
Whole Brain Living

At a neuroanatomical level, when we experience conflicting feelings it is because we have two emotional groups of cells that are completely separate from one another in that they do not share any cell bodies.
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We have the power to choose moment by moment who and how we want to be in the world.
Jill Bolte Taylor • Whole Brain Living
When something does not feel familiar, however, our amygdalae tend to label that unfamiliar thing as dangerous, and they respond by triggering our fight-flight-or-play-dead fear response. If
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So, from a purely biological perspective, we humans are feeling creatures who think, rather than thinking creatures who feel.
Jill Bolte Taylor • Whole Brain Living
Breathe and focus on your breath. This enables you to hit the pause button, interrupt your emotional reactivity, and bring your mind to the present moment with a focus on yourself. Recognize which of the Four Characters’ circuitry you are running in the present moment. Appreciate whichever character you find yourself exhibiting, and appreciate the
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Our left brain is designed to create order out of the randomness of the cosmic flow,
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The ultimate goal is for your Four Characters to become so familiar with one another that they create healthy relationships among themselves. Once this happens, your Four Characters will collectively function as a healthy team that is armed with all of your genius and natural abilities.
Jill Bolte Taylor • Whole Brain Living
that we each have four distinctive groups of cells, divided between our two brain hemispheres, that generate four consistent and predictable personalities.