…on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. His most recent book, which is called The Myth of Normal in Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, is a New York Times international bestseller. It's a great…

…joining us the inimitable Dr. Gabor Mate, who's going to be talking about his latest book, the New York Times bestseller, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and and Healing in a Toxic Culture, which he wrote with his son Daniel Maté. And as if one…

…the Order of Canada, his country's highest civilian distinction. He's the author of several books, including his latest book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. And he's joined also by his son, Daniel Mate, a Vancouver-born,…

One of the talks that I give is entitled The Myth of Normal, which is to say that we think that there are people who are normal over here, and then there's the pathological ones who have depression or anxiety or addiction or schizophrenia or bipolar…

…second part of the interview that I did with his father. Daniel is one of the writers of the forthcoming book, The Myth of Normal, which I'm really excited about reading. Very smart guy. Look at this. Brett and Honey. it's pretty cool and supports the…

…said, in this society, we scapegoat certain addicts and raise others to the highest levels of power. That's part of what The Myth of Normal is about, which is the book that Daniel co-wrote with Gabor Mate, his father. And is that book, has that been…

…books on healing personal and societal pain and His latest, written with the help of his son Daniel, is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. So what are the things making people feel desperate, broken and afraid?…

…only antidote, he said, was human connection. Gabor, as a doctor, do you think the Surgeon General's right? In my book, The Myth of Normal, which you're kind enough to mention, I actually quote him. And loneliness is as much of a risk factor for illness…

…to dispel this horrible plague of loneliness, it comes through collectivity. Gabor Mate is the author with Daniel Mate of The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, out now. V's book, Reckoning, is also just now in paperback. Thank…

…Ken Hardy, a black psychologist, who talks about the assaulted sense of self. And in the book, Daniel and I co-wrote The Myth of Normal, we quote Dr. Hardy, and the assaulted sense of self is when the abused person, hey, there's that book, talk about…

…you've been on Mayim Bialik's podcast, yeah, years ago. I was on her podcast, and I really liked her. Yeah, to promote Myth of Normal. Yeah, and it's still on YouTube, the great conversation. And when it comes to this issue, we couldn't be further apart.…

…a fundraiser a couple of weeks ago here in British Columbia where actually, Daniel, I took three of the Arabic language books of Myth of Normal because I don't need to have five copies of them. So I took three of them and I'm going to say I'm going…

…this case, no question about it. Dr. Gabor Maté, the author of a bestselling New York Times bestselling book, book called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. And welcome, Dr. McIntyre. Let me just say, I feel I know you.…

…special interest in the potential lifelong impacts of trauma on physical and mental health. His latest book is right there, The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Welcome to the show, Gabor. thank you so much nice to be here…

…However, in my joviality, I forgot your question. So just how normal, just getting back to the title of the book, The Myth of Normal, what normal is and how it's actually unhealthy. Right. So in medical terms, what is normal equates to what is healthy…

…call the higher power. John Perkins was the author of the Confessions of an Economic Hitman. Gabor Matei, the author of The Myth of Normal. Also, by the way, your son helped co-author the book. Daniel Matei was a friend of mine. I had the pleasure of…

…Albeit, as is true for most original thinkers, one still controversial in many sectors. He has a new book out entitled The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. We're excited to talk to him about that and many of the related…

…you become well-known in a lot of the fields that I talked about there. People see it on the screen. It's called The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. You've been talking about a lot of things over the years. So what is…

…of a lot of these problems that I think do appeal to a lot of people as well. And I look at this book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture as kind of the culmination of that part of your work. It's by you and Daniel…

…of several groundbreaking books on healing, personal and collective pain. His latest, written with his son Daniel, is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. What are the things making people feel desperate, broken, and afraid?…

…the other side that makes this so asymmetrical and so upsetting for me. Now, as a surgeon in general, in my book, The Myth of Normal, which you're kind enough to mention, I actually quote him. And loneliness is as much of a risk factor for illness as…

…school shootings, you name it, elsewhere. Gabor. Well, let me tell you something interesting that I found in writing A Myth of Normal. There's a colleague and a friend of mine, an American psychiatrist and physician called Louis Mel Madrona. And Louis…

…up for a lot of people. And may that waking up continue. Indeed, Gabor Mate is the author with Daniel Mate of The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture out now. V's book Reckoning is also just now in paperback. Thank you both…

…forget it. Yeah, it was really special. For as long as I live, yeah. He has a new book out now called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. It's a beautiful book. I encourage everyone to read it. And I'm going to say…

…it's not that hard to deal with. Yeah. Well, that's lovely. So your book that we are here to talk about is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. You start off immediately with pointing out we are at the pinnacle of our…

…That doesn't mean that PTSD is all natural. In other words, that would put normal back into that triad of normal. Normal, therefore healthy and natural, or healthy and natural and therefore normal. That's how I would reframe it. Now in our society,…

…had no idea what to expect, but I've met two real human beings, so thank you very much. Thank you. Absolutely. The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Written by you and your son, Daniel. Again, I said it at the beginning,…

…honored to have you. You've added to that lineage. So thank you so much. Great luck with the book. Everyone check out The Myth of Normal. Next up is the fact check. I don't even care about facts. I just want to get into your pants. Hello. Good gold…

…What about for me? I've been terrorized all my days. How many? All my days. Dr. Gabor Mate, in his new book, The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, which he wrote with his son Daniel, argues that what is defined as normal…

…groundbreaking books on healing personal and societal pain, His latest, written with the help of his son Daniel, is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. So what are the things making people feel desperate, broken and afraid?…

…only antidote, he said, was human connection. Gabor, as a doctor, do you think the Surgeon General's right? In my book, The Myth of Normal, which you're kind enough to mention, I actually quote him. And loneliness is as much of a risk factor for illness…

…for making social change. Gabor Mate is a retired physician and author of several groundbreaking books, including his latest, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Written with his son, Daniel Mate. And V, formerly known as…

