My Stroke of Insight My Stroke of Insight

My Stroke of Insight

A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

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Publisher Description

"Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world."—ABC News

The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment


On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within four hours-Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized she was having a stroke and enabled her to seek help before she was completely lost. It would take her eight years to fully recover.

For Taylor, her stroke was a blessing and a revelation. It taught her that by "stepping to the right" of our left brains, we can uncover feelings of well-being that are often sidelined by "brain chatter." Reaching wide audiences through her talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference and her appearance on Oprah's online Soul Series, Taylor provides a valuable recovery guide for those touched by brain injury and an inspiring testimony that inner peace is accessible to anyone.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2008
May 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
192
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House Canada
SIZE
3
MB

Customer Reviews

Ajs56er ,

A Half Hemisphere Hit

I read this amazing journey in the second week following my son's stroke. It provides the reader with many insights including optimism for how the brain can recover. However it is written from the perspective of someone who had a Left Brain clot. So the insights into an individual's reactions predominately come from that perspective. I hope at some stage the author might collaborate with someone who can provide an equally detailed and inspirational perspective of a stroke to the Right Brain. Thank you.

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