Self Publish or Perish!
There is this saying in academic science: “Publish or perish!” We say this because if you don’t publish your results in peer-reviewed...
Just Say Yes - And
Just Say Yes—And It’s the #1 rule in Improvisational Acting. You say, “Yes, and,” to everything you are offered. As actors cooperating to...
Talking with Jenny
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...
Changing the Wind
Below is the speech given by James Smith at the 2008 Alzheimer’s Public Policy Forum Candlelight Vigil earlier this week. His...
Emotions Unleashed
Not too long ago, I studied acting for a year and a half. As with any approach to acting, the ultimate goal was to ‘live truthfully under...
Busting The Myth of Alzheimer's
Peter Whitehouse and Daniel George wrote a book called The Myth of Alzheimer’s. In it, they claim that “there is no such thing as...