Expand your perception. Change your life. | Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
In the video “Expand your perception. Change your life. | Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor,” neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor shares her personal journey of experiencing a stroke at the age of 37, and how it transformed her understanding of the brain. Dr. Taylor explains how the brain comprises four distinct modules, each playing a unique role in our cognitive and emotional functions, ultimately shaping our personalities and actions. By becoming aware of these four characters within ourselves, she suggests that we have the power to consciously engage specific parts of our brain.
Dr. Taylor emphasizes the importance of understanding our brain’s capacity to influence our perception of reality. By tapping into the different parts of our brain, we can choose to be more rational, creative, forgiving, or open-minded. This awareness allows us to navigate our emotions and thoughts more effectively, leading to less anxiety, more inner peace, and a purposeful life.
Through her TED talk and bestselling book “My Stroke of Insight,” Dr. Taylor has become a leading voice in the field of neuroscience, advocating for the power of neuroplasticity and intentional living. Her message encourages us to explore the depths of our own minds, embrace the complexity of our brain’s functions, and actively shape our identities for a more fulfilling existence.
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Neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor explains the 4 key ”characters” of the brain, and how understanding each can expand your perception of yourself, and the world, forever.
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At age 37, neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that would take her eight years to fully recover from. This is how it changed her understanding of the brain.
In this interview, Dr. Jill draws a map of the human brain, explaining how it is comprised of four distinct modules, each serving a unique role in function and personality. This combination of cognitive and emotional components gives rise to the multidimensional characters within each of us.
Are you looking to be more rational, more creative, more forgiving, or perhaps less rigid in your thinking? Dr. Jill suggests that by becoming aware of the four modules of our brains, we can consciously choose to engage specific parts. This awareness allows us to harness the true power of our brains and shape who we want to become, ultimately fostering less anxiety, more inner peace, and a vastly more purposeful life.
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About Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor:
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained and published neuroscientist. In 1996 she experienced a severe hemorrhage (AVM) in the left hemisphere of her brain causing her to lose the ability to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Her memoir, My Stroke of Insight, documenting her experience with stroke and eight-year recovery, spent 63 weeks on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list and is still routinely the #1 book in the category Stroke in the Amazon marketplace.
Dr. Jill is a dynamic teacher and public speaker who loves educating all age groups, academic levels, as well as corporations and not-for-profit organizations about the beauty of our human brain. She focuses on how we can activate the power of our neuroplasticity to not only recover from neurological trauma, but how we can purposely choose to live a more flexible, resilient, and satisfying life.
In 2008 Dr. Jill gave the first TED talk that ever went viral on the Internet, which now has well over 27.5 million views. Also in 2008, Dr. Jill was chosen as one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” and was the premiere guest on Oprah Winfrey’s “Soul Series” webcast. Her new book, Whole Brain Living – the Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life is a #1 release on Amazon in categories ranging from Neuroscience to Nervous System Diseases and Stroke.
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Video “Expand your perception. Change your life. | Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor” was uploaded on 06/17/2024 to Youtube Channel Big Think