…to dispel this horrible plague of loneliness, it comes through collectivity. Gabor Mate is the author with Daniel Mate of The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture out now. V's book Reckoning is also just now in paperback. Thank…

…the time as victims of the other, but to recognize what they've done to the other themselves. Your latest book is The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. I wrote that with my son, Daniel, yes. What should we draw from this…

…your entire family? Well, it's a really good question. My eldest son and I, Daniel, with whom I wrote our book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, are writing a new book now. It's called Hello Again, a fresh start for…

…can work it out and sometimes they can't. And sometimes people find freedom in having to disconnect. In the book, The Myth of Normal, I talk about this tension that we all have between authentic and belonging, attachment and authenticity. If we can belong…

He's an expert on trauma whose books have resonated with millions of people around the world. In his most recent work, The Myth of Normal, Dr. Gabor Mate takes on what he calls a toxic culture affecting our world. He says it divides us, hurts the most…

…And he's absolutely right. I was traumatized as a kid. I passed on my trauma to my children. I talk about that in The Myth of Normal. I talk about it in my other book. Until we realize that we're traumatized and we're acting out of trauma, we do pass…

…son, my eldest son, Daniel and I, whom I passed on my trauma when he was a small child, he helped me write The Myth of Normal. And the Myth of Normal has been published now in 40 languages around the world. And our next project is called Hello Again,…

…and I, whom I passed on my trauma when he was a small child, he helped me write The Myth of Normal. And the Myth of Normal has been published now in 40 languages around the world. And our next project is called Hello Again, a fresh start for parents…

…is an award-winning and best-selling author and speaker whose work focuses on addiction and trauma. His latest book is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. So guys, please do enjoy the interview. interview that you're about…

…that matter to me. But what if you can't? Then you have a real dilemma. And I know you've read my book, The Myth of Normal, and there's a chapter in there called Tragic Tension. Yes. Between two dynamics, our need to attach, our need to belong on the…

Hello everyone, welcome back to another show. Today I have Daniel Maté with me. Daniel is the co-author of The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture that he wrote with his father, Gabor Maté. Coming from a family of Jewish…

…Faith Podcast this week, Dr. Gabor Maté. You know him as the best-selling author of a number of books, including The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, which is a New York Times bestseller and an international bestseller. You…

…in the actual actions of the same politicians. What do you think would make a difference? Well, In his book, The Myth of Normal, we make the case that most people are actually quite unconscious. Are quite, I'm sorry? Are quite unconscious. They're quite…

…biology and our circumstances and so on. And that's largely true. And James Baldwin said, and again, I quote him in The Mental Normal, he said that in this country, words are used to cover the sleepers rather than to wake him up. And most people are…

…a film about my work called The Wisdom of Trauma that you can find online. There's this, my most recent book, The Myth of Normal Traumatism and Healing in Toxic Culture. I will not recite for you the name of my other four other books, but they're…

…stress and illness. And Daniel Matte is an award-winning theater songwriter and co-author with Gabor of the book, The Meat of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. As a support, we also have with us Betsy Polatyn, an internationally…

…how can I stay authentic and true to myself and still belong? And in the book that Daniel and I wrote together, The Myth of Normal, we have a chapter on attachment versus authenticity. Attachment is a need to belong, to be accepted, to be loved, to be…

…affected by the race of the physician. And I could go on and on and on. And we write about this in our book, The Myth of Normal. But what I'm saying is that the trauma of... And if you look at who goes into the military in the United States and…

…out that a lot of the things you've believed in may not reflect reality. Yeah. In the last chapter of my book, The Myth of Normal, I talk about the virtues of disillusionment. And I've been disillusioned a number of times in my life. One was a good…

…distant from who are intimate to us and it requires a certain kind of healing. Yeah. Well, my most recent book, The Myth of Normal, that was mentioned in the introduction, I wrote that with my son, Daniel. In fact, I could not have written it without…

…several chapters of my book um so There's a story I'd like to tell that I read recently. In my book, The Myth of Normal, I quote a psychologist whose name is Darcia Narvaez, and she now retired as a professor at Notre Dame University. And she…

…she's talking to the infant saying, please don't take this stress personally. And she wrote that. And I quoted it in The Myth of Normal. And she knew what I didn't know. And no, no, she wasn't happy because of our relationship. She wasn't happy because…

Now Gabor, in The Myth of Normal, you write about how you had a profound breakthrough yourself not that long ago in a series of ayahuasca journeys that resulted in you encountering it sounded like some some kind of deep taste touch of your quote-unquote…

…the more complex aspects of mental health diagnosis with these physical examples. What else are you demonstrating in your book, The Myth of Normal? I know because I've read bits of it. Well, the bits with my name's in it. I've read loads of it.…

…a rigid belief. So yes, in that sense, yes. In most other senses that the word is used, no. Thank you for watching. You can get my book, The Myth of Normal, in hardcover, audio, or e-book by clicking the link below in the description. And thanks again.

…distant from who are intimate to us, and it requires a certain kind of healing. Yeah. Well, my most recent book, The Myth of Normal, that was mentioned in the introduction, I wrote that with my son, Daniel. In fact, I could not have written it without…

…it comes to loving with somebody who's struggling with addiction? So I know we've been talking about my new book, The Myth of Normal, but for those people that are struggling with addiction in their lives, I also recommend my previous book called In the…

…Cost of Hidden Stress, and what we're going to be talking about today, which is Gabor's new book. It's called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Gabor, welcome. Gami, it's nice to be with you again. Awesome. It's awesome…

…Awesome. It's awesome to be with you. Thank you. Thanks for making the time for this. To start out your new book, The Myth of Normal, first of all, it's 500 pages. And I have to say a very worthy investment of time and energy. If a nonfiction book…

…about disease what we call disease as a process rather rather than as sort of automatic entities Now Gabor, in reading The Myth of Normal, as you mentioned, there are all the interviews that you did with people and you bring many of those excerpts in.…

