What we can’t see in PD - and why it matters
James Parkinson wrote “An Essay on The Shaking Palsy” in 1817, identifying the disease for the first time in medical and academic...
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bromack
Oct 222 min read
Have fun. You belong.
We just completed a wonderfully (and appropriately emotional) Cinema Therapy session featuring the Pixar classic, Inside Out ....
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bromack
Oct 43 min read
Oakland and Las Vegas: Come Together
This is rough. There is more bad blood between Oakland and Las Vegas than a mob of Swifties and a MAGA rally. Just this week, Green Day’s...
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bromack
Sep 282 min read
I wouldn't be here without you
One of my Cinema Therapy students, Terri Van Bibber, said those beautiful words to me after doing her fantastic presentation at the ...
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bromack
Sep 275 min read
OKLND - The A’s are gone
When I picked up my dad on the morning of the A’s final game in the Oakland Coliseum, I asked how he was feeling. In what has become his...
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bromack
Sep 253 min read
Unwritten
We are all Unwritten. Natasha Beddingfield’s 2004 hit “Unwritten” is one of my favorite songs. The beat is magnetic and immediately gets...
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bromack
Sep 122 min read
More to Parkinson’s - and Deadpool
Ryan Reynolds’ star power is soaring. He’s had a long string of solid hits, but nothing like what the role of Deadpool has done for him -...
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bromack
Sep 42 min read
They Call Me Sherpa Andy
And I’m on a hunt for stories. Your stories. However this is not the story you know, it’s the one you don’t yet. This is the one you’re...
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bromack
Aug 283 min read
Time for some AAAction!
Acknowledgement. Acceptance. Action. Those are three steps that are crucial in making a change. Some language from recovery and...
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bromack
Aug 243 min read
Cinema Therapy
Do you love movies? I do, too. It has grown from a fascination to a passion to nearly an obsession for me. As a teen I loved going to the...
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bromack
Aug 203 min read
Andy’s Acceptance
In The Shawshank Redemption , Andy Dufresne is technically an innocent man. He did not kill his wife nor her lover who she was cheating...
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bromack
Aug 143 min read
The Shawshank Hero’s Journey
The Shawshank Redemption has been the number one rated film on IMDB for over 16 years. It turns thirty this year. I had the honor of...
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bromack
Jul 282 min read
Practical Improv
Many people think of improvisation as just comedy. That’s understandable based on its popularity and the effect it has on audiences when...
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bromack
Jul 82 min read
My Stephen King Story - part 2
You can read the first part of this story here. Frank Darabont opened Darkwoods Productions to have a place to develop his work. He had...
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bromack
Jul 63 min read
My Stephen King Story
Like many of you, I've been a Stephen King fan and Constant Reader since my first taste. For me it was reading Pet Sematary as a...
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bromack
Jun 104 min read
Saying goodbye (?) to our Oakland A's
My dad and I attended what may be our last A’s game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, June 9, 2024. It’s not us, it’s them. They’re...
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bromack
May 164 min read
Welcome to the Parkinson's Journey
Let’s start here: what if we called Parkinson’s a journey rather than a disease? Defining Parkinson's disease (PD) as a journey...
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bromack
May 52 min read
Field your Dreams with us
Robert McKee is known as a guru in Hollywood for his ability to break down and rebuild stories. Hollywood bases its entire existence on...
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bromack
Apr 252 min read
Tell me more
I’ve spent the last several years listening to stories from the Parkinson’s disease (PD) community. More than just listening, I developed...
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bromack
Mar 278 min read
The Ordeal of Ending Parkinson's disease
The following piece was written by BJ "Cecil the Diesel" Bement as part of the Day One: Parkinson's Prison and the Hero's Journey to...
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