My Stroke of Insight

An evening with stroke survivor, neuroanatomist, bestselling author, and Oprah guest Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.   Monday, March 16, 2009 Wine and Cheese Reception 5:30 p.m. Public Lecture 6:30 p.m. Panel Discussion and Dinner 8:00 p.m.   DoubleTree Resort 633 East Cabrillo Blvd. Santa Barbara   Tickets:  $50 per person for public presentation $250 per person for after-presentation dinner and discussion (includes presentation)   For tickets, contact Thomas Reeg or Kay Kaur at (805) 687-7444

Dr. Taylor, a Harvard-trained researcher and teacher, speaks about suffering a stroke in 1996 at the age of 37, her struggle to recover, and the positive changes in her life.

Santa Barbara neuro specialists Drs. Philip Delio, Kenneth Kosik, and Alois Zauner will discuss with Dr. Taylor the medical and research implications of her remarkable experience.

About Jill Bolte Taylor and My Stroke of Insight

Jill Bolte Taylor was a Harvard-trained and published brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain.  Through the eyes of a curious neuroanatomist, she watched her mind completely deteriorate whereby she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Because of her understanding of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her human form, and an amazing mother, Jill completely recovered her mind, brain and body.  In My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, Jill shares with us her recommendations for recovery and the insight she gained into the unique functions of the right and left halves of her brain.

Based upon her academic training and personal experience, Jill helps others not only rebuild their brains from trauma, but helps those of us with normal brains better understand how we can ‘tend the garden of our minds’ to maximize our quality of life.  Jill pushes the envelope in our understanding about how we can consciously influence the neural circuitry underlying what we think, how we feel, and how we react to life’s circumstances.  Jill teaches us through her own example how we might more readily exercise our own right hemispheric circuitry with the intention of helping all human beings become more humane.  “I believe the more time we spend running our deep inner peace circuitry, then the more peace we will project into the world, and ultimately the more peace we will have on the planet.”

Presented by Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation in support of Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital.