The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté’s new book, “The Myth of Normal,” explores the rise of mental illness and chronic health issues in the Western world. He argues that our definition of “normal” is false and that disease is a natural reflection of life in an abnormal culture. Through personal stories of illness and recovery, Maté shows that true health is possible if we embrace authenticity over societal expectations.
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a […]
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents…
Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship
Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship Written for those working to heal developmental trauma and seeking new tools for self-awareness and growth, this book focuses on conflicts surrounding the capacity for connection. Explaining that an impaired capacity for connection to self and to others and the ensuing […]