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My Stroke of Insight

a Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
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I must be the change I seek in this world. -Gandhi
"I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be." -Albert Einstein
"At times throughout a day, our left story telling 'ego' hemisphere wants to reinsert it's looped negativity of gloom and doom, releasing chemicals of: jealousy; fear; and rage. I call them, the Itty Bitty S#*?!y Committee." -Dr. Jill…
My soul was as big as the universe and frolicked with glee in a boundless sea. (p. 69) I was simply a being of light radiating life into the world. (p. 71) In the absence of my left hemisphere's negative judgment, I perceived myself…
Because everything around us – the air we breathe, even the materials we use to build with – are composed of spinning and vibrating atomic particles, you and I are literally swimming in a turbulent sea of electromagnetic fields.
I felt weak and wounded. My arm felt completely depleted of its intrinsic strength, yet I could wield it like a stub. I wondered if it would ever be normal again. Catching sight of my warm and cradling waterbed, I seemed to be beckoned by…
I was aghast when I realized it was their plan to cut my head open! Any self-respecting neuroanatomist would _never_ allow anyone to cut their head open!
What a wonderful gift this stroke has been in permitting me to pick and choose who and how I want to be in the world. Before the stroke, I believed I was a product of this brain and that I had minimal say about how I felt or what I…
Many of us spend an inordinate amount of time and energy degrading, insulting, and criticizing ourselves (and others) for having made a “wrong” or “bad” decision. When you berate yourself, have you ever questioned: Who inside of you is…
There has been nothing more empowering than the realization that I don’t have to think thoughts that bring me pain. Of course there is nothing wrong with thinking about things that bring me pain as long as I am aware that I am choosing to…
When my brain runs loops that feel harshly judgmental, counterproductive, or out of control, I wait ninety seconds for the emotional/physiological response to dissipate and then I speak to my brain as though it is a group of children. I…
Intuitively, I don’t question why I am subconsciously attracted to some people and situations, and yet repelled by others. I simply listen to my body and implicitly trust my instincts.
I love knowing that I am simultaneously (depending on which hemisphere you ask) as big as the universe and yet merely a heap of star dust.
Within four brief hours, I watched my mind completely deteriorate in its ability to process all stimulation coming in through my senses. ... I could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any aspects of my life.