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 voice, even when it feels uncomfortable or risky.

Nikki shares her experience navigating simultaneous medical crises involving her father and her infant son, Bennett, and what it taught her about intuition, persistence, and advocating inside a complex healthcare system. Together, Liz and Nikki talk about the difference between being “nice” and being effective, why trusting your gut matters, and how trauma reshapes the way we show up for others.

They also explore the importance of community, personal responsibility, and learning how to stay grounded in moments of fear and uncertainty. This conversation is a reminder that speaking up isn’t about control, it’s about care, courage, and showing up when it matters most.

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In this episode of Mind What Matters, Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach continue their deeply personal conversation about caregiving, shifting from naming the pain to sharing the hard-earned tools that helped Elizabeth survive thirteen years of caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s.

Elizabeth opens up about burnout, family tension, and the emotional weight of being the one who carries the day-to-day reality of decline. Together, she and Nikki talk honestly about what actually helps caregivers, from learning when not to correct or argue, to understanding anxiety-driven behaviors, to setting boundaries without shame.

This conversation explores family dynamics, asking for help, recovery work, and the moment caregiving forces you to trust yourself even when others disagree. For anyone in the thick of caregiving, or still processing the aftermath, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and reassurance that you’re not failing...you’re learning.

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Welcome back to Mind What Matters! In this episode of Elizabeth Humphreys and Nikki DeLoach turn the microphones inward to explore the raw, unfiltered realities of caregiving, grief, and the long emotional arc of loving someone with Alzheimer’s. To kick off the new year, the two friends treat each other as guests asking the hard questions about what caregiving really costs, how grief evolves over time, and what healing looks like after years of living in survival mode.

Elizabeth shares her thirteen-year journey caring for her mother, from the earliest gut instincts that something was wrong to the exhaustion, burnout, guilt, and grace that marked every stage of the disease. Together, she and Nikki unpack the “death by a thousand paper cuts” that caregivers experience, the shame we place on ourselves for not doing it perfectly, and why allowing grief to do its work, rather than resisting it, can be profoundly transformative.

This episode is an honest reminder that caregiving changes you, grief is not linear, and healing happens in small, daily acts of self-forgiveness. For anyone walking alongside a loved who requires care, or carrying the aftermath of that journey, this conversation offers validation, wisdom, and the reassurance that whatever you’re feeling, it’s all okay.

To learn more about Mind What Matters or to support our mission, visit our website.

To learn more about Mind What Matters or to support our mission head to our website.

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To learn more about Mind What Matters or to support our mission head to our website.

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Mind What Matters is produced by the team at Palm Tree Pod Co.