Comments on: TEDTalk: A Neuroanatomist About Her Own Stroke

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:48:08 +0000

Thank you for that. Jill Bolte Taylor’s My Stroke of Insight is one of the most incredible stories I’ve heard in a long time. Her TEDTalk video blew my mind wide open to new possibilities. On the one hand, there’s what she went through and how she emerged from it. On the other hand, there’s what she can teach all of us.
I saw the 4 part Oprah interview on Oprah dot com Soul Series and I did learn a lot from that, but I’d like to find our more of how to do what Dr. Taylor did, without having a stroke of course!
Thin how many of us are living too much in the head, and not the heart. And of course, you can’t get more left brain than a Harvard Brain Scientist. Isn’t it ironic that she should be the one to have the stroke and transform from the quintessential left brainer into this “”seen the light”" disciple of finding inner peace?
I hope this movement keeps going. Maybe there will be My Stroke of Insight classes where we can practice what Jill Bolte Taylor is preaching.

By: JohnnieMae

JohnnieMae — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:24:06 +0000

I read “My Stroke of Insight” in one sitting – I couldn’t put it down. I laughed. I cried. It was a fantastic book (I heard it’s a NYTimes Bestseller and I can see why!), but I also think it will be the start of a new, transformative Movement! No one wants to have a stroke as Jill Bolte Taylor did, but her experience can teach us all how to live better lives. Her TED.com speech was one of the most incredibly moving, stimulating, wonderful videos I’ve ever seen. Her Oprah Soul Series interviews were fascinating. They should make a movie of her life so everyone sees it. This is the Real Deal and gives me hope for humanity.

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By: Bertalan Meskó

Bertalan Meskó — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:08:45 +0000

I’m an admirer of Venter, but many scientist don’t like him because of his celebrity position.

Anyway, thank you for the Youtube link, YS!

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Bloggende mannen pas op! » MedBlog.nl — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:52:56 +0000

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By: Y.S.

Y.S. — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:24:54 +0000

I’m sorry, I wrote my comment half way through the lecture. After which the lecture took a different path. In my opinion, she could have ended in a different way that might have been more effective.

Dr. Craig is whole different story. I love it how he knows something about everything! Man, he is so bright and intelligent! I don’t remember listing to such a lecture before. He is a great speaker and knows how to simplify the facts for the ordinary audience.

By: Y.S.

Y.S. — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:39:24 +0000

I just love lectures of this kind. This pure science talk brings tears to my eyes (don’t ask me why!). There is an other lecture that I watched on BBC that I’m sure you would like (if you haven’t seen it yet):

Gene pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter gives the 32nd Richard Dimbleby Lecture

Enjoy