…kids. So work on your own issues. Really important. Number three, children have certain needs. In my new book, The Myth of Normal, I have a chapter on the irreducible needs of children. Those needs include unconditional loving acceptance, The capacity to…

…to start off with as a parent is what are the needs that my children have for health development? Both in this book, The Myth of Normal. And in a previous parenting book I wrote called Hold On To Your Kids, you have to start off not with what do we…

…to solve a problem, to a problem with emotional pain. And so hence my mantra, which I lay out in this book, The Myth of Normal. It's in my previous book on addiction. Don't ask why the addiction, ask why the pain. And I don't care what addiction…

…believe, is the most important voice in addiction and mental health absolutely. at the moment. We spoke about his book, The Myth of Normal, and we also talked about mental illness and how it's treated with pills rather than exploring the psyche of trauma…

…going to love this conversation. Have a look. Stay free with Russell Brand. See it first on Rumble. Gabbo, your new book, The Myth of Normal, I've read some of it because you were kind enough to have someone send me an advanced copy. And like all books…

…the more complex aspects of mental health diagnosis with these physical examples. What else are you demonstrating in your book, The Myth of Normal? I know because I've read bits of it. Well, the bits with my name's in it. I've read loads of it.…

…a book that you endorsed. And he says on the third page, a line that could have been taken from my book, The Myth of Normal. And he says that he's talking about pre-COVID days. And he says that the normal to which we would all like to return…

…which we would all like to return in a heartbeat was anything but normal. And that line could have come out of my book, The Myth of Normal. And how long? Well, I can only tell you as long as we're willing to let them get away with it. And it's not…

…addiction. You are a vocal advocate of the use of ayahuasca as a natural therapy, and your latest book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, examines the worrying rise of chronic sickness throughout the Western world that…

…is going up. I do want, if I may, mention my most recent book. Is that okay? Yeah, of course. It's called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. And it's been a bestseller around the world and it's being published in the…

…happened to you. Trauma is what happened inside you. Trauma is a wound. And that's the point I make in my book, The Myth of Normal. Trauma is a wound that happened inside you. That's the good news. If trauma was what happened to you 10 years ago or…

…So it's just a cycle that keeps going. So your new book, from what I understand, is going to be called The Myth of Normal Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. That's correct. Just how insane is our culture? Well, it depends how you want to…

…gap and helping each generation take 100% responsibility for their role in the dynamic. So first I'm writing the book, The Myth of Normal, and then that book on connecting adult children with their parents. I just wanted to get your opinion on something…

…eclipsed this phenomena. So we don't see it for what it is. As to being natural, I make this point in my book, The Myth of Normal as well, but we very much emphasize it in Hold On to Your Kids, is that many things that are normal in this society,…

…the world health-wise. Well, look, I'm saying this new book I'm pointing out. By the way, my new book is entitled The Myth of Normal, Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. And You know how many Canadians die every year of air pollution? How many?…

…know, both of which makes them totally passive. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. I know. So actually, I'm curious to hear about your book, The Myth of Normal. I love the title. I would love to hear how you came up with it and why you called it that. And what…

…I would love to hear how you came up with it and why you called it that. And what do you mean? What actually is The Myth of Normal? Well, how I came up with it is I had this book planned for many years with a different title. And I'd given up on…

…special, we turn now to Dr. Gabor Maté, the acclaimed Canadian physician and author, just out with a new book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Dr. Maté has worked for decades in Vancouver as a family physician,…

…The Wisdom of Trauma, featuring our guest, Dr. Gabor Mate. He's just written a new book with his son Daniel titled The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Democracy Now!' 's Nermeen Shaikh and I recently spoke to Gabor Mate. I…

…Nermeen Shaikh and I recently spoke to Gabor Mate. I began by asking him about the pandemic and the book's title, The Myth of Normal. So the pandemic actually revealed to us how toxic our idea of normal has been, because it showed us the desperate need…

…more is what they think is needed to fill that hole inside themselves. Dr. Gabor Mate, part of the power of The Myth of Normal, your book, is the examples that you use, particular people, especially women who are sick or chronically ill. Some of them…

…it becomes a problem. So it's not pleasure as such, but a relationship to it. It brings me to your amazing book, The Myth of Normal. The way you describe a culture, like a culture in a petri dish, and if it gets contaminated, like we're living in a…

…addiction. You are a vocal advocate of the use of ayahuasca as a natural therapy, and your latest book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, examines the worrying rise of chronic sickness throughout the Western world that…

…because of all of that lockdown. Maybe talk a little bit about that and then jump into the book. I mean, The Myth of Normal really talks about these chronic disorders and these mental disorders that now seem to become normalized. But if you look back…

…their developmental needs. I'll be bold enough to mention my new book, which will be out in the fall. It's called The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. And the case I'm making is that this culture is toxic to human…

…this conversation. May I make a humble suggestion? Please. Read one of my books. The most recent one is called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. And it's been published in 45 countries, including in Arabic, actually, and…

…probably couldn't have written it without it. Fast forward 20 plus years later and I write my most recent book called The Myth of Normal. It's a much more complex book. It's much more research, much longer. I took no medication I didn't need to. Why…

…his groundbreaking medical work, he was awarded the Order of Canada, his country's highest civilian distinction. His latest book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, is co-authored with his son, Daniel, as is their next book,…

…you know, we are wired to be interpersonally, biologically affected by each other. We have a chapter in our new book, The Myth of Normal, called You Rattle My Brain, taken from the Jerry Lee Lewis song. You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain. We…

…Gabor has written books on addiction, on ADHD and on stress. His latest is a magnum opus, the international bestseller, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Hi Gabor. Thanks for the introduction. Nice to be here with you. As…

…have to grow up. Now, that works both ways. But there's something that happens, and I talk about this in The Myth of Normal. Autoimmune disease, for example, happens mostly to women. 80% of people with rheumatoid arthritis or lupus or chronic fatigue or…

