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You're Invited to a Private Online Screening of What I Didn’t Say
Join us on April 1st, 2025 for a special private online screening of What I Didn’t Say , an award-winning play by Matthew Moore , MFA....
bromack
Mar 191 min read
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Andy Dufresne is a hero for the ages
The Shawshank Redemption has been the number one film on IMDB since 2008. It has long been my favorite film, too. However, for as much as...
bromack
Mar 192 min read
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The Hero’s Journey of Love: A Valentine’s Day Celebration to Remember
On Valentine’s Day, February 14th, over forty participants gathered online for The Hero’s Journey of Love , a heartwarming and...
bromack
Feb 152 min read
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Taking Parkinson's Back to the Future
"Today’s the day” is a powerful phrase in improvisation and storytelling. It calls us to the present moment, pulling our focus from the...
bromack
Jan 272 min read
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What your story is and isn’t - and why it matters a lot
The word “story” gets thrown around a lot, especially in the Parkinson’s community. Every major organization seems to have a place on...
bromack
Jan 223 min read
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Raising Los Angeles Up
Program Overview The devastating fires in Los Angeles have left lasting psychosocial and trauma-related impacts on the community. In...
bromack
Jan 172 min read
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Dangerous Stories - part two
You can read part one of this blog series by clicking here. The Danger of Minimizing Parkinson's Disease At a recent Parkinson’s summit,...
bromack
Jan 157 min read
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Rewriting the Dangerous Stories in Parkinson's disease
The Need to Rewrite Dangerous Stories Storytelling is one of humanity's most profound tools. It connects us, helps us make sense of our...
bromack
Jan 96 min read
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Bringing what isn't said to the big screen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Award-Winning Filmmaker and PD Advocate Robert Cochrane, PhD, Options Screenplay Rights to Matthew Moore’s...
bromack
Jan 83 min read
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The Awe of Cinema - Back to the Future
Cinema is built to inspire awe: “ the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your current understanding of...
bromack
Jan 72 min read
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Five lessons from The Shawshank Redemption
Andy Dufresne’s journey in The Shawshank Redemption offers profound life lessons that can inspire us to live better, more meaningful...
bromack
Jan 72 min read
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LOVE to Thrive and stay alive in 2025
Choosing a word as a guiding light for the new year is a wonderful idea. When Dr. Robert Cochrane suggested it a year ago giving Susan...
bromack
Jan 13 min read
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My word of the year: AWE
Back in 2021, my dear friend and co-founder of Yes, And…eXercise! , Susan Scarlett gave me my first word of the year. She did it in a...
bromack
Jan 13 min read
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A few thoughts on time
Michael J. Fox’s iconic Back to the Future turns 40 in 2025. The trilogy of films are all about time - the future, the past and the...
bromack
Dec 29, 20243 min read
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Wrapping up the Christmas Movie Hero's Journey
For six Fridays, from mid-November through Dec. 20, we met online to look at clips of classic Christmas movies through the lens of the...
bromack
Dec 22, 20242 min read
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Give hope by helping us redefine Parkinson's
This Giving Tuesday, December 3, 2024, we ask that you support our 501(c)3 nonprofit Y es, And...eXercise! and help us redefine...
bromack
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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The Christmas Movie Hero's Journey
This holiday season, immerse yourself in the magic of storytelling with our free Christmas Movie Hero’s Journey online celebration! Led...
bromack
Nov 30, 20241 min read
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Giving Thanks
THE INTERSECTION OF YAX AND YOU The following quotes were pulled together by YAX Board Member, Susan Scarlett. They demonstrate the...
bromack
Nov 27, 20244 min read
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From YOU to WE
One of my favorite, very silly, barely game-games that we play in the Jam for Joy improvisation classes is YOU! One person starts by...
bromack
Nov 24, 20242 min read
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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...
bromack
Nov 11, 20242 min read
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