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No.1 Brain Scientist: Your Brain Is Lying To You! Here's How I Discovered The Truth!

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No.1 Brain Scientist: Your Brain Is Lying To You! Here's How I Discovered The Truth!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Nov 06
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Nov 06
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Harvard Neuroscientist DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR reveals How to Retrain Your Brain, Heal Trauma, Control Emotions, and Unlock the 4 Characters Running Your Mind Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained brain scientist who experienced a stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain and spent 8 years recovering. She is best known for her viral TED Talk “My Stroke of Insight” and is the bestselling author of books including Whole Brain Living. She explains: ◼️What her near-death stroke taught her about consciousness, ego, and identity ◼️How to escape the brain loop keeping you stuck in stress and anxiety ◼️How technology and habits are silently shrinking your brain’s potential ◼️Why overthinking physically damages your brain, and how to reverse it fast ◼️What holding a REAL human brain taught her about life and death (00:00) Intro (02:31) Understanding Your Brain Will Improve Your Life (05:23) Choose What Part of Your Brain to Use (09:23) A Real Brain with a Spinal Cord (15:54) The Central Nervous System (19:04) The Event That Changed Your Brain Forever (22:04) When I Realised It Was Life or Death (25:29) The Left Side of My Brain Was Damaged: I Couldn't Speak or Remember Anything (26:50) The Importance of Having Fun and Being Present (32:24) Reaching for Help During the Stroke (37:48) What Did the Scan Show? (43:53) Ads (44:56) Where Do These 4 Personalities Happen in the Brain? (47:59) Where Addiction Lives (49:39) What Are the 4 Personality Types? (55:12) The Odds of a Single Human Being Born (01:05:11) How to Shift Between the 4 Characters (01:10:20) Ads (01:12:24) Emotions Only Last for 90 Seconds (01:21:58) How to Heal Trauma from the Past (01:25:57) Lifestyle Choices for a Healthy Brain Follow Dr Jill: Facebook - https://bit.ly/47VX7t7 X - https://bit.ly/3LKRaGM You can purchase Dr Jill’s book ‘Whole Brain Living’, here: https://amzn.to/4hMIVWT The Diary Of A CEO: ◼️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ◼️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ◼️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ◼️Follow Steven - Sponsors: Linkedin Ads - https://www.linkedin.com/DIARY 1Password - Find out more at https://1password.com/doac Function Health - https://functionhealth.com/DOAC with code DOAC100 for $100 towards your membership Join the waitlist for the limited edition Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards here: https://bit.ly/cardswaitlist.

Highlights

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard-trained neuroscientist, shares profound insights from her personal experience of surviving a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. Her unique vantage point—both as a brain expert and a patient—offers a rare window into consciousness, emotional regulation, and the brain’s remarkable capacity for recovery.
04:52
Knowing your brain lets you choose how to respond to pain.
05:26
After losing her left hemisphere, the speaker rebuilt left-brain functions using the right hemisphere.
12:37
A fresh human brain is so soft it can be deformed by gravity.
15:54
Dissecting roadkill sparked an interest in neuroscience
19:15
Hands looked like claws and sound became painfully loud during the stroke onset.
24:52
Blood in the extracellular matrix poisons brain cells and disrupts communication
25:29
Joy, love, and laughter are located in the present moment, accessible through the right hemisphere.
29:50
The right hemisphere exists in the present and integrates experience, unlike the ego-centered left hemisphere
32:24
During her stroke, Jill experienced a blissful state of oneness and detachment from her physical body.
40:53
We are miracles because we are alive with all these abilities.
47:30
The right hemisphere's emotional system operates in the present without concepts of time or identity.
47:59
Addiction is linked to the insular cortex in the left hemisphere's limbic system
52:27
Meditation quiets the left hemisphere to access the right brain's peace
1:01:11
Light stimulation can shift brain hemisphere dominance and affect emotional state based on anatomy, not placebo.
1:07:52
Playful activities like hopscotch help medical professionals reclaim joy and reduce stress.
1:12:24
Emotions are biochemical reactions that last only 90 seconds unless retriggered by thoughts
1:24:38
Trauma should be heard and held to transform.
1:33:45
Something better is coming, or I'll go paddleboarding.

Chapters

Intro
00:00
Understanding Your Brain Will Improve Your Life
02:31
Choose What Part of Your Brain to Use
05:23
A Real Brain with a Spinal Cord
09:23
The Central Nervous System
15:54
The Event That Changed Your Brain Forever
19:04
When I Realised It Was Life or Death
22:04
The Left Side of My Brain Was Damaged: I Couldn't Speak or Remember Anything
25:29
The Importance of Having Fun and Being Present
26:50
Reaching for Help During the Stroke
32:24
What Did the Scan Show?
37:48
Ads
43:53
Where Do These 4 Personalities Happen in the Brain?
44:56
Where Addiction Lives
47:59
What Are the 4 Personality Types?
49:39
The Odds of a Single Human Being Born
55:12
How to Shift Between the 4 Characters
1:05:11
Ads
1:10:20
Emotions Only Last for 90 Seconds
1:12:24
How to Heal Trauma from the Past
1:21:58
Lifestyle Choices for a Healthy Brain
1:25:57

Transcript

Steven Bartlett: You've bought a present for me in this box, and I feel nervous and excited. Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor: So this is a human brain with a spinal cord. Such a masterpiece. But what people don't know is that we have four different structured parts...