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“Based upon my experience with losing my left mind, I whole-heartedly believe that the feeling of deep inner peace is neurological circuitry located in our right brain.”
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
“I love knowing that I am simultaneously as big as the universe and yet merely a heap of star dust.”
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
“Unfortunately, as a society, we do not teach our children that they need to tend carefully the garden of their minds. Without structure, censorship, or discipline, our thoughts run rampant on automatic. Because we have not learned how to more carefully manage what goes on inside our brains, we remain vulnerable to not only what other people think about us, but also to advertising and/or political manipulation.”
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
“Just like children, emotions heal when they are heard and validated.”
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
― My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
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