My Stroke of Insight

Today I read a book that I purchased in April (or the very end of March) but have had yet to open. I am not sure why but I think I was afraid of what might be in there.

Cover via Amazon

My Stroke of Insight is a powerful look at the stroke from the inside out. Jill Bolte Taylor is a scientist of the brain who suffered a huge stroke and took 8 years to recover, as she states, fully.

There is so much in this book that let me know and understand what I experienced and is unnerving in what a larger stroke could do. I need to go back and read again. Look at the areas that resonated with my experience and thinking.

Then I found this wonderful talk from her filmed in 2008. She is discussing her stroke on the left side of the brain. I am in awe that this woman speaking is the same one who lost the left side of the brain for some time.

(Note there is a real brain shown in this video for those whom might be weak in the knees. It is completely unattached from a human but could be wrong for some of those reading or watching)

Update: The last 2 minutes of this nearly 19 minute long video are, to me, the most profound.