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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

2025/11/06
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

2025/11/06
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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 h...

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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

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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...