419: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor on Whole Brain Living

<p>Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist.&nbsp;In 1996, Jill experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain, causing her to lose the ability to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life.&nbsp;Her memoir, My Stroke of Insight documents her experience with her stroke and her 8-year recovery and it spent 63 weeks on the&nbsp;New York Times bestseller list.&nbsp;Her new book is&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781401961985" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Whole Brain Living:&nbsp;The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters that Drive Our Life</em></a>.</p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p><strong>In This Interview, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor and I Discuss Whole Brain Living and …</strong></p><ul><li>Her book,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781401961985" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Whole Brain Living:&nbsp;The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life</em></a></li><li>The wolf parable as it relates to the right and left hemispheres of the brain</li><li>The differences between the right and left brain and how they work together</li><li>Losing her left brain function as a result of a stroke and being left with just the present moment</li><li>The division between the science of the left brain and the spirituality of the right brain</li><li>The function of the amygdala in the left and right hemispheres</li><li>Four different “characters” of the brain</li><li>How we can change the habitual patterning of our circuitry&nbsp;</li><li>Mindfulness is choosing purposefully to train our automatic responses</li><li>A “brain hud