Letting Go – Day 23
Letting Go – Day 23
By Jenny Griffin
Letting Go through Crisis – Jill Bolte Taylor
Neuro-anatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor had been working in the field of brain science for several years when she experienced a massive stroke that wiped out huge portions of her left brain’s functioning. Her story is one of courage and amazing letting go, as she consciously saw her stroke happening from the inside of her head and realised what an opportunity it was for her to tell her story. Since her stroke, and her long recovery to full functioning, her work and her outlook on life have changed enormously. This is truly a story of finding the gifts in the midst of life’s difficulties.
I’m putting her 20-minute TED lecture here as today’s offering, as she tells her story so poignantly and eloquently. Her book, entitled ‘My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey,’ chronicles the event, the recovery and how her life has changed.
As you watch the link, keep in mind the theme of letting go, and what Dr. Taylor’s story can teach you about what happens when you are ‘forced’ by external circumstances to let go of everything you believe to be real. She expresses beautifully what it really means to surrender, and once you do, what you find without all that you have previously understood to define you.
Here’s Dr. Taylor’s story: http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_ins…
My heartfelt thanks go out to Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor for living an inspired and passionate life and for being a beautiful example to others.
Jenny Griffin
Also known as ‘The Catharsis Coach,’ Jenny loves exploring life’s twists and turns through the lens of transformation. Her own journey through catharsis, a deep, deep letting go of ingrained patterns and beliefs, resulted in a feeling of connectedness, with the world around her and with that wise and wonderful voice within. Jenny has learned to engage with her life and experiences in a way that allows her to use the knowledge gained through them to serve others. When she’s not writing, she’s coming up with new ways to help people move through change with grace and ease.
You can find her at: http://thepowerofchange.me/what-is-the-power-of-change-3/
