Still Alice Discussion Guide for Readers living with Early Onset and/or Early Stage Alzheimer’s
I created this guide back in 2007, just before self-publishing STILL ALICE and selling copies from the trunk of my car. I was blogging...
The Oscars
It's Oscars season. I love movies and try to catch as many of the Oscar-nominated films as I can before the Academy Awards. So far, I've...
The Power of Intention: My Experience at TED
So, the Pope, Serena Williams, Lisa Genova, and Elon Musk walk into a bar…. I haven’t yet figured out the perfect witty punch line to...
There Is A Bridge
I recently attended a 3.5 day “There Is a Bridge” workshop in Stewart, Florida, run by the brilliant Michael Verde of Memory Bridge....
Remembering Jenny, 1937-2012
I can’t really talk about Jenny without including Don. Don is Jenny’s husband. And more than anyone else I’ve met with Alzheimer’s, they...
Building Neural Roads
Whether you have Alzheimer’s or are of a certain age that you’ve started routinely forgetting where you put your keys, you’re probably...
When is it Normal and When is it Alzheimer's?
Since the release of Still Alice, I’ve had the privilege of talking to a lot of audiences about Alzheimer’s. One of the most common...
The Valley of the Baby Dolls
I recently read ‘DANCING WITH ROSE: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer’s’ by Lauren Kessler. In it, she reveals the inner life of an...
What Rich Hopes For
In the picture I’d seen of Rich on the internet prior to meeting him, he has short brown hair and a full beard covering his face. He’s...
Treatment Without Numbers
I know a widely-respected neurologist at a prestigious, teaching hospital who once said, “Treating dementia is like rearranging the...
