Ep081: The Brain and Its Four Characters - With Dr. Jill Taylor - Part 1

OVERVIEW

When you search on the internet for the most important body part of a human being, do you know what will appear? The BRAIN. You know why? My assumption is this, the brain plays a huge role when it comes to our decision-making and more importantly in how we feel.

The brain is the reason why we can differentiate good from bad or if we should feel happy or sad. The brain mainly controls our body so as our sleep. If our brain is too active at night even if we relax before sleeping it will still be hard for us to fall asleep and to have a deep sleep. Knowing how your brain works is very important. But how well do you know your brain?

In this week’s episode, I had the honor to have on the show, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. She is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist and a well-recognized author. And in 2008 she is also chosen as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Dr. Taylor will share with us the importance of knowing our brain and how it works. Tune in to find out how the "thing" between your ears can make a difference in your life.

WHAT WILL WE LEARN

01:01 Who is Dr. Jill Taylor and what her new book is all about
02:50 Knowing the anatomy of the brain structure: The power to choose
04:15 The Limbic System: The emotional system in the human brain
04:54 How the left brain hemisphere works
06:29 How the right brain hemisphere works
08:34 Understand what the cells are doing in our brain
10:14 The 4 characters of the brain: How they work
13:59 Pay attention to how much screen time you are putting to your head: Respect the body rhythm

15:54 Sleep is all about the brain
18:19 Meditation: Can it really help in falling asleep and relax the brain
23:35 The consciousness of the right brain
24:12 The body knows how to sleep
25:47 The emotional cells: They never mature

TODAY’S GUEST

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist. Her book entitled “My Stroke of Insight” spent 63 weeks on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list. In this book, she documented her experience with stroke and her eight-year recovery. Dr. Taylor is also a dynamic teacher and public speaker who loves educating all age groups, academic levels, as well as corporations about the beauty of our human brain and its ability to recover from trauma. She was also the premiere guest on Oprah Winfrey’s “Soul Series” webcast.

“We have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we wanna be in the world.”

— Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor