Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
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And right now, the physician is a very high level of suicide.
So I care passionately about this population because they're not finding any peace because society expects them to be left thinking all the time.
They're supposed to be the authority and they can't have any mental health issues because they're the ones we go to for mental health issues.
So all they can do, they don't have time.
They are busy, busy, busy, and they're not very happy about it.
And our system is a mess.
So they're having to deal with that.
So I was working with a group and I said, okay, I want you to take a pair of chalk and
outside of the ER room and I want you to draw a hopscotch.
And what happened was all these doctors in and out and these medical professionals were hopscotching in and hopscotching out.
And that, just that helped them bring their glee back just for a moment, just for an instant.
So this is the glee and it's exciting and it's fun.
And it's like, figure out what brings you joy and do that.
And no, and this is why it really helps to know this, because if you're going to say, okay, I'm going to go, I'm going to go play basketball.
I come from Indiana.
Everybody plays basketball.
I'm going to go play basketball and I'm going to go do it for 20 minutes.
And my character one is over here saying, we don't have time for you to go shoot some hoops, girl.
We got business to take care of.
We're on a deadline.