
No.1 Brain Scientist: Your Brain Is Lying To You! Here's How I Discovered The Truth!
6 Nov 2025, 1 hr 36 min
Harvard Neuroscientist DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR reveals How to Retrain Your Brain, Heal Trauma, Control Emotions, and Unlock the 4 Characters Running Your Mind. Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained brain scientist who experienced a stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain and spent 8 years recovering. She is best known for her viral TED Talk “My Stroke of Insight” and is the bestselling author of books including Whole Brain Living. She explains: ◼️What her near-death stroke taught her about consciousness, ego, and identity ◼️How to escape the brain loop keeping you stuck in stress and anxiety ◼️How technology and habits are silently shrinking your brain’s potential ◼️Why overthinking physically damages your brain, and how to reverse it fast ◼️What holding a REAL human brain taught her about life and death 00:00 Intro 02:18 Understanding Your Brain Will Help Improve Your Life 05:10 Can You Choose What Part of Your Brain to Use? 09:10 A Real Brain with a Spinal Cord 15:41 The Central Nervous System 18:51 The Event That Changed Your Brain Forever 21:51 When I Realised It Was Life or Death 25:15 Damage to the Left Side of My Brain: I Couldn't Speak or Remember Anything 26:37 The Importance of Having Fun and Being Present 32:11 Reaching for Help During the Stroke 37:35 What Did the Scan Show? 43:40 Ads 44:43 Where Do These 4 Personalities Exist in the Brain? 47:46 Where Addiction Lives 49:25 What Are the 4 Personality Types? 54:59 The Odds of a Single Human Being Born 01:04:58 How to Shift Between the 4 Characters 01:10:07 Ads 01:12:11 Emotions Only Last for 90 Seconds 01:21:45 How to Heal Trauma from the Past 01:25:44 Lifestyle Choices for a Healthy Brain Follow Dr Jill: Facebook - bit.ly/47VX7t7 X - bit.ly/3LKRaGM Instagram - bit.ly/3Lm6R7m You can purchase Dr Jill’s book ‘Whole Brain Living’, here: amzn.to/49j8eMr Independent Fact Check: stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DOAC-Jill-Tayl The Diary Of A CEO: ◼️Join DOAC circle here - doaccircle.com/ ◼️Be the first to hear about Steven's new book - bit.ly/jfdi-doac ◼️Shop the 1% Diary - bit.ly/3YFbJbt ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Third Edition) - g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ◼️Get email updates - bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ◼️Follow Steven - g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Linkedin Ads - linkedin.com/DIARY 1Password - Find out more at 1password.com/doac Function Health - functionhealth.com/DOAC with code DOAC100 for $100 towards your membership Join the waitlist for the limited edition Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards here: bit.ly/cardswaitlist