Summary of Jill Bolte Taylor's Whole Brain Living

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I grew up in a family with a brother who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 31. I felt relieved to learn that I was the neurotypical one. I spent four years working with the Harvard Department of Psychiatry, studying the brain cells and circuitry of people who were diagnosed as normal-control and those with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
#2 I was a successful neuroscientist, and I was also a board member of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. I was helping people like my brother while at the same time keeping my finger on the pulse of research and public policy.
#3 I was born with a brain disorder that caused me to lose the ability to speak, understand language, and process sensory information. I experienced myself as an energy ball that was as big as the universe. I could not turn off these emotions, and they enriched my perception of experience.
#4 When we are emotionally triggered, it takes less than 90 seconds for the emotion to flood through us and then flush completely out of our bloodstream. If there is no repeated trigger, the emotional circuit will run its course and stop after 90 seconds.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Stress management
• Self-management

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669349372
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Jill Bolte Taylor's Whole Brain Living
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I grew up in a family with a brother who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 31. I felt relieved to learn that I was the neurotypical one. I spent four years working with the Harvard Department of Psychiatry, studying the brain cells and circuitry of people who were diagnosed as normal-control and those with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

#2

I was a successful neuroscientist, and I was also a board member of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. I was helping people like my brother while at the same time keeping my finger on the pulse of research and public policy.

#3

I was born with a brain disorder that caused me to lose the ability to speak, understand language, and process sensory information. I experienced myself as an energy ball that was as big as the universe. I could not turn off these emotions, and they enriched my perception of experience.

#4

When we are emotionally triggered, it takes less than 90 seconds for the emotion to flood through us and then flush completely out of our bloodstream. If there is no repeated trigger, the emotional circuit will run its course and stop after 90 seconds.

#5

The TED conference where I presented was dedicated to the Big Questions, and I addressed the Who Am I. theme by talking about the We inside each of our brains - the left and right hemispheres.

#6

The brain is made up of two hemispheres, which are controlled by two separate sets of neurons. The left brain controls our ego, and the right brain controls our sense of inner peace. By understanding the characters in your brain, you can learn to control them and use them to your advantage.

#7

We each have four distinct groups of cells that generate four consistent and predictable personalities. The Four Characters are made up of our left and right thinking centers, as well as our left and right emotional centers.

#8

Our brains are constantly processing information. When we experience mixed emotions, it is because we have two emotional groups of cells that are completely separate from one another in that they do not share any cell bodies. They process incoming information in different ways.

#9

The human brain is an incredible achievement, but it is important to remember that we are not a finished product. We are constantly evolving, and the more we embrace and listen to our different characters, the more we will mature and grow.

#10

We all have four characters that are based on the anatomy of our brain. Each character represents an authentic part of who we are at a cellular level, and they should be treated with dignity, respect, and honor.

#11

The four characters in your brain are your two hemispheres and your two emotional characters, which make up your thinking character. You can learn to identify which character you are currently inhabiting based on what they feel like inside of your body.

#12

I was 18 years old when I took my first Myers-Briggs test. I rebelled against the forced-choice nature of the exam, because my answers were completely dependent on the circumstances in which I pictured myself. I originally tested as an INTJ, which is a character inside of me, but I was that character only part of the time.

#13

The split-brain patients, who were epilepsy patients, were studied by neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga. He found that when the two hemispheres were separated, the split-brain patients behaved as though they were two different characters that often acted in direct opposition to one another.

#14

The split-brain studies showed that people have a dominant hemisphere, and a nondominant hemisphere. The strategy that many parents took to help their children get ahead was to expose them to programming that fit their natural dominance.

#15

The brain is a collection of billions of brain cells, and each cell is shaped specifically to perform a certain function. For example, the sensory neurons in the primary auditory cortex of each hemisphere have a unique shape that supports their ability to process sound information.

#16

The neurons in your brain and how they connect with one another are essentially the same for all of us. The characters of your left thinking and left emotional networks recede, while the characters of your right brain’s thinking and emotional networks become untethered, unfettered, and dominant.

#17

The stroke did not blow up and then it was over. Instead, it was a slow pipe leak that allowed blood to enter my left brain, shutting circuits off as it went along. I experienced the stroke as more of a slow pipe leak than an instantaneous power outage.

#18

The differences between the two hemispheres are far more than just the underlying anatomy, physiology, and skill sets. Each hemisphere contains specific and predictable characters.

#19

You can choose which circuitry you want to run by deciding which character you want to be in any given moment. You can choose to be the stress-driven Character 1 or the recovered stress-driven Character 4.

#20

The split-brain experiments showed that the two halves of our brain house completely different character profiles that each exhibit unique wants, dreams, interests, and desires.

#21

Each of us has a whole brain, and all four characters. You may find, however, that one of your characters is dominating or another part rarely shows up. If that’s the case, ask a trusted friend if they know that part of you.

#22

The Brain Huddle is a process that allows you to call all four of your characters into your awareness, and contemplate your next best move as a team. It helps you appreciate the fact that you have all four characters available to you at any moment.

#23

The Brain Huddle is a process whereby we can bring all four characters into the conversation. It is a powerful and empowering tool that allows us to interrupt our emotional reactivity and consciously choose which of the four characters we want to have as dominant in any given moment.

#24

The journey you are taking as you learn to integrate your Four Characters is a mirror of the Hero’s Journey. The hero must leave his rational, ego-based consciousness behind to enter the unconscious realm of his right brain.

#25

The Four Characters are the foundation of Jung’s Four Archetypes. They are the unconscious and conscious halves of our brain, and they conflict with each other constantly. If you are willing to pause and recognize what is going on inside your brain, if you are willing to observe how you present yourself under different circumstances, and if you are prepared to bring your present-moment awareness to your current thinking and emotional patterns, you will be well on your way to living a life of choice.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

When my left brain went offline, I lost the ability to perceive information at the level of things. I could no longer distinguish between the pixels making up my arm and those making up the wall in the shower. I had no idea who I was or what had happened to me.

#2

When I shifted into the unconscious realm of my right brain, I was rendered as inept as an infant. I had no functional left brain, and I was half-witted. However, over the course of eight years of recovery, my left-brain characters recovered and became strong again.