Personal stories

Thank you to everyone who has started listening to the audiobook version of Can Adventure Prevent Dementia? I’m very grateful for your enthusiastic and positive feedback. In response to those who [...]

I’m thrilled to announce that Can Adventure Prevent Dementia? A guide to outwitting Alzheimer’s is now available as an audiobook. Read by the very talented trio of Ella Watson Russell, Felix [...]

I’m currently in Krakow, Poland for the Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) Conference with over 700 delegates from more than 100 countries. A common theme of the conference is that despite [...]

Recently I had a spirited conversation with Australian boxer, coach and motivational speaker, Tiffanee Cook on her podcast Roll with the Punches. We talked about what it takes to be truly [...]

The more you drink alcohol, the more you shrink your brain. In short, there is no safe level of alcohol consumption and the new Canadian alcohol guidelines are the first in the world to [...]

In December last year I had the privilege of being interviewed by neuroscientist, exercise physiologist and nutritionist, Paul Taylor, on his cutting edge podcast dedicated to improving our mind, [...]

Not long ago, I asked my father for his most important life advice. My first question was: ‘What’s the key to a lasting happy relationship?’ He answered: ‘Find someone you can laugh with and cry [...]

Ebor is a small town in northern NSW with a population of 166 people. It has one café, one hotel and one waterfall. I stopped there for lunch during my 5 hour drive home from Armidale where I had [...]

Since moving to the Gold Coast I‘ve debated with myself about whether or not to tell new acquaintances and neighbours that Dad has dementia. The reason for my reluctance is the observation that [...]