Carolyn Larkin Taylor, M.D. | Guest: Conversations with Rich Bennett

Carolyn Larkin Taylor is a board-certified neurologist with over 30 years of experience in general neurology. After growing up in Spring Lake, New Jersey, she was among the first women to graduate from the University of Notre Dame. She later moved to Philadelphia, where she obtained her MD from Hahnemann Medical College, completed a medicine internship at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and finished her neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. While in Philadelphia, she received the Humaneness in Medicine Award from the Philadelphia Medical Society and was named one of Philadelphia magazine's Top Doctors for Women.

In addition to private practice she also served as medical director for the Parkinson's Outreach Center. In 2001, she moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she founded Northwest Neurology and the Cascadia Center for Multiple Sclerosis, ultimately concluding her clinical career at Swedish Neuroscience Center in Seattle. Throughout her journey, she has been a passionate advocate for MS patients and is dedicated to educating others about addiction as a brain disease. Dr. Taylor's manuscript, Through a Mother's Eyes, won second place for best unpublished memoir from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.

She currently resides in Bellingham, WA with her husband, their Bernese mountain dog, and golden retriever, and has one adult son living in Seattle.

Nov. 28, 2025

Whispers of the Mind with Neurologist Carolyn Larkin Taylor

What happens when a neurologist spends more than 30 years not just treating the brain, but really listening to the person behind the diagnosis?In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor, a board certified neurologist and author of Whispers of the Mind: A Neurologist’s Memoir. Carolyn shares stories from the exam room and the bedside that will move you, challenge you, and restore some faith in what medicine can look like when compassion leads the way.We talk about her journey from optometrist to neurologist, why MS and Parkinson’s patients hold a special place in her heart, and how treatments for these conditions have changed over the years. Carolyn also opens up about the pressures of corporatized medicine, medical gaslighting, and the burnout many doctors are feeling as insurance and billing rules pull them away from real human connection.One of the most powerful parts of this conversation is the story of Prancer, the golden retriever therapy dog who worke…

Guest: Carolyn Larkin Taylor, M.D.

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