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Dec 2021
1h 18m

Whole Brain Living, Psychology + Neuroan...

SUE MARRIOTT LCSW, CGP & ANN KELLEY PHD
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Join our online community! Using neuroanatomy and her experience having a massive stroke that took her self-conscious mind, Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor and Sue Marriott discuss the 4 skill subsets in the brain that help us relate to ourselves and the world. Her TED Talk was the first one to ever go viral and has been viewed now 27 million times, so her ideas are ... Show More
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