In this compelling keynote lecture, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard- trained brain scientist, will share what it felt like to experience a brain hemorrhage that left her unable to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. When Dr. Taylor lost the skills of her left brain, her perception shifted into the present moment reality of the right hemisphere. She sat in what she describes as the "lap of God," where she realized that we are all connected as one human family. It took eight years for Dr. Taylor to completely recover her mind and body. She will share with us her insights as a brain scientist who lost her past, but gained the gift of the present moment -- where peace is just a thought away.