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As a public speaker, Dr. Jill's presentations are specifically designed for the education of both the lay public and health professionals. Intended to be "Brain 101" presentations, her audiences are made up of people who want to better understand the beautiful human brain. How does the underlying structural and functional anatomical organization of our brain ultimately result in our behavior? How does our brain create our individual perception of reality? How is it that someone else's perception of reality can be radically different from our own?Dr. Jill's presentation style is stippled with both appropriate humor and beautiful slides of the brain. She is a dynamic speaker who helps make the subject of the human brain not only manageable, but interesting, exciting, and intellectually stimulating to a wide variety of audiences:
-Corporations and businesses will understand the similarities between the structure of the human body and the structure of a company
-Parents, teachers, and teenagers will discover what is behind the phenomenon of the teenage brain
-Physicians and hospital staff will experience compassion in medicine from both sides of the stethoscope
-Elementary school students will learn about the beautiful brain inside their heads
-Mental health providers will appreciate the biology of the brain and the effects of various stimuli on behavior
-Retirement communities will understand the value of movement and stimulation for their brains and bodies
-Communities of worship will resonate with the message of unity and peace residing in the brain's biology
As an "Advocate for Humanity," Dr. Jill is a compassionate motivational speaker who speaks from her heart, both as a well sibling of a brother who has been diagnosed with the brain disorder schizophrenia and as a survivor of a debilitating stroke (AVM) which initially rendered her completely disabled.
Dr. Jill has dedicated her career to the advancement of postmortem research into the human brain and to the education of the public about the fragile, yet resilient, nature of this incredible organ. By sharing her science and her unique personal journey, she communicates a message of hope, education, and celebration.
Presentation topics include:
- "My Stroke of Insight" with a focus on Dr. Jill's personal story: why she grew up to study the brain, her research activities, and her own brain disorder.
- "How to Get Your Brain To Do What You Want It To Do" with a focus on how to create a healthy environment for the cells inside our heads and how to communicate with them for optimal health and performance.
- "Who's Who Inside of You?" with a focus on identifying the two very different personalities within each of our hemispheres with an intention of developing our ability to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world.
- "How to Capitalize On Our Two Hemispheres" with a focus on the talents and skills of each of our hemispheres and how to develop them.
- "Ninety Seconds to Happiness" with a focus on understanding how the choices we make and the thoughts we think directly influence our level of joy.
In addition, Dr. Jill is happy to create an original topic in order to cater her presentation to an organization's specific needs.
DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR
Neuroanatomist & Author of My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor 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 functions and thinking ability. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey and was chosen as one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2008. In addition, Dr. Jill was the premiere guest on Oprah's Soul Series webcast and her interview with Oprah and Dr. Oz on the Oprah Winfrey Show was aired in October 2008.
Dr. Jill is the National Spokesperson for the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (Harvard Brain Bank) and travels the country as the Singin' Scientist (listen to the Brain Bank Jingle). In addition, she is the Consulting Neuroanatomist for the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI), which uses protons (rather than photons) to battle cancer. Since 1993, she has been an active member of NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) and is currently the president of the NAMI Greater Bloomington Area affiliate in Bloomington, Indiana.