…I took medication from my ADHD. It was a much shorter book, a simpler book. When I wrote my most recent book, The Myth of Normal, which is much more complex, larger, much more research thinking writing had to go into it i took no medication in fact…

…on Conversations. Likewise and thank you. Gabor Maté was my guest on Conversations today. Gabor's most recent book is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. This conversation was recorded on the lands of the Turrbal and Yagura…

…no, the body will say it for you in the form of illness. In my most recent book that we've discussed before, The Myth of Normal, there's actually a whole chapter on this, and when I say this, this simple question, To the inquiry that you just made,…

…is a defense against what happened to you. But also then we can learn from it as we work through it. In your book, Myth of Normal, you talk about the society at large being not perfect for our existence right now. So talk to us why there's so much…

…i think i've held on too much like i have a very strong thick skull and it's hard to break through it um In The Myth of Normal, my book that you mentioned, I do talk about a deep ayahuasca experience I had. But I wouldn't say it was an ego death.…

…distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. He has written several books, including, most recently, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Gabor Mate survived the Holocaust as a baby in Hungary and…

…should do what we can to compensate for what we've lost. I think in your writing, Gabor, especially your new book, The Myth of Normal, you pose some quite searching questions for the reader or the listener to ask themselves. And I think one of the most…

…like working on this book together and what are you both learning about repair and forgiveness? So Daniel helped me write The Myth of Normal, and without his assistance, that book would not have got written. It was just too big a project. And he's a…

…people interested in addiction can read my book, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Close Encounters with Addiction, or The Myth of Normal, where I talk about addiction. So an addiction is defined, is manifested in any behavior where a person finds temporary…

…highest civilian distinction. So awesome. And the Civic Merit Award for his hometown, Vancouver. His most recent book, The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture is a New York Times and international bestseller. Welcome, Dr. Gabor…

…So that's the big thing coming up. In terms of my work, My eldest son and I, Daniel, who helped me write The Myth of Normal, we were working on a book called Hello Again, a fresh start for parents and adult children. A fresh start for parents and…

…better life. So you've been listening to Change Your Brain every day with Gabor Mate and his internationally best-selling book, The Myth of Normal. So worth getting, reading it, sharing it with people that you care about. We would love for you to leave us…

…my work, he's never read my work. He doesn't understand it. He mentioned his book, if I may mention mine, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, which is a Sunday Times bestseller and a New York Times bestseller published…

…his book about this idea of suicidal empathy as a concept? Yeah, I'm really happy to discuss that. Actually, in my book, The Myth of Normal, that I just showed you, there is a chapter on what we call human nature. And every society has a kind of…

…would you mind just talking a little bit about your background and journey, which led you to writing your latest incredible book, The Myth of Normal? Do you want me to begin with my beginnings or my professional work? Where do you want me to go take? I…

…ways that are very common and normal in this society. And that's part of the reason for my title of the book, The Myth of Normal. Because it is normal, for example, in this culture to tell parents not to pick up a crying child. Well, we're not talking…

…emotions, difficult emotions, repressed emotions, and stress, and the onset of these diseases. And I quote some of that research in The Myth of Normal. And I wrote about it previously in a book of mine called When the Body Says No. The research is not…

…groups and this idea of holding your children close. Can you talk a bit about that? The subtitle of this book, The Myth of Normal, is Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. And when I talk about the influence of peers on children, I'm talking…

…in the realm of Hungry Ghost is used as a text in universities throughout the world. His most recent book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, is making waves everywhere. It's a 500-page non-fiction book that's as riveting…

…that you mentioned. But it's possible as long as there's awareness of these problems. As I pointed out in this book, The Myth of Normal, we take these things for granted. We think they're normal. And they are the norm. But in the sense of being healthy…

…by our lack of emotional presence because of the stresses that we're under. For sure. And in your new book, The Myth of Normal, which is an incredible read, I'm recommending it to literally everyone. I love the thread of optimism that you had going…

…with you and their parents and their grandparents and their community. So I would really recommend here, I mean, this book, The Myth of Normal does talk a lot about that, but a previous book of mine that I helped to co-write, it's called The Hold On…

…teaching, and writing. Right. I did want to make one, even though I think I'm in chapter four in the book, The Myth of Normal. There was one line there. It said, something found in ancient wisdom and the latest technologies. And I just love that. Well,…

…something found in ancient wisdom and the latest technologies. And I just love that. Well, the point I'm making there in The Myth of Normal is that the unity of mind and body, which traditional wisdom has always understood, and not just the unity of the…

…commit these atrocities? And how will this trauma play itself out in the future? Dr. Gabor Mate, in his book, The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, which he wrote with his son Daniel, argues that our culture's standards of…

…the theoretical answer is yes. The practical answer is that in this society, hardly anybody. And so in my book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, the point I'm making is that this society, for all its achievements,…

…looking for? Or an illness? If you look at, say, Sheryl Crow, the singer, she had breast cancer. And I quote her in The Myth of Normal. And I don't have the book in front of me now, but I'm paraphrasing her. She said that before my breast cancer, I…

…Okay. My next question, I want to kind of talk about two different things that you talk about. So in your book, Myth of Normal, you talk about how we've kind of normalized suffering. And then you also talk about compassionate inquiry. And so how do you…

…to start healing. But if you had one message to give the world, what would that be? You know, in The Myth of Normal, we quote this film with Matt Damon and Robin Williams called Good Will Hunting. And Damon plays this dysfunctional, mentally disturbed…

…his expertise on a range of topics. He's written several bestselling books, including the New York Times bestseller, The Myth of Normal, the award-winning Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No, The Cost of Hidden…

…yeah, as an infant. But you don't need those terrible big T events to traumatize people. And in my new book, The Myth of Normal, it's the first chapters about trauma. Can't wait to read that. You can also wound kids just by not meeting their needs.…

…brain, can we remove that implicit memory over time or not be affected by it? It's the latter. In this book, The Myth of Normal, which I'll go to the trouble, not the trouble, I'll go to the self-serving exercise I'm showing to you. Yes, please. I…

