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My Stroke of Insight

Written by: Jill Bolte Taylor
Narrated by: Jill Bolte Taylor
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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. Biological Sciences Medical Physical Illness & Disease Professionals & Academics Science
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Critic Reviews

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

"[Dr. Taylor] brings a deep personal understanding to something she long studied: that the two lobes of the brain have very different personalities."
—The New York Times

"Fascinating...invaluable...fearless...This book is about the wonder of being human."
—Robert Koehler, Tribune Media Services
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it is a compiling story told in a very natural and by the way manner. Extremely will narrated, gives very good insight into how we operate whether it is from the left brain or the right brain, quite and ideal audio book for everyone

Excellent Insight into Our Own Self

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It changed my view about a lot of things. From appreciation of my own body and mind to understanding what a stroke survivor would have gone through. Thank you, Jill Boyle Taylor for sharing this with the world 🙏

Amazing insights I wish I knew before

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This was my first audio book. I had an amazing experience. The flow of story and narration are very much engaging. Going to recommend it to my friends. Thank you for writing and narrating such an interesting book. Found something really good in this lockdown period.😊

Amazing experience

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I would like to express immense gratitude towards the author, who has shared her divine experience and the deep insights accompanied with it, though she herself went through a severe and painful for it.
Her understanding of human brain, mind is absolutely second to none and not only that but the ease with which she conveys the same is, in my view mind bogglingly precise and simple.

The firsthand divine experience of a highly accomplished academia.

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Thrown a light on Brain Hemispheres Functionality at it's Core!
not much are aware of the functioning of them. Thankyou for sharing this journey of yours.

Awareness about the Two Hemispheres inside us

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