Episode 362: Finding Her Right Mind with Vanessa Potter
Oh, My Health...There Is Hope!
Jana Short
4.9 • 337 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Oh My Heath ... There's HOPE! Jana talks with Vanessa Potter.
Venessa is an Author, TEDx speaker, and meditation advocate, Vanessa Potter became a “human guinea-pig” for science when an extraordinary experience changed the course of her life.
After spending 16 years as an award-winning producer, fate intervened In October 2012 when Vanessa suddenly found herself temporarily blind and paralyzed following a neurological illness.
Deep curiosity to better understand the mechanics of her mind propelled her down a new, science-communication path. A number of science-art collaborations with Cambridge neuroscientists led to an immersive EEG exhibition.
Vanessa has published her second book, Finding Her Right Mind: One Woman’s Experiment to put Meditation to the Test.
Vanessa lives in London, with her husband and two children.
“Start small.”
This 30-minute episode is on:
1) Losing your vision and becoming paralyzed and still growing into my purpose
2) Finding your spark during your darkest moments growing through it
an unorthodox approach to meditation
3) Translating EEG’s into beautiful art and peeking into the brain
4) Finding your right mind is it even possible
5) Learning where to start and find out what is right for you
This episode is about:
In This episode, Jana and Vanessa discuss her journey of losing her vision and dealing with paralyzes. Venturing out into the science of her brain and finding healing and hope. Her book Finding Her Right Mind, and how she learned about herself through her hearing through science.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to Oh My Health, There Is Hope Podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to The Oh My Health, There Is Hope Podcast. |
| 0:48.4 | Each episode you'll hear from health experts, major influencers and other extraordinary |
| 0:53.0 | people to discuss holistic health, wellness and to share their incredible stories with |
| 0:57.9 | you. |
| 0:58.9 | Our host Janna Short is a Mindset Coach in LP and RTT Practitioner, Best Selling Author |
| 1:04.2 | and creator of Best Holistic Life and Health Influencers Mastermind, working toward |
| 1:09.4 | changing the world one health expert at a time. |
| 1:13.4 | Aren't you sick and tired of being sick and tired? |
| 1:16.4 | Now here's your host Janna Short. |
| 1:22.1 | Hello and welcome to Oh My Health, There Is Hope Podcast. |
| 1:24.9 | I'm your host Janna Short and today I'm here with a very special guest |
| 1:28.8 | Vanessa Potter. |
| 1:30.2 | Vanessa is an author, TEDx speaker and meditation advocate. |
| 1:34.8 | Vanessa Potter has become a human guinea pig for science when an extraordinary experience |
| 1:39.9 | changed the course per life. |
| 1:42.0 | After 16 years as an award-winning producer, fate intervened in October 2012 when Vanessa |
| 1:48.3 | suddenly found herself temporarily blind and paralyzed following a neurological illness. |
| 1:54.2 | Curiosity to better understand the mechanics of her mind propelled her down a new science |
| 2:00.1 | communication path. |
| 2:01.6 | A number of science art collaborations with Cambridge neuroscientists led to an immersive |
| 2:06.6 | EEG exhibition. |
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