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The Diary of a CEODr. Jill Bolte Taylor: Why your left brain runs your life
How a Harvard neuroanatomist mapped four brain characters during her own stroke; why we overuse the left hemisphere and what trauma needs to integrate.
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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- November 6, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 35m
- Channel
- The Diary of a CEO
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Harvard Neuroscientist DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR reveals How to Retrain Your Brain, Heal Trauma, Control Emotions, and Unlock the 4 Characters Running Your Mind. Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained brain scientist who experienced a stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain and spent 8 years recovering. She is best known for her viral TED Talk “My Stroke of Insight” and is the bestselling author of books including Whole Brain Living. She explains: ◼️What her near-death stroke taught her about consciousness, ego, and identity ◼️How to escape the brain loop keeping you stuck in stress and anxiety ◼️How technology and habits are silently shrinking your brain’s potential ◼️Why overthinking physically damages your brain, and how to reverse it fast ◼️What holding a REAL human brain taught her about life and death 00:00 Intro 02:18 Understanding Your Brain Will Help Improve Your Life 05:10 Can You Choose What Part of Your Brain to Use? 09:10 A Real Brain with a Spinal Cord 15:41 The Central Nervous System 18:51 The Event That Changed Your Brain Forever 21:51 When I Realised It Was Life or Death 25:15 Damage to the Left Side of My Brain: I Couldn't Speak or Remember Anything 26:37 The Importance of Having Fun and Being Present 32:11 Reaching for Help During the Stroke 37:35 What Did the Scan Show? 43:40 Ads 44:43 Where Do These 4 Personalities Exist in the Brain? 47:46 Where Addiction Lives 49:25 What Are the 4 Personality Types? 54:59 The Odds of a Single Human Being Born 01:04:58 How to Shift Between the 4 Characters 01:10:07 Ads 01:12:11 Emotions Only Last for 90 Seconds 01:21:45 How to Heal Trauma from the Past 01:25:44 Lifestyle Choices for a Healthy Brain Follow Dr Jill: Facebook - https://bit.ly/47VX7t7 X - https://bit.ly/3LKRaGM Instagram - https://bit.ly/3Lm6R7m You can purchase Dr Jill’s book ‘Whole Brain Living’, here: https://amzn.to/49j8eMr Independent Research: https://stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DOAC-Jill-Taylor-Independent-Research-further-reading.pdf The Diary Of A CEO: ◼️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ◼️Be the first to hear about Steven's new book - https://bit.ly/jfdi-doac ◼️Shop the 1% Diary - https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Third Edition) - https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ◼️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Linkedin Ads - https://www.linkedin.com/DIARY 1Password - Find out more at https://1password.com/doac Function Health - https://functionhealth.com/DOAC with code DOAC100 for $100 towards your membership Join the waitlist for the limited edition Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards here: https://bit.ly/cardswaitlist
SPEAKERS
Steven Bartlett
hostDr. Jill Bolte Taylor
guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Steven Bartlett and Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor: Why your left brain runs your life explores Harvard Neuroscientist: How Four Brain Personalities Control Your Life Harvard-trained neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor explains how the human brain contains four distinct, anatomically grounded “characters” that shape how we think, feel, and behave: left-thinking, left-emotional, right-emotional, and right-thinking selves.
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