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Have fun. You belong.
We just completed a wonderfully (and appropriately emotional) Cinema Therapy session featuring the Pixar classic, Inside Out ....
bromack
Oct 22, 20242 min read
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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...
bromack
Oct 4, 20243 min read
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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 ...
bromack
Sep 28, 20242 min read
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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...
bromack
Sep 27, 20245 min read
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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 -...
bromack
Sep 12, 20242 min read
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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...
bromack
Sep 4, 20242 min read
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Time for some AAAction!
Acknowledgement. Acceptance. Action. Those are three steps that are crucial in making a change. Some language from recovery and...
bromack
Aug 28, 20243 min read
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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...
bromack
Aug 24, 20243 min read
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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...
bromack
Aug 20, 20243 min read
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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...
bromack
Aug 14, 20243 min read
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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...
bromack
Jul 28, 20242 min read
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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...
bromack
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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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...
bromack
Jul 6, 20243 min read
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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...
bromack
Jun 10, 20244 min read
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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...
bromack
May 16, 20244 min read
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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...
bromack
May 5, 20242 min read
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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...
bromack
Apr 25, 20242 min read
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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...
bromack
Mar 27, 20248 min read
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I'm Taking Play Seriously
After about 20 years of being out of college, I decided to go back to school to get my master's in social work. This is so I can do more...
bromack
Mar 6, 20242 min read
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