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 registered dietitian and cognitive health advocate Barbie Boules for a open, wide-ranging conversation about what happens after a parent with Alzheimer’s transitions into memory care. Barbie shares her personal experience as a primary caregiver, the safety concerns that led to placement, and the unexpected emotional realities that followed, including the absence of the “relief” many assume will come.

From wandering and hospice conversations to family dynamics and lingering guilt, this discussion captures the layered complexity of long-term caregiving.

The conversation then pivots into Barbie’s professional expertise: cognitive fitness, midlife brain health, and the growing confusion around GLP-1 medications, compounded peptides, and influencer-driven wellness trends. Barbie offers grounded, evidence-based clarity on what these medications are designed to treat, where misuse is happening, and why women in midlife are especially vulnerable to quick-fix health promises.

Thoughtful, nuanced, and refreshingly honest, this episode bridges lived experience with science, and reminds us that informed decisions matter, especially when it comes to our brains.

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