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Whole Brain Living

The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life

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Whole Brain Living

By: Jill Bolte Taylor PhD
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 The New York Times best-selling author of My Stroke of Insight blends neuroanatomy with psychology to show how we can short-circuit emotional reactivity and find our way to peace.

For half a century we have been trained to believe that our right brain hemisphere is our emotional brain, while our left brain houses our rational thinking. Now neuroscience shows that it's not that simple: in fact, our emotional limbic tissue is evenly divided between our two hemispheres. Consequently, each hemisphere has both an emotional brain and a thinking brain. In this groundbreaking new book, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor presents these four distinct modules of cells as four characters that make up who we are: Character 1, Left Thinking; Character 2, Left Emotion; Character 3, Right Emotion; and Character 4, Right Thinking.

Everything we think, feel, or do is dependent upon brain cells to perform that function. Since each of the Four Characters stems from specific groups of cells that feel unique inside of our body, they each display particular skills, feel specific emotions, or think distinctive thoughts. In Whole Brain Living, Dr. Taylor shows us how to get acquainted with our own Four Characters, observe how they show up in our daily life, and learn to identify and relate to them in others as well. And she introduces a practice called the Brain Huddle--a tool for bringing our Four Characters into conversation with one another so we can tap their respective strengths and choose which one to embody in any situation.

The more we become familiar with each of the characters in ourselves and others, the more power we gain over our thoughts, our feelings, our relationships, and our lives. Indeed, we discover that we have the power to choose who and how we want to be in every moment. And when our Four Characters work together and balance one another as a whole brain, we gain a radical new road map to deep inner peace. This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download. Brain & Nervous System Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Personal Development Physical Illness & Disease Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Stress Management Emotions Human Brain Inspiring
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JBT is the gift that keeps on giving. After reading my stroke of insight a decade or two ago, I was pleased and receptive when my psychologist recommended this book as my next higher learning material. I had profound awareness, insights and explanations to recent behaviours in myself and others. JBT delivers practical and easy to understand strategies that are reasonable and practical to implement in every day waking life.
There should be spokespeople for this book and JBT's work, teaching this in schools, prisons, workplaces, and seminars to reach as many people as possible. I have read MANY a book in the personal development, self improvement, scientific and spiritual fields and can say that this is now up there with the best, and my new hot recommendation to anyone that asks or listens. As a dominant C1, who has been hijacked by my C2 for a chronic amount of time, I now understand a scientific atanomical explanation, as well as an easy and practical guide to get me back to incorporate my dwindling C4 and long time missing C3. I look forward to taking a pause, and recognising which character is in play with myself and others and working with them, not against them. Thank you JBT, you and your scientifically backed research, intense life experiences and shared teachings are a true gift to humanity and must be shared ❤️ I hope you do a TED talk on this book (and if you already have, I look forward to watching it). 11/10

Profound. Once you understand the anatomy...

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I really enjoyed this take on left and right brain thinking/feeling. There's lots of practical suggestions on how to integrate what you learn into your everyday life.

Some great insight

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Loved this book! The insight into how the brain operates in our day to day life and tools we can use to be our best selves to step out of autopilot reactions are priceless. I am very grateful for this book ❤🙏

Amazing book!

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What a wonderful gift to learn how to use our brain in a meaningful way. I now have a better connection between the universe and my character 1 (practicalHans).

Brilliant - Thanks,

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I am truly grateful for, not only for the irrefutable science that this book contains but the passion, kindness and integrity of the author.
I will pass this on to all my loved ones.
Grateful Aussie.❤️

A Masterpiece.

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