We're so honored to have Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor as a guest on our podcast. Dr. Jill is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist who experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain in 1996. On the afternoon of this rare form of stroke (AVM), she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. It took eight years for Dr. Jill to completely recover all of her physical function and thinking ability. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (published in 2008 by Viking Penguin). In 2008, Dr. Jill gave a presentation at the TED Conference in Monterey, CA, which turned out to be the first TED talk to ever go viral through the internet. TED and Dr. Jill became world-famous instantaneously and her TED talk is now one of the top 5 most viewed TED talks of all time. Dr. Jill was also chosen as one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2008, she was the premiere guest on Oprah's Soul Series webcast, and her book My Stroke of Insight became a New York Times bestseller. Join us as Dr. Jill uses her expertise as a neuroanatomist to discuss the keys to a healthy mind and a healthy living. We talk about the value of living in the present moment and the connection between positive thoughts and a healthy perception of not only who but what we are.