Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD - Taking Control of Your Brain
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, who has the 7th most viewed TED talk of all time, spoke about the brain hemorrhage that led to her stroke of insight and how consciousness works on The FitMind Podcast episode 47.
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Episode Overview
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroanatomist with the 7th most viewed TED talk of all time, titled "My Stroke of Insight."
When it comes to understanding the brain, she has studied it extensively as a scientist but also had the unique opportunity to observe how it works introspectively during a stroke.
In this episode of The FitMind Podcast, we talk about the brain hemorrhage that led to her stroke of insight and one of the most viewed TED talks of all time, her tips for taking control of our brains, how the brain works, the 90 second rule for emotions, becoming your best self, and how consciousness works.
Hope you enjoy!
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Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor Bio
Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD has been named by Time Magazine on a list of the 100 most influential people in the world and was the first guest on Oprah's SoulSeries show. She founded the nonprofit Jill Bolte Taylor Brains, Inc. and is the national spokesperson for the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center.
Dr. Taylor received a PhD with postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical School in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. She's also the author of the bestselling book My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientists' Personal Journey.