Summary

In this episode of NeuroAlchemy, Dr. Sarah Young sits down with registered nurse and dementia care advocate Kimberly Diaz for a grounded, compassionate conversation about trauma, dementia, caregiving, and nervous system healing.

If you’re caring for someone with dementia, navigating trauma, or feeling stretched thin in a helping role, this episode offers understanding, validation, and practical insight.

Together, Sarah and Kimberly explore how trauma is stored in the nervous system and how it can manifest in behaviors often misunderstood in dementia. Kimberly shares why dementia should be viewed as brain changes rather than stigma, and how presence, embodiment, and compassion can transform caregiving from control into connection.

This conversation also centers caregivers.

Kimberly speaks open ...