Peace of Mind

 'I was a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, interviewed by Oprah herself and also Dr. Mehmet Oz, which aired on Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Also, my four-part interview with Oprah on her Soul Series is available on her website. Click on the picture below or hereto watch, listen, or download the interview. We had a great time talking with one another; we laughed, we cried, we even sang for brains together!'

'On the morning of the stroke, I lost my left-brain skills, including the ability to speak and understand when others spoke to me. Although I could hear people making sounds, I could no longer place meaning on those sounds, and when I tried to speak, even say something as simple as "This is Jill, I need help," gobblygook came out of my mouth. 

By the early afternoon, the language centers in the left half of my brain were swimming in a pool of blood, and I experienced no language whatsoever. My mind suddenly existed in a state of total silence and in the absence of language I shifted away from normal left-brain thinking where I focused on words, definition and the details of my past. I lost the ability to define the boundaries of where I began and where I ended, and I lost all ability to define myself in relation to the world outside of myself.'


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