…the trouble, not the trouble, I'll go to the self-serving exercise I'm showing to you. Yes, please. I can't wait to read it. Myth of Normal. In the first chapter, I talk about an incident of me arriving from a speaking trip in the States back to Canada…

…they feel more confident and they realize there's other people like them I went through that when I was writing this book, The Myth of Normal. I wrote on it for 10 years and two years ago when I was working on it, I started panicking because I…

…bestsellers list for the last 300 weeks, I think. A book on trauma. Not an easy book, by the way. My book, The Myth of Normal, published less than two years ago now, was 19 weeks on New York Times bestsellers list. Just spent five weeks on the Sunday…

…on here that we need to understand if we're going to address it powerfully and accurately. Now, in my most recent book, The Myth of Normal, the argument I make is that if in a laboratory a scientist was growing organisms in a broth, we call that a…

…fact, it's ancient wisdom. But let me tell you something about Scotland. So when I was researching the book, The Myth of Normal, I was looking at the impact of certain social factors on individual health. Now, unemployment causes, the anxiety of…

…me to unpack all of this is Dr. Gabor Mate, renowned retired physician, bestselling author of multiple books, including The Myth of Normal and one of the world's most insightful voices on trauma, addiction and mental health. He spent decades studying the…

…we lived in is so profoundly different to the world that we're actually living in? Well, you mentioned my book, The Myth of Normal. In the last chapter, I discussed disillusionment. I've had a number of them in my life, you know, with communism in…

…you connect that at all to this disillusionment that we're seeing through the Epstein files, for example? So in The Month of Normal, there's a chapter called They Don't Want You to Die. And it's about the corporations. So let's take the food corporations…

…enough reason? Sometimes it's necessary for your own integrity, depending on the relationship. My son, Daniel, who helped me write The Myth of Normal, Daniel and I were working on a book together now, it's called Hello Again, A Fresh Start for Adults and…

…in the context in which they had the plant experience. Exactly. Yeah. Do you want to talk a bit about your new book, The Myth of Normal? How does that tie in with this? Well, so it's so new that I haven't even started writing it yet, but just this…

…off protective g it can cause inflammation in your blood vessels There was a study, which I quote in my book, The Myth of Normal, where the amygdala is an almond-shaped little structure in the brain, which is a fear center. It's where you register fear.…

…Because women are more than men are taught, they can't be angry, you know. And I have a chapter on that in The Myth of Normal, but there's a new book coming out that I just endorsed. It's called something like... Actually, let me get you the title, if…

…contraction and fear and resistance and shame and doubt and all that can can exist And it seems like, like in your book, The Myth of Normal, what we consider to be normal now actually is kind of a chronic state of disease. And it seems to me like a…

…you've got is a response to the environment. And that's part of the answer. And that's why I called my book, The Myth of Normal, because a lot of what we consider disease in this society are normal responses to abnormal circumstances. From the point of…

…completely agree with you um in the midst of normal um i um here's a copy of This is the Canadian paperback, The Myth of Normal. And there's a chapter on Achio and Ayahuasca experience that I had in Peru, where I really had this expansion and almost a…

…devil of dad inside of me. Well, first of all, I was one of those dads. My son Daniel, with whom I wrote The Myth of Normal, he actually writes in the book that growing up with me, when that family was like, when the floor wasn't a floor, you never…

…and Hold On to Your Kids, Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers, and most recently with his son Daniel, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Thank you so much for doing this. Thank you, Brian. Nice to be with…

…And that's the Greek meaning of the word trauma. And you were telling me that you were reading my most recent book, The Myth of Normal, which I'm not ashamed to show people. Thank you very much. And the first chapter is just about this. So trauma means…

…And most of the things that you think are wrong with you began as adaptations. And again, the title of my book is The Myth of Normal. And the point I'm saying is that What we call our abnormalities are not that at all. What they actually are is their…

…it. Beautiful. Thank you so much, Gabor, for your time. And if anyone has not read this book, I highly recommend The Meat of Normal. This is only one of the books. There are multiple books. Do check it out. But I can't thank you enough, Gabor. I felt…

…front of me your book, your latest book, which, congratulations, hit the New York Times bestseller. And I'm not at all surprised. The Myth of Normal. And I mean, just the title is so captivating. So I have so many angles that I want to go down because…

…is a best-selling author with an expertise on everything from stress to addiction to ADHD. His latest book is called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. In this conversation, we talked about what he means by the myth of…

…animals in a zoo under completely artificial conditions that don't meet our essential needs. And in the book, The Myth of Normal, I begin with prenatal life through birth, through childhood, through all of our cultural manifestations. I'm saying we live…

…listeners who want to learn more from you. How can they do so? Well, thank you. So the book is called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. The book is being published in almost 30 languages internationally. It's been an…

…in my book to be published in September. I have the self-serving desire to show it to you. It's called The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, for which I actually interviewed Dr. Yehuda for my chapter on epigenetics. There…

…his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. And Gabor's latest book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, remains a bestseller globally. And I highly recommend you get…

…know, the singer Sheryl Crow, she had breast cancer. And she said afterwards, and this could be, and I quote this in The Myth of Normal, and it could be right out of my own work, but she doesn't know about me. She just came to this awareness because…

…me, it was like, what right do I have to experience joy when my grandparents died in ashes? I quote this in The Myth of Normal, my friend and colleague and teacher, Bessel van der Kolk, psychiatrist who wrote the book, The Body Keeps the Score. He said…

…talk. And I'd love you all to give a warm welcome to renowned physician and author of the best-selling book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Dr. Gabor Maté. And the most prolific political streamer on Twitch, Hasan…

…Homer Simpson said. Now, speaking of grudges and reflexive blaming of parents, I mean, my dad and I write in The Myth of Normal about how parent blaming is unscientific and it's unhelpful and it's cruel. And that doesn't mean that I haven't indulged in…

