My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey.

Copyright © 2006 by Jill Bolte Taylor.

All rights reserved.

This book is dedicated to G.G.

Thank you, Mama, for helping me heal my mind.Being your daughter has been my first and greatest blessing.And to the memory of Nia.

There is no love like puppy love.

CONTENTS

Introduction

1 Jill s Pre Stroke Life

2 Simple Science

3 Hemispheric Asymmetries

4 Morning of the Stroke

5 Orchestrating My Rescue

6 My Return to the Still

7 Bare to the Bone

8 Neurological Intensive Care

9 Day Two: The Morning After

10 Day Three: GG Comes to Town

11 Healing and Preparing for Surgery

12 Stereotactic Craniotomy

13 What I Needed the Most

14 Milestones for Recovery

15 My Stroke of Insight

16 My Right and Left Minds

17 Own Your Power

18 Cells and Multidimensional Circuitry

19 Finding Your Deep Inner Peace

20 Tending the Garden

Appendix A: Brain Bank Jingle (1 800 BrainBank!)

Appendix B: Recommendations for Recovery