Whole Brain Living Interview with Jill Bolte Taylor

Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD, is a Harvard trained and published neuroanatomist. In 1996, she suffered a stroke and as a result, she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. It took eight years for her to completely recover all function. In 2008, Dr. Taylor gave the first TED talk that ever went viral. Her memoir My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey spent 63 weeks on the NY Times bestseller list and is translated in over 30 languages. Dr. Taylor has written a new book that is coming out on May 11, 2021.

In this episode, Anat Baniel and Jill Bolte Taylor discuss:

• Jill’s new book Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life;
• why Jill wrote this book, which she calls her “gift to the world”;
• if you want to improve your vitality, well-being, and freedom, it is ALL about differentiation;
• the four characters of the brain, their purpose, and how to access them to make better choices in your life;
• the importance of sleep for a healthy brain;
• related questions from the audience.