Book - My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Hardback, 185 pages, published 2006. Excellent used condition. There's the slightest scuff mark on the dust cover from being shelved, but otherwise this copy is like new. "On Dec 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 over the course of 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 conferences and her appearance on Oprah's online Soul Series, Taylor provides a valuable recovery guide for those touched by brain injury. This book is an inspiring testimony." 🌟