Brain-Based Enlightenment
By Chris Wondra • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Lead StoryIf the player below takes too long to load, please just follow this link to her speech at TED Talks. It works great there.
You don’t want to miss her Stroke of Insight. Since she delivered this speech in February, this video has spread across the internet like wildfire. Her originally self-published book, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey will be re-released (by Viking) May 12. Which also happens to be the same day she’ll show up on the cover of Time magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people. And if that isn’t enough, she’ll also be interviewed by Oprah on her Soul Series Webcast.
Apparently I’m not the only one thinking this is pretty cool.
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Oprah’s 4 interviews with Jill Bolte Taylor were the first that Oprah did after Eckhart Tolle and they take everything Tolle talks about to another level. Oprah’s copy of Jill’s book, MY STROKE OF INSIGHT, was dog-eared and all marked up and kept reading from it the way she read from A New Earth and recommended it highly.
Oprah’s recommendation was enough for me. I read My Stroke of Insight and I loved it too. This story is as inspiring as The Last Lecture or Tuesdays with Morrie - and even better, it has a Happy Ending!
I bought the book on Amazon because they have it for 40% off retail and they also had an amazing interview with Dr Taylor that I haven’t seen anywhere else - Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Insight-Scientists-Personal/dp/0670020745/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211471755&sr=1-2
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.
Hi Denton,
Thanks for leaving your comment. Now I can’t wait to read her book. It is definitely on my summer list now.
Chris