Mind What Matters

Caregiver burnout doesn't always look like complete exhaustion. Sometimes it looks like anger, resentment, fear, guilt, or even wanting to get as far away from the person you love as possible.

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach have an honest conversation about caregiver mental health and the emotions that can be difficult to admit, especially when you've spent months or years in survival mode.

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Can a supplement really improve brain health? Do you need a full-body MRI? What actually helps reduce your risk of cognitive decline, and how can you tell when a viral health claim is actually backed by science?

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with public health scientist and science communicator Dr. Jessica Steier, founder and CEO of Unbiased Science, to separate evidence-based health ...

What does it actually mean to be mentally and emotionally healthy when your life is genuinely hard?

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with psychotherapist, speaker, author, and host of The Work of Being Human, Vanessa Bentley to unpack the emotional realities of caregiving, grief, relationships, and being human.

Vanessa explains why experiencing grief, sorrow, anger, loneli...

Last week, we explored what grief does to us. This week, we're talking about what comes next.

In Part 2 of their conversation with grief therapist, trauma specialist, and author Meghan Jarvis, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach move beyond the theory of grief into the everyday reality of living with it.

Together, they unpack some of the questions so many grieving people quietly carry: What do you do when there was never a chance t...

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach are joined by grief therapist, trauma specialist, and author Meghan Jarvis for the first of a two-part conversation about one of the few experiences every human being will face, yet almost no one is taught how to navigate.

Drawing from both her professional work and her own profound losses, Meghan shares how grief reshapes our identity, why trauma and grief are of...

This week on Mind What Matters, Nikki DeLoach and Elizabeth Humphreys sit down with author, educator, and caregiver Sarah Maguire Marston to talk about one of the hardest conversations many families never expect to have: explaining dementia to children.

After Sarah's mother was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and Primary Progressive Aphasia, she struggled to help her young children understand why their grandmother could...

This week on Mind What Matters, Nikki DeLoach sits down with nationally recognized gerontologist, social worker, and dementia care expert Dr. Macie Smith for one of the most practical conversations we've had about caregiving.

With more than 25 years of experience supporting families living with dementia, Dr. Macie shares the advice she wishes every caregiver received long before a crisis begins. From healthcare power of attorney and...

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 with caregiver, educator, and certified dementia practitioner Ty Lewis, the voice behind I Am Gertrude Jordan.

Ty has been sharing her mother’s late-stage dementia journey with honesty, tenderness, and deep wisdom, offering other caregivers a window into what it means to care wit...

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 conversation, Liz Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach explore the emotional cost of caregiving, the dangers of numbness, and why so many caregivers feel like they have to suffer in silence. Through stories of Alzheimer's caregiving, childhood conditioning, burnout, grief, and resilience, they unpac...

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with mindfulness teacher, author, and host of the Listen to Sleep podcast, Erik Ireland, for a conversation about identity, suffering, purpose, and what it means to stay present when life doesn't unfold the way we expected.

Drawing from his own experiences of reinvention, self-discovery, and personal growth, Erik shares how mindfulness helped him move bey...

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys sits down with Mariana, a 20-year-old nursing student and caregiver whose story is both heartbreaking and deeply inspiring. Mariana grew up watching her mother live with Huntington’s disease, a genetic neurological illness that can affect movement, mood, memory, and independence. At 18, Mariana made the decision to get tested herself and learned that she also carries the Hun...

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with caregiver, advocate, and podcast host Beth Jones for an honest conversation about frontotemporal dementia, isolation, and what happens when your parent slowly becomes someone you no longer recognize. 

Beth shares the story of her mom’s early-onset FTD diagnosis at just 65 years old, including the subtle personality changes that first raise...

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with entrepreneur, technologist, and healthcare innovator Indu Navar for one of the most eye-opening conversations the podcast has had to date. 

After losing her husband Peter to ALS, Indu found herself confronting a healthcare system that felt outdated, disconnected, and devastatingly slow. Instead of walking away from that experience, she decided t...

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach have a deeply personal and urgent conversation about why caregiving can no longer be treated as an individual family issue, because it has become a national crisis. 

Drawing from their own experiences caring for loved ones, Liz and Nikki talk honestly about the financial devastation, emotional isolation, burnout, and impossible decisions so many caregivers ar...

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach sit down with journalist and author Leland Vittert for a powerful conversation about a different kind of caregiving, the kind that shapes a child’s entire life.

Leland shares the story behind his book Born Lucky, opening up for the first time about growing up with an autism diagnosis that was never discussed, the challenges he faced in school, and the role h...

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach continue their conversation with senior living expert Christen Bergeron, this time digging into one of the hardest and most overwhelming parts of caregiving: the cost.

With over 25 years of experience in senior living, Christen helps families understand what care can actually look like financially, from assisted living and memory care to in-home support. They talk...

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 than any one family’s experience.

After unpacking the personal realities of caregiving, this episode turns toward what comes next, how we begin to fix a system that isn’t working for the millions of families navigating it every day.

Together, they dive into the larger for...

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 are facing: a caregiving system that is overwhelming, expensive, and often impossible to navigate.

After becoming a caregiver for both his grandfather with Alzheimer’s and later his wife during a serious illness, Neal saw firsthand how broken the system truly is. What started as ...

This week on Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys sits down with senior living expert Christen Bergeron to talk about what so many families wish they had understood before finding themselves in the middle of a caregiving crisis.

With over 25 years of experience in the senior living space, Christen shares what actually happens when a parent is no longer safe at home, and why so many families are left trying to figure it out in real...