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Unique! Interesting! Powerful! Informative! 
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor has put together an awesome book! My Stoke of Insight: A Brain Scientists Personal Journey is extremely well written. What are the odds that someone with such extraordinary knowledge of the brain and at the height of her career would have a stroke at the age of 37 and live to share such an amazing journey with us? That, coupled with her talent as a writer is unique and extremely interesting.
This book is written on a level that average people can comprehend. Step-by-step the author describes how she felt, how others treated her, and what happened to her brain and abilities during her left brain deterioration beginning on December 10, 1996 and the 8 year healing process she endured.
The author explains her nirvana like existence when her right brain was dominant while her left brain was healing. Her ability to live in the moment and observe her thoughts in a detached manner to reach a peaceful state as a result of her connection to her right brain is described by many other authors as "Mindfulness Meditation." [See my other reviews if you are interested in reading other books on this technique.]
Enthralled with the story, I could not put this book down. I doubt that there is another book written by a person with firsthand expert knowledge of what it is like to have and recover from a stroke. I am glad I read this book and recommend it to people who are interested in study of the brain or those who like biographical stories of people who not only survive, but grow out of the depths of catastrophe.
Fantastic Voyage
I bought this book after seeing a video of Jill Bolte Taylor talking about her experiences on Youtube. My only complaint is that I wanted more! I consider it to be one of the most amazing and important books ever written. It should be compulsory reading for all stroke victims, their loved ones and medical personnel. Oh, and probably for everyone with a brain as well. You read it and you are likely to want to go and hug Jill for a couple of hours for being.
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This was a very interesting book, having dealt personally with the stroke issue, I could remember many of the things that Jill Bolte-Taylor spoke about when she remembered her own stroke. Today, I myself am a caregiver for a young woman with a TBI and this book has been a wonderful asset to her family, helping them to understand the new process in which their daughter is now working, as she recovers. The pictures and explanations have helped the other caregivers to understand why she acts the way she does and has become a jewel in our treasure trove of books and information that we have accumulated since her injury. Although the book itself is more about stroke than TBI, please be aware that the recovery is the same, the brain must relearn to do simple everyday processes. Jill Bolte-Taylor presents this difficult process so that anyone can understand and learn how to help others overcome their own life changing stroke of insight. To better understand the brain recovery process look for books about re-training the brain, brain plasticity and for web sites such as [...]
Thanks Jill for your courage to write this, and your strength to recover despite the overwhelming odds against you! Marlene
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