuratively? Nikki DeLoach shares her personal experience living through the deva...
Navigating the Caregiving Journey: Lessons, Loss, and Finding Support
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia is an emotional and often isolating journey. In this heartfelt episode Elizabeth Humphreys and Nik...
The MIND Diet: How 44% of Alzheimer’s Cases Can Be Prevented with Dr. Tom Holland
What if you could lower your risk of Alzheimer’s by nearly half—just by changing what’s on your plate? In this episode, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki...
Hospice Nurse Julie McFadden on Death, Caregiving, and Finding Meaning
Death is one of life’s only certainties, yet so many of us avoid talking about it—until we have no choice. In this episode, Elizabeth Humphreys and Ni...
A Holistic Approach to Caregiving with @the_cognition_dietitian Barbie Boules
Barbie Boules is not just another nutritionist on Instagram—she’s a seasoned expert with over 20 years of experience in women’s metabolic and brain he...
Empowering Women's Health: Navigating Perimenopause, Endometriosis, and the Medical System with Dr. Sharon Malone (Part 2)
There are countless misunderstood health challenges that women face in their 30s and 40s, but how lasting is the impact? In part two of this empowerin...