You've bought a present for me in this box and I feel nervous and excited.

So this is a human brain with a spinal cord.

Such a masterpiece.

But what people don't know is that we have four different structured parts of our brain

that automatically shape how we think, feel, and behave.

But what if it's not unconscious?

What if we could pick and choose when how we want to be

in any moment on purpose? Like we can manifest our own mental health. And by the end of this

conversation today, you're going to teach me how to do that. Absolutely. You're going to so get it.

Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Jill Boltey-Taylor has transformed how we understand the brain through her research and own traumatic

experience. She's teaching the world how to unlock every part of their brain to regain control

of their thoughts, emotions, and behavior. We have a problem. We are skewed as a society to the

two parts of the left brain, which focuses on me, the individual, how do I fit myself into a

society? And trauma's living in there, as is, is cravings and addiction. And we need this. It

protects us. We get in trouble when this is the only portion of our brain that we value, because

look at the world we currently live in. So is there a strategy for making sure that you don't act

upon it? Well, so many people are trying to get rid of their emotional reactivity, but the way to heal it is not to get rid of it. I mean, we're liared for this. Why do I want to just put myself in a little box and say, I don't want to have pain, I don't want to be mad, I want to be a robot, I don't want to be a robot, I don't want to be a whole human with a whole brain. Like, this is life. And it lasts this long and then it's gone.

And it lasts this long and then it's gone. And it took me losing the left side of my brain for eight years to realize just how precious this thing is. So how do I control and protect my brain at all costs? Well, there's a lot. So you ready?

Bum, bomb, I want some hot stop. Just give me 30 seconds of your time. Two things I wanted to say. The first thing is a huge thank you for listening and tuning into the show week after week. It means the world to all of us, and this really is a dream that we absolutely never had and couldn't have imagined getting to this place. I see messages all the time. But secondly, it's a dream where we feel like we didn't realize, didn't subscribe. And if you enjoy what we do here, please join the 24% of people that listen to this podcast regularly and follow us on this app. Here's a promise I'm going to make to you. I'm going to do everything in my power to make the show as good as I can. Now and into the future. We're going to deliver the guests

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Dr. Jill, Boltey Taylor, what have you spent your professional career endeavoring to understand, and why does it matter?

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