My Stroke of Insight
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001QCZTWU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 121 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Whitehall said Truly Insightful. I'd read this book a number of years ago and urged our library to purchase it. Living in an area where there are a lot of older people, I felt its wisdom and insight would be most helpful to any who have loved ones with a stroke. This August my own husband suffered a stroke, not nearly as severe as Jill Taylor's but his speech, reading and writing were affected.I just purchased our o. "MOVING AND CRITICALLY IMPORTANT" according to Schuyler T Wallace. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT REVIEWWe are fortunate that Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, author of “My Stroke of Insight,” is a brain scientist with enough fortitude to survive a stroke, intellect to examine the experience, patience to overlook medical ignorance, and a willingness to share her adversity. It is also a delight to have a communicator with writing skills and the ability to du. Steven Woloszyk said Do our Brains Possess the Power to Heal? You Bet they Do!. What do you get when you have a brain scientist, with a Ph. D., experience a stroke, survive, and then fully recover? You get a pretty amazing book detailing the experience and recounting a remarkable journey back to recovery.On December 10, 1996, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a Do our Brains Possess the Power to Heal? You Bet they Do! What do you get when you have a brain scientist, with a Ph. D., experience a stroke, survive, and then fully recover? You get a pretty amazing book detailing the experience and recounting a remarkable journey back to recovery.On December 10, 1996, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a 37-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist, suffered a major brain hemorrhage of the left side of her brain. As . 7-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist, suffered a major brain hemorrhage of the left side of her brain. As
In my right brain, I shifted into the consciousness of the present moment. Over time, I regained the ability to weave moments back together to create an expanse of time, and with this ability came the ability to learn methodically again. : What can we learn about our brains and ourselves from your experience, even if we haven't lived through the kind of brain trauma you have? Taylor: I learned that I have much more say about what goes on between my ears than I was ever taught and I believe that this is true for all of us. For example, when I was tired, I allowed my brain to sleep, and when I was fresh and capable of focusing my attention, we gave me age-appropriate toys and tools with which to work. I used to
For Taylor, her stroke was a blessing and a revelation. It would take her eight years to fully recover. 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.. 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. The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enli