My Stroke of Insight is a book, a lecture, and now an interview with Oprah. The author is Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD who recounts moment by moment her experience of having a stroke.  It gives us insight into the functioning of the right hemisphere of the brain when the left hemisphere is turned off.  If you ever wondered what “nirvana” would be like, Jill explains it beautifully.

Jill first captured attention from an 18 minute talk she gave at TED, inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers, which you can listen to:  http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

This month, Jill sits down with Oprah for the Oprah's Soul Series. Each week on XM Radio, Oprah interviews leading spiritual thinkers, teachers and authors about matters of the soul. On May 12, 2008 she talked with Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD, a 37-year-old Harvard trained brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in the left hemisphere of her brain.  Jill talks with Oprah about how she experienced the right hemisphere of her brain functioning without the left side participating and about the spiritual and medical metamorphosis she experienced after. 

The video is about 22 minutes and is part one of four. The conversation continues on May 19, 2008.  http://www.oprah.com/spiritself/oss/guest/oss_guest_jboltetaylor.jhtml

Until you return, fill your days with GIGGLES, JOY, APPRECIATION!

Sylvia Silk, D.D. Director of the Institute For Balanced Living, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Doctor of Divinity, Spiritual Coach, Reconnective Healing Practitioner, Writer