The narratives we inherited about Alzheimer's disease—that memory loss means the person is already gone, that there's nothing we can do—are outdated and actively harmful. In this episode, I break down where these old stories came from, how stigma shows up in everyday interactions, why the science has fundamentally changed what's possible, and five practical steps to break free from narratives that hurt us. This is the first episode in our "Rewriting Your Future: The New Vision of Life with Memory Loss" series.