No.1 Brain Scientist: Your Brain Is Lying To You! Here's How I Discovered The Truth!
About this episode
Harvard Neuroscientist DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR reveals How to Retrain Your Brain, Heal Trauma, Control Emotions, and Unlock the 4 Characters Running Your Mind Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained brain scientist who experienced a stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain and spent 8 years recovering. She is best known for her viral TED Talk “My Stroke of Insight” and is the bestselling author of books including Whole Brain Living. She explains: ◼️What her near-death stroke taught her about consciousness, ego, and identity ◼️How to escape the brain loop keeping you stuck in stress and anxiety ◼️How technology and habits are silently shrinking your brain’s potential ◼️Why overthinking physically damages your brain, and how to reverse it fast ◼️What holding a REAL human brain taught her about life and death (00:00) Intro (02:31) Understanding Your Brain Will Improve Your Life (05:23) Choose What Part of Your Brain to Use (09:23) A Real Brain with a Spinal Cord (15:54) The Central Nervous System (19:04) The Event That Changed Your Brain Forever (22:04) When I Realised It Was Life or Death (25:29) The Left Side of My Brain Was Damaged: I Couldn't Speak or Remember Anything (26:50) The Importance of Having Fun and Being Present (32:24) Reaching for Help During the Stroke (37:48) What Did the Scan Show? (43:53) Ads (44:56) Where Do These 4 Personalities Happen in the Brain? (47:59) Where Addiction Lives (49:39) What Are the 4 Personality Types? (55:12) The Odds of a Single Human Being Born (01:05:11) How to Shift Between the 4 Characters (01:10:20) Ads (01:12:24) Emotions Only Last for 90 Seconds (01:21:58) How to Heal Trauma from the Past (01:25:57) Lifestyle Choices for a Healthy Brain Follow Dr Jill: Facebook - https://bit.ly/47VX7t7 X - https://bit.ly/3LKRaGM You can purchase Dr Jill’s book ‘Whole Brain Living’, here: https://amzn.to/4hMIVWT Independent Fact Check: https://stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DOAC-Jill-Taylor-Independent-Research-further-reading.pdf The Diary Of A CEO: ◼️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ◼️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ◼️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ◼️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Linkedin Ads - https://www.linkedin.com/DIARY 1Password - Find out more at https://1password.com/doac Function Health - https://functionhealth.com/DOAC with code DOAC100 for $100 towards your membership Join the waitlist for the limited edition Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards here: https://bit.ly/cardswaitlist.
Listen to this episode in English to learn English
Podcast episodes are one of the highest-density ways to absorb English at native pace. No.1 Brain Scientist: Your Brain Is Lying To You! Here's How I Discovered The Truth! from The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett gives you natural dialogue, unscripted speech, and vocabulary that actually appears in real conversations.
In the Hinto app, every word in the transcript is tappable. Tap an unknown word, see the translation in your language instantly, and keep listening without breaking flow.
Episodes to Learn English
- Most Replayed Moment: The One Habit Behind Every Breakthrough Idea - Spotify Founder Nov 6, 2026
- Iran War Expert: If This Escalation Continues, 2027 Will Be Devastating! | Prof Robert Pape Nov 5, 2026
- James Talarico: America's Corrupt System Is Designed To Keep You Poor! | Texas Senate Candidate Nov 2, 2026
- Most Replayed Moment: Why You Need A Prenup And How To Avoid Divorce! Oct 30, 2026
- Dr. Sarah Paine: Why The World Is Turning Away From America Oct 29, 2026
- Mark Cuban: The Next Market Crash Is Where The Real Money Is Made! Oct 26, 2026
- Most Replayed Moment: How AI Companies Are Gaslighting You - Karen Hao Oct 23, 2026
- President Zelenskyy: Peace Is A Huge Compromise, The Horrific Atrocities Of Russian War Crimes! Oct 22, 2026
- The Deathbed Doctor: At The End Of Your Life, Only 1 Thing Will Matter! | Dr Christopher Kerr Oct 19, 2026
- Most Replayed Moment: Christian vs Atheist - Is Faith A Human Creation? Oct 16, 2026
- Phone Addiction Scientist: Doing This Gives You An Hour Back Every Day! | Dr Sahar Yousef Oct 15, 2026
- Eric Weinstein: The Secret Alien Programs Nobody Is Talking About Oct 12, 2026
- Most Replayed Moment: AI Is Changing How Teams Work Forever Oct 9, 2026
- AI Whistleblower: "We Haven't Trained Them To Be Good Or Ethical!" | Jeffrey Ladish Oct 8, 2026
- Dana White: This Generation Thinks You Can Build A Business From Home, It's Impossible! Oct 5, 2026
- Most Replayed Moment: I Met An Uncontacted Tribe! The Secret World Hidden In The Amazon Rainforest - Paul Rosolie Oct 2, 2026
- Shawn Ryan: There's A Battle For Your Soul, It's Happening Right Now Oct 1, 2026
- Adam Neumann: The Real Story Behind WeWork, A $4 Billion Cab Ride, And Surviving A $460 Million Debt Sep 28, 2026
- Most Replayed Moment: A Guilt-Free Way to Handle Work and Life Sep 25, 2026
- Druski: They're Lying To You About Overnight Success! Sep 24, 2026
- Rick Rubin: What Jay-Z Did in 30 Minutes Left Me Speechless! Sep 21, 2026
- Most Replayed Moment: Is Renting Keeping You Poor? What's The Actual Cost Of Home Ownership? David Bach Sep 18, 2026
- Are We Racing Toward Human Extinction? The AI Scientists Who Say We Must Stop Now Sep 17, 2026
- Professor Jiang: Three Predictions On the Collapse of the World Order Sep 14, 2026
- Most Replayed Moment: Brain Rot Experts - How To Use AI In A Healthy Way! Sep 11, 2026
- Vanessa Van Edwards: The Conversation Habit That Makes Smart People Unlikable Sep 10, 2026
- Lie Detection Expert Dr Leanne ten Brinke: The #1 Sign Someone Is Lying Sep 7, 2026
- Most Replayed Moment: The First Warning Signs Of Insulin Resistance! Check Your Skin For This Sep 4, 2026
- Andrew Huberman: The Real Reason You Can't Get Deep Sleep & Wake Up Exhausted Sep 3, 2026
- David Friedberg: US Decline and Why Socialism Is Coming Next Aug 31, 2026