Welcome to this Side Trips. Side Trips are super short stories about the off road excursions we take that often lead to interesting life experiences. This Side Trip is about my amazing conversation with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor which will be published shortly. I share a personal experience I had with Jill's methodology outlined in her new book, .  In 1996, Jill was a brain researcher at Harvard when she had a stroke. The bleed was on the left side of her brain.  With the critical left brain circuitry off line, she no longer possessed the ability to communicate, she had no memories of her past, no executive functionality and she existed in a blissful state where she recognized no boundaries between herself and the universe. It would take her eight years to regain full brain functionality. She wrote to describe the experience, did a , and then Whole Brain Living to share the wisdom she learned about how our brains function.   Coming Soon! The Book. Bump In The Road, Stories of Courage, Hope and Resilience, an inspiring anthology of overcoming life's bumps. Because everyone needs a bit of inspiration. Learn more at  Follow Bump on: