My Stroke of Insight

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Condition: New " 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. Paperback It tells the story of her journey to recovery and how she gained powerful insight into the workings of the brain. For Taylor, her stroke was a blessing and a revelation. My Stroke of Insight is an inspiring book by Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist who experienced a stroke. 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. 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. 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.