The widespread response to her recovery inspired her latest book Whole Brain Living. In illustrating how we can link the thinking and emotional parts of our brain, she illuminates a newfound agency to choose how we feel, think, and live. “I can become my anger in an instant. It’s a group of cells in my brain,” she says. “Where do I want to consciously place my energy? Because it’s all cells and circuitry. . . . The more we run a circuit, the more power it begins to run on its own. . . . We have so much more power over what’s going on inside of our brains than we have ever been taught.”
Nearly a decade in, my interviews haven’t eliminated my worrisome stories. Our guests gave me a more enduring gift: The freedom to choose how they influence me. Now, when they arise, I hear Dr. Taylor saying,“We have the power to choose who and how we want to be in any moment,” and befriend my inner voice instead.