…to improvise what responsibility meant to me in each moment. And it looked different in each case. So the backdrop was the book, Myth of Normal, was just about to come out. And I wasn't looking forward to it. I was kind of dreading it. Now, I have to…

…in the house. Round of applause for him. He's coming up on stage right now. I just met with him, and his book, The Myth of Normal, was just released in Arabic. So he gave me three copies that he signed off. So I'm just going to quickly auction these…

…at 400, then 500. Let's take this to a little bit higher, okay? Last book of the night. Dr. Gabor's The Myth of the Normal, which was released in Arabic, written by Dr. Gabor Maté and his son, Daniel Maté. And it's signed and autographed. I just got…

…Zionist dream. And by the way, disillusioned, nobody likes to be disillusioned. But as I point out in the book, The Myth of Normal, would you rather be illusioned or disillusioned? Would you rather believe in things that are not true or would you rather…

…have questions, they can populate the question and answer box there. But I know that your new book is called The Myth of Normal. And I think when we're speaking about the context of healing trauma with psychedelics, I think there's a very important point…

…trauma with psychedelics, I think there's a very important point that is outlined in even just the title of your book, The Myth of Normal, that really indicates that there is a lot of trauma that all of us have that could potentially be solved by…

…i don't say too much about the book because i want to come out for another year next april but The title is The Myth of Normal Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. And what I mean by an insane culture is Eric Fulham was a social psychologist for…

…with you in this discussion. Gabor is a world-renowned speaker as well as a best-selling author. His latest book is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Please help me welcome Dr. Gabor Mate and your host and founder of…

…million times and on other forms of social media, God knows. So you're reaching a lot of people. So your newest book, The Myth of Normal, which we got a copy for everyone. It is a big book. It is powerful. It's profound. And why'd you write it? You've…

…themselves. So that's the ideal but realizable benefit of psychedelics. Very good, very good. And there's a great chapter in The Myth of Normal on this, so thank you. I helped a friend, a female friend, years ago with addiction recovery, and she painted…

…be hard, gotta be tough. We gotta present a certain image. There's a reason why my most recent book is called The Myth of Normal. Because one of the myths is what you just said. So that this world, this culture, looks on invulnerability as a strength.…

…in the world right now. It's just this cultural pain. Well, if I may be self-serving, my new book is called The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. So just as you say, the trauma that people are experiencing massively isn't…

…a sign of a culture that's completely out of whack. And when I say out of whack, the reason I call the book The Myth of Normal is what I'm saying is that the things that are considered normal in society are not at all normal from the point of view…

…and rheumatoid arthritis. Do you think the average rheumatologist knows anything about that? I know people in my book, The Myth of Normal. I talk about people with MS or arthritis who, once they start recognizing that the flare-ups of the disease actually…

…exactly. So I get to learn a lot when I'm writing. So one of the things I learned when I was writing The Myth of Normal was even how we think about disease. Like people say, I have eczema, or I have depression, or I have rheumatoid arthritis, or…

…And she's talking to the infant saying, please don't take this stress personally. She wrote that and I quoted it in The Myth of Normal. And she knew what I didn't know. And no, no, she was unhappy because of our relationship. She was unhappy because of…

…of what it is to be a human hmm Well, my next book is entitled, for which I interview you, is entitled The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. So with that, let me thank you so much for this conversation. I could personally…

…of Attention Deficit Disorder, and Hold on to Your Kids, Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His next book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture is due out in September 13th, 2022. Gabor is also a co-developer of a…

…sort of one normal and then there's deviations from the normal is totally false. In fact, my most recent book is called The Myth of Normal. So when it comes to addiction, let me begin by giving you a definition first of all, which I think will help to…

…of the mother when she's pregnant is affecting the brain development of the child. And in my most recent book, The Myth of Normal, there's a chapter on that, about how stresses on women in this society, which there's plenty, affect the brain development…

…me say a few things to the listener, Dr. Monte. The first is that, dear listener, you may have heard Dr. Monte refer to The Myth of Normal, his most recent book. I will drop a link in the show notes, not only to the Amazon link if you want to check…

…example when i wrote scattered minds my first book i took medication When I wrote my most recent book, The Myth of Normal, much more complex, much longer, took much longer to write, much more research, I didn't need medication. My brain's different…

…know, the singer Sheryl Crow, she had breast cancer. And she said afterwards, and this could be, and I quote this in The Myth of Normal, and it could be right out of my own work, but she doesn't know about me. She just came to this awareness because…

…me, it was like, what right do I have to experience joy when my grandparents died in ashes? I quote this in The Myth of Normal, my friend and colleague and teacher, Bessel van der Kolk, psychiatrist who wrote the book, The Body Keeps the Score. He said…

…happened to me. I don't wish it on anybody, but what were they talking about? Now there's a guy, a quote in The Myth of Normal, who wrote a book called Blessed with a Brain Tumor. Blessed with a Brain Tumor. Young Australian guy who was diagnosed with…

…And everyone who's been listening or watching at home, if you don't already, please do grab a copy of the book, Myth of Normal, because our first and second conversations were very different. And I guide you towards the book for the deeper resources, the…

…the lessons are, but I can't help. I think systemically, and plus I'm writing a new book about My new book is The Myth of Normal Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. That's the book I'm working on right now. So I'm looking at the large cultural…

…a great trauma therapist and pioneer, Peter Levine, said to me about a year ago, and I talked about this in the book, in The Myth of Normal, but I didn't have the answer for it. Peter said to me about a year ago that he's 80 years old now, he's a…

…very eloquent. It's a bestseller. Why? Because so many people are finding it helpful to find out about trauma. My book, The Myth of Normal, was published two months ago now. Next week, it'll be for its eighth week on the New York Times bestsellers list.…

…newfield. Hold on to your kids, why parents need to matter more than peers. He is currently writing his next book, The Myth of Normal, Illness and Health in an Insane Culture, which will be out in late 2021. Gabor is also co-developer of a therapeutic…

