The story of Dr. Taylor’s massive stroke is now famous because of her 2008 TED Talk video and the bestseller that followed from it, A Stroke of Insight (2009). In the midst of that stroke, Taylor was able to study her left- and right-brain functioning “from the inside out.” Her conclusions stunned the world. While the left side of her brain was shutting down, so was her ability to comprehend numbers, analyze, and verbalize. Additionally, as her right brain emerged the stronger, her sense of individualism decreased, and her relational sense of connection to the world around her increased. As
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