Episode 559: What if a stroke strikes you or a loved one? JILL BOLTE TAYLOR, MY STROKE OF INSIGHT
Five weeks ago my wife suffered a stroke. She\u2019s fine physically, but has language challenges and some processing issues. She improves every day and our connection is stronger than ever. Daily life is punctuated by moments of joy and others of crushing frustration. I share with you my recent conversation with JILL BOLTE TAYLOR, a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist, who in 1996 at the age of 37, experienced a stroke that left her unable to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. It took Taylor 8 years to recover all physical, emotional, and thinking abilities. She\u2019s author of the bestselling MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A BRAIN SCIENTIST\u2019S PERSONAL JOURNEY and her TED talk of the same name has been viewed 27 million times.\xa0