…that, what do we find when it comes to health in this world? Well, I'm writing a new book. It'll be entitled, The Myth of Normal, Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. That's actually the title. And what are the facts? Well, the facts when it comes…

…I was diagnosed myself in my mid-50s. And then I've written an addiction on stress and health. And most recently, I wrote The Myth of Normal, which basically argues that illness in a society is not a... but a function of the way we live and the way…

…a... but a function of the way we live and the way this culture is organized. The subtitle is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. So fundamentally, human beings... are what's called biopsychosocial creatures, which means to…

…up as a reasonable human being. My kids are adult kids. In fact, my eldest son and I, who helped me write The Myth of Normal, him and I, our next book together is called Hello Again, A Fresh Start for Parents and Adult Children. And we're just working…

…you feel? In their pre-teens. They also felt loved and supported, but as my eldest son Daniel writes in our book, The Myth of Normal, he never knew when the floor became not the floor. In other words, when the floor would just disappear, when the loving…

…for you? Yeah. Well, the one journey that you're probably referring to is the one that's written up in my book, The Myth of Normal. So that was one experience, and I can talk about it if you like. But I've been working with psychedelics now for...…

…you. Thank you. Thank you. So my next book, which will be published here in Britain in two years, will be called The Myth of Normal, Illness and Health in an Insane Culture, which kind of speaks for itself. We do have, I would say, 10 minutes for…

…and audience Q&A about his newest book, which has been an instant New York Times bestseller. It's titled The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing. in a toxic culture and fantastic book that distills Dr. Maté's insights and experience, along…

…called Who's Raising the Kids? Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children. Now, I talk about that in The Myth of Normal as well. The tech companies deliberately create programs that target the addictive circuit. So the addiction point service of the…

…now. When I wrote that book, I took medication. I took stimulant medication to get me focused and calm down. When I wrote The Myth of Normal, I first, can I write this book without medication? I kind of, maybe I need the help. I took it one day. All…

…of your engagement and great questions. Much appreciated. His book, his new book, already a New York Times bestseller, The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Definitely get yourself a copy. It's a very illuminating book. Any…

…be so loyal to your suffering. And that's a lesson I've had to learn fairly late in life. And as I quote in The Myth of Normal, my friend Bessel van der Kolk, the trauma psychiatrist, looked at me once. This is about 10, 12 years ago. We were having…

…On To Your Kids. But if they want to get the overall picture, the package, you know, it's certainly the most recent, The Myth of Normal, in which I combine pretty much everything I knew at the time that I wrote it and it was only published a year…

…what we're going through as a culture and a society are going to be really powerful. So the book is called The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Please welcome to the show, Dr. Gabor Mate. Thank you so much for being…

…what are the things happening currently that you perceive? And I know you talk about this in your new book, The Myth of Normal. By the way, everything we're talking about is in this incredible book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in…

…this in your new book, The Myth of Normal. By the way, everything we're talking about is in this incredible book, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. If you don't have it, please go and order it now. What is happening…

…on that. I think that's fascinating. When you have... a culture where I think most people who read this book today, The Myth of Normal, will say that they can relate to having trauma, illness, and trying to be on the path of healing, especially our…

…of professional learning looking at the research and then doing my own stuff Beautiful. Thank you. Your most recent book, The Myth of Normal, I thought of a good subtitle for that. When Society Becomes the Addict. Yeah, well, there's been a book with that…

…need for us? Let me talk about attachment to authenticity and come back to status. Okay. So in the book, The Myth of Normal, children are born with certain needs. Now, one of the essential needs is attachment. Attachment being the drive to be close…

…all having challenges in their relationship. One half talked about that too. Yeah, yeah. Well, that study is in the book, The Myth of Normal, and it was done in Massachusetts. They looked at 2,000 women over a 10-year period. This is it. And those women…

…Goodness. Because it's passed on generationally. Now, the example that I gave for myself, and I opened the first chapter of The Myth of Normal with this anecdote, and I've often told it, of me arriving home from a speaking trip and my wife's supposed to…

…the book that Bessel has written, which is a perennial bestseller, it's called The Body Keeps the Score, my various books, The Myth of Normal, When the Body Says No, Scattered Minds, my book on addiction, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, but other books by…

…be even more helpful to accelerate, but it's you have to have a holistic way of doing this. And In your book, The Myth of Normal, it's not that we have to address it with so many different angles and societally as well. I just have so much respect…

…want to support it getting out in the world. Tell us about what you're up to. We'll put the link here below about The Myth of Normal, some of your other books too. But I know my audience is going to want to stay connected. Well, also, as I mentioned,…

…a man whose ideas have changed many lives, including undoubtedly many of us here in this room tonight. Dr. Gabor Maté's The Myth of Normal was 10 years in the making and is already a bestseller in four countries. Please give him a huge welcome. Thank…

…lonely. This is rising decade by decade by decade, which brings me to the point of my subtitle in this book, The Myth of Normal. I've already addressed that one. the false equation with what is the norm with healthy and natural. But the subtitle is…

…and consequences of this familiarity? Well, yes, you're speaking to the very theme of my book, the title of which is The Myth of Normal. And what I'm saying is that what is normal in our society will be become used to and inured to is actually…

…you for joining us back on the podcast to share your new book, which I hope everybody picks up, The Myth of New Normal. And this lasting message that everybody, no matter how broken you think you are, nobody's broken. We can heal moving forward from…

…contributed to this cancer going away. Now, this has been studied in other patients as well, quite extensively. And in the book, The Myth of Normal, I do talk about such cases. But what a such case shows, it shows that the mind and the body cannot be…

…still remember him. Now this is what's amazing. Three years ago, when I was writing my new book, which is called The Myth of Normal, it's just been published in North America, Romania, Hungary. It's going to be published all over the world. I was talking…

