My Stroke of Insight - two thirds great, one third not

2/3 of this book is 4 stars and 1/3 of this book is 1 star, to me. That averages out to the 3 stars I gave it.

The book shines where the author is talking about her personal experiences, and when talking about actual science of the brain and strokes. The practical insight I took from those parts is that it’s possible to recover from a severe stroke, but it takes willpower.

The problem is the other third. I really didn’t like how she used her built scientific authority to label her personal opinion as fact. The book goes in depth into left vs right brain and energy interpretation, meditation and other topics which frankly don’t have the same level of scientific evidence for them. For me I’d prefer my spiritual and science books separated.

Overall it was worth reading for the personal account, and I could see some of the ideas in the book “designing the mind” paralleled in here, mainly around neuroplasticity. Read it for the personal account, but skip it if authors mixing spiritual claims into science would drive you mad.