Parkinson’s disease is a viperfish...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a viperfish that prowls through my brain, attacking my neurons and depleting me of much-needed dopamine… It’s...
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bromack
Aug 14, 20234 min read
Who, me? Improvise?!
I hear you. Improvisation may sound scary, silly, perhaps even pointless. I can write furiously from where I am, as a decades-long...
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bromack
Aug 9, 20232 min read
To all who should be concerned:
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the thing that goes bump in the night. I can’t always see its physical effects, but I can always feel it...
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bromack
Jul 18, 20232 min read
Ending Parkinson's disease
It’s time we got serious about Ending Parkinson’s disease - the book and the movement. My latest writing class with PD participants, “Day...
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bromack
Jul 9, 20236 min read
World Parkinson's Congress 2023
Thousands of researchers, clinicians, people with and affected by PD descended upon Barcelona last week for the sixth annual World...
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bromack
Jun 30, 20235 min read
Michael J. Fox's latest documentary, "Still", is our Call to Adventure
Telling a sad sack story about Parkinson’s disease (PD) is boring. That’s what Michael J. Fox tells us in the first ten minutes of his...
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bromack
Apr 28, 20232 min read
The Parkinson's Prison and my plan to escape!
This is a blended letter written from Susan Scarlett, beginning at the end of the 2021 Day One Superheroes program, and revised before...
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bromack
Feb 28, 20233 min read
Day One to the rescue - again!
Written by YAX's own First Follower, Susan Scarlett Prior to my diagnosis of Parkinson’s, I began to notice my handwriting shrinking....
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bromack
Feb 23, 20234 min read
A Care Partner’s Advocacy - a time when I missed the mark
Traveling is not easy for my dad, a 78-year-old man who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in 2001. At the same time, him...
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bromack
Feb 2, 20232 min read
Yeah, but what happens when it’s not acute?
Our current medical system is brilliant at acute and emergency care. We have fantastic and dedicated practitioners, surgeons and...
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bromack
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Your Daily Dose of Dopamine: Featuring Cole Galloway, PhD
Here's a snippet of our interview with Cole Galloway, PhD. His research Research focuses on physical rehabilitation for children. He is...
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bromack
Jan 25, 20231 min read
Your Daily Dose of Dopamine: Featuring Cindy Copley
The following is the opening transcript from an interview with an awesomely inspiring Run Disney enthusiast who has been making and...
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bromack
Jan 24, 20233 min read
Care Partners - we need YOU!
Care partners play a vital role in the lives of their loved ones with PD. At the same time, there’s all too often a gap between them....
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bromack
Dec 21, 20224 min read
The longest run: Almost bonking...
The final long run of my marathon training was scheduled for twenty miles. I planned to do it on Friday, Dec. 16 in Walnut Creek, CA...
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bromack
Oct 8, 20222 min read
When taking the long road, we need to refuel
Blog #2 on my first marathon training One of the things I really enjoy about long runs (anything over six miles starts feeling long to me...
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bromack
Oct 1, 20224 min read
The stories we tell ourselves
I came across the phrase, "the story I'm telling myself" in Brene Brown's "Rising Strong". She operationalizes it to identify her...
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Susan Scarlett
May 11, 20223 min read
The YAX Factor
Whenever I mention what I call “The YAX Factor” to people who have played improvisation with Robert Cochrane, they all know what I mean....
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Robert Cochrane
Jan 20, 20212 min read
You're lost (and that's great!)
One of the power phrases of improvisation is “trust the unknown”. While this sounds exciting to me, as someone who adventures into the...
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Beth Donegan
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Say yes to smiles and laughter
Who doesn’t like to smile and laugh? Who doesn’t like to belong to a group of people that you know you will enjoy spending time with? ...
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Robert Cochrane
May 29, 20202 min read
Why humor matters with Parkinson's
You’ve probably heard the saying that laughter is the best medicine. There’s some evidence for it (see: laughter prescription). Laughter...
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