…wound. And the impacts of trauma is, by the way, let me just make this really clear here. And in my new book, The Myth of Normal, I spend a chapter on this. Trauma is not what happens to you. Trauma is what happens inside you as a result of what…

…not being myself? And if the disease flares up, how was I stressing myself? So this is where I begin. In my new book, The Myth of Normal, I explain this in much greater detail than I do in my book, When the Body Says No. And the reason for that is…

…Hungary, in Romania. I think it will be published in Slovenia. I'm pretty sure it will be. The title is, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. I'm saying exactly what you're saying. is that you can't separate the individual…

…of addiction and trauma. And I know your most recent book, which I know will be published next year sometime, is called The Myth of Normal, Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. And I hope we've touched on some of the themes of that as we go…

…Ireland, but, you know, further afield, we'll expand even more. And we look forward to having your upcoming book coming out, The Myth of Normal Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. And hopefully we will get to have you back again, Gab, to discuss it…

…And with Gordon Neufeld, hold onto your kids, why parents need to matter more than peers. The international bestseller, The Myth of Normal, trauma, illness, and healing in a toxic culture. To learn more, join his e-newsletter, which will be at the bottom…

…have to protect ourselves from the very culture that we live in, lest we lose ourselves. That's the theme of my book, The Myth of Normal. One of the things you said in that, The Myth of Normal, was that sometimes the things that we take as our…

…lest we lose ourselves. That's the theme of my book, The Myth of Normal. One of the things you said in that, The Myth of Normal, was that sometimes the things that we take as our greatest strength are oftentimes the result of trauma. I'll just tell you…

…of things. So in other words, I gave up the God that I was quarreling with In my editorial for your book, The Myth of Normal, I called it This Generation's The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck, which was on the New York Times bestseller list. After…

…they recognize their wholeness. You know, and there's a very famous book called The Choice by Edith Egger, who I quote in The Myth of Normal. Edith Egger was a fellow Hungarian Jew. She was 16 years old when I was a newborn. And she lived in the same…

…to themselves. So that's the ideal but realizable benefit of psychedelics. Very good, very good. And there's a great chapter in The Myth of Normal on this, so thank you. My friend, Shawn Stevenson, who died in 2019, he never walked a day in his life. He…

…which I'd be so delighted to come back and talk to you about it when it comes out next year. The title is The Myth of Normal, Illness and Health in an Insane Culture. But in writing that book, I was talking to Michael Pollan, who wrote How to Change…

…really important that it doesn't because otherwise people blame themselves. One of the saddest letters I received, I mentioned this in The Myth of Normal, was a guy in Seattle who read my book on addiction in which I point out and argue that addiction is…

…as In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, When the Body Says No, Scattered Minds, just to name a few. And his new book, The Myth of Normal, which I absolutely adore and is available now that you can all go check out in the link below in the description, is…

…who's been tuning in and loving this conversation, let us know in the comment section below and check out The Myth of Normal, link in the description. If you haven't already, I highly recommend you purchase it. It's very transformative. What is it…

…but if I may be self-serving for a moment, I just really want people to be aware of this book of mine, The Myth of Normal. I think I've already been told that it's life-changing for a lot of people. It's also everything that I've worked for. It took…

…and spreading the good word. So thank you so much. Again, everybody, the link will be in the description for The Myth of Normal, which is available now. Thank you all for tuning into this episode of the Know Thyself podcast. If something in particular…

…Well, you point out the same thing in your book Revolution pretty much. And my own next book, which will be entitled The Myth of Normal, Illness and Health in an Insane Culture, is going to make the same point. In other words, when you look at a…

…distant from who are intimate to us, and it requires a certain kind of healing. Yeah. Well, my most recent book, The Myth of Normal, that was mentioned in the introduction, I wrote that with my son, Daniel. In fact, I could not have written it without…

…children are born with certain irreducible needs and again, What's the word here? Conflict of interest. I'm pushing my book, The Myth of Normal, okay? Because it's got a chapter. It's got a chapter on children's irreducible needs. Think of it this way. Our…

…that there's a potential shift in that kind of cultural structuring? in any society. Your book is, a lot of people are reading Myth of Normal, a lot of people are reading The Body Keeps the Score, a lot of people are starting to do this, but I was…

…Need to Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly 30 languages. His new book is The Myth of Normal, subtitled Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Gabor, welcome back to the show. It's nice to see you.…

…I'll leave it there as a starting point. It's almost like I felt I could just print the title, the title page, The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, and just have people write their own books, you know? Just have a bunch…

…closing comments, you might have any requests of my audience or suggestions to the audience. Certainly, the new book is The Myth of Normal. I recommend people check it out. I've seen you through documentaries, but also in our interactions, in action, so to…

…for people... who would like to check it out and I encourage they check it out. The new book is The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. You can find more information on the book at drgabormate.com. That's drgabormate.com. And…

…understand ourselves. I consider this the theory of everything. Oh, that's a good title. The physics theory of everything. I think The Myth of Normal, which is his book that we're going to be talking to him about, I really feel like it's the theory of…

…Jonathan was just talking about, you've been doing the rounds, as it were, talking about your most recent book, which is called The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. I'm going to hold it up to the camera like I do. And. We…

…is not supported by the culture. In fact, it's undermined by it. Dr. Maté's latest and most ambitious book to date, The Myth of Normal, investigates the true causes of illness and the pathway to health and well-being. This addiction that I have is not a…

…abandon this thing that is highly imperfect, but also miraculous. Well, so, first of all, both in my book, On Addiction and Normal Fungal Growth, and in this book, I acknowledge the value of the 12 steps, the 12-step movement. Without trying to get you…

…if there's anything I can do to help you. In the meantime, everybody who's watching or listening, please pick up The Myth of Normal. It comes out September 13. And if you haven't read In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, it's mandatory reading for anybody…

…time we spoke, we mentioned the unique pressures on women in society today. You've written a whole chapter on this in The Myth of Normal, how women are society's, I think, shock absorbers, I think is how you referred to them. And you drew the strong…