Commentary/Questions/Follow-ups on the Last Session? My Stroke of Insight
Upcoming on Light-Hearted Learning
- 2/18/2022 @ 10:30 – Getting Restorative Sleep
- 2/25/2022 @ 10:30 – Road Trips within 60 minutes of SE Cinci
HUMOR FOR TODAY
TODAY’S TOPIC: Follow-up conversations relating to My Stroke of Insight
From last week:
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- Author’s website HERE
- Ted Talk HERE – 19 minute talk with over 28 million views since 2008
Follow-up discussion with participants, possibly including
- George sharing more about his friends’ out-of-body experiences
- Mary Mc. sharing about her left/right brain journey of the last 8 months or so
- discussion about “neuro diversity” and how the schools are adapting (or not adapting)
- other sharing, including the possibility of sharing a few minutes of snippets from one or more of the links below…
Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversation with Jill Bolte Taylor – (40 minute audio interview)
- negative story-teller part of our brains is only the size of a peanut. Don’t let “the little peanut” control your life! (35 minute mark)
- change your thoughts to help bring you peace – – acquire the attitude of gratitude!
- control your brain chatter
- allow people time – don’t finish sentences for them
- treat people with love like you would with a newborn
- “count to 90!” – we require 90 seconds to let the limbic system flush the feeling. People make the choice to be angry/frustrated/etc. after those 90 seconds
IBC Coaching – Oprah with Jill Bolte Taylor (90 minute interview)
In the context of our right/left brain conversation, Steph mentions Michael Tacy’s discussion of Productivity Complex may be of interest
- (video Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE)
- “Slow down the tempo!”
- Michael references the Hedonic Treadmill (link from Virginia Counseling includes some adaptive practices)
Laura mentions that Jill has also recently published the book Whole Brain Living [and Laura is reading it now and may share some “Laura Notes” in future sessions! 🙂 ] That website says:
In Whole Brain Living, Dr. Taylor introduces us to each of our Four Characters, shows us how to recognize them when they show up in our daily life, and then helps us identify the Four Characters in others so we can create healthier relationships.
Finally, Dr. Jill introduces a practice she calls the BRAIN Huddle—which is a tool designed to bring our Four Characters into conversation with one another, so we each have the power to tap into each of our Four Characters strengths, leaving us with the power to choose which character we would like to one embody in any situation.