Unforgettable Gems

10/12/2025

09/28/2025

This is one term I wish I had brought up more during the media tour for The Unexpected Journey. It doesn’t roll off the tongue easily and when you’re already nervous, forget about it.
But I want to highlight it here: anosognosia.
It’s another complicated layer of navigating FTD, and I talk about it in my book as well as in my recent conversation with . 
Anosognosia is a neurological condition where the brain cannot recognize its own illness.
For Bruce, it meant he didn’t tap into his disease, which was a blessing, sparing him the awareness of that weight. For me, it was the curse of having to navigate it while carrying the weight of what he could not see.
This is the reality for many families facing FTD, and it deserves to be better understood. Someone messaged me and said: “I never knew this condition! I wish our neurologist had told me.”
The truth is, I didn’t learn this in the doctor’s office either. I learned it because I went digging for answers.

08/28/2025

The "Die Hard" actor was diagnosed with dementia nearly three years ago.

08/27/2025