"The video of Jill Bolte Taylor's amazing speech at the TED 2008 conference two weeks ago -- a neuroanatomist experiencing and observing her own stroke and using the story to explain the functioning of the brain (...) is doubtlessly one of the best speeches you will hear this year, complete with the most audaciously cool prop: a real human brain." via Bruno Giussani
Book From Jill Bolte Taylor
I've been recommending Jill Bolte Taylor's book "My Stroke of Insight" to everyone I know. It's the best book I've read all year! You can get the book for just $16.47 with free shipping from Amazon! Here is the Amazon link: www.amazon.com
MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
The New York Times Sunday Newspaper on May 25 had a great two page article on Jill Bolte Taylor and her book, "MY STROKE OF INSIGHT". Her book is a must read and this NY Times article - called "A Superhighway to bliss" is worth checking out too.
"New York Times Bestseller" AND "My Stroke of Insight"
I read "My Stroke of Insight" in one sitting - I couldn't put it down. I laughed. I cried. It was a fantastic book (I heard it's a NYTimes Bestseller and I can see why!), but I also think it will be the start of a new, transformative Movement! No one wants to have a stroke as Jill Bolte Taylor did, but her experience can teach us all how to live better lives. Her TED.com speech was one of the most incredibly moving, stimulating, wonderful videos I've ever seen. Her Oprah Soul Series interviews were fascinating. They should make a movie of her life so everyone sees it. This is the Real Deal and gives me hope for humanity.
My Stroke of Insight
MY STROKE OF INSIGHT was ranked #5 in all books sold on Amazon today and #1 in Memoirs above even Barbara Walters' memoir. Babs had been promoting her book for months in advance and Dr. Taylor's book was self-published.
Then Oprah recommended it. There's the Power of Now, and then there's the Power of Oprah!!
"My Stroke of Insight" is out in Hardcover now for less than the old paperback edition. Amazon has it for